Tuimoala Lolohea Signs with WT

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Tuimoala Lolohea has officially left the Warriors and informed Wests Tigers that he will sign with them.

The 22-year-old, who fell out of favour with Warriors coach Stephen Kearney, had been seeking a release from the club for the past few weeks.

The Warriors allowed him to talk to other NRL teams and the Tigers along with the Raiders and Cowboys all put offers to the one-test Kiwi.

Lolohea was granted the release on Friday after the Warriors completed the signing of Zac Santo from the Raiders to be his replacement.

Lolohea was then able to make his final decision on which club to join and went with the Ivan Cleary-coached Tigers, agreeing to a 2-1/2 year deal.

He has waived the 10-day cooling period and will be ready to play for the joint venture in next weekend's game against the Dragons.

Lolohea's time at the Warriors came to an unfortunate end and not one that anyone would have been expected when he signed a big contract with the club in June 2015

He was held up as a future star of the Warriors, with x-factor and great attacking abilities.

It was always anticipated that he'd eventually move into the halves and partner Shaun Johnson, however that opportunity never really arose.
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In 2015 Chad Townsend was with the club, last year Thomas Leuluai switched from hooker to five-eighth and this season the Warriors brought in Kieran Foran on a one year-contract.

Warriors coach Stephen Kearney started the season with the intention of playing Lolohea on the wing, but he only got to play the first two games of the season in that position.

When Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was forced to miss the round three game against the Bulldogs Lolohea was shifted to the No 1 jersey and the following week when Foran was a late scratch he was moved to five-eighth.

That game proved to be his last ever for the club and he leaves having made 52 appearances, scoring 17 tries and kicking 18 goals.

He'll join a Tigers team that will look drastically different next year as Cleary reshapes the playing roster.

Ben Matulino and former Warrior **Jacob Lillyman** are also joining the Tigers. As are Chris McQueen from the Titans and Josh Reynolds from the Bulldogs.

With James Tedesco and Mitchell Moses both leaving the Tigers, Lolohea will be a first-team regular at the club, something that was looking increasingly unlikely to happen for him at the Warriors.

They have offered a contract to Ata Hingano for next year and they are also on the look out for someone else who can play in the halves, with Te Maire Martin one of the options they're exploring.

In the meantime, the 24-year-old Zac Santo is a handy pick up as a player who can cover wing and fullback.

Although he has only played three games in the NRL, he was voted winger of the year in the NSW Cup last season and if he's willing to work hard and have a good attitude, could force his way onto the wings.

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I think they mean russell packer ( former warrior).
 
Wow thats interesting news .. Jacob Lillian - Height 182 cm - Weight 105 kgs - QLDer

Where did this information come from .. ??
 
The way that article has been written i would say they mean Packer, not Lillyman. Lillyman is a current Warriors player, not former. Packer is a former Warrior.
 
I havent been too interested in this signing but happy that another player has signed on. One question though. If he was being courted by the Cows, Raiders and us, how much have we offered him to beat these guys who are much better propositions at this stage?
 
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I havent been too interested in this signing but happy that another player has signed on. One question though. If he was being courted by the Cows, Raiders and us, how much have we offered him to beat these guys who are much better propositions at this stage?
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From reports a few weeks back, cowboys offered him more than us.
 
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I havent been too interested in this signing but happy that another player has signed on. One question though. If he was being courted by the Cows, Raiders and us, how much have we offered him to beat these guys who are much better propositions at this stage?
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around 400k i think. We were the best proposition. We offered a starting spot. Cows and sharks offered a utility spot on bench.
 
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Ayshford is a center, tui is a half and a fullback. If tui was in his his shoes but in fullback position aysh wouldnt have a chance

At least if he plays more than one and a half games he won't be the worst player we've ever signed :laughing:

Unfortunately you are equating time on the field with playing ability.

If you don't do this then Ballin is far from the worst player.

Give Lolo a chance for God's sake - hasn't even pulled a boot on for us yet. You are so negative.

I live for the day you have something positive to say about the WT.

I live for the day that there is something positive to say about the WTs.

Possibly Cleary may be the one to provide that.
I seem to remember that you and others were very positive when ,Moses was running around oozing with potential.
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You are correct GCT - I was very positive about the potential of Moses. I still maintain that he has the potential, unfortunately his head, his manager and his uncle have got in the way. It is now very probable that he will never reach the potential that he promised - for that I am very sad because he could have been anything. It now seems that he just wanted to be an disrespectful, ungrateful, big headed little mongrel.

This has not dampened my enthusiasm for someone else that is on the verge of being a very good first grade player. I think Lolo is past potential - he is now just on the cusp of adding a few finer points to his game so he can deliver a good consistent game every week. We would then reap the rewards of playing him. Imo it does not hurt to be positive every now and then, sure you can be proven wrong but negativity just brings you down - however I want to be up and so look on the positive side.
 
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