Tweed_Tiger
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The type of forward many have been asking for here.
Exciting times ahead with this pack Madge is assembling.
Exciting times ahead with this pack Madge is assembling.
Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022
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@happy_tiger said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1086210) said:
Nice finger clap..
happy_tiger
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@Geo said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1086231) said:
You would have heard me if I clapped any louder
#yoursafeisn'tsafeanymore
Goldust
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@GNR4LIFE said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1085970) said:
Ahh the wcw days
The_Patriot
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@GNR4LIFE said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1085989) said:
He needs to play more minutes. Nothing cliche about that
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@The_Patriot said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1086474) said:
The last 3 games of the year he played 70 plus.
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@The_Patriot said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1086474) said:
Every game he has started he has played good minutes. I think there are good signs. Of course he needs to get fit, everyone does but there is enough evidence there is a decent motor inside that big frame.
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@Tweed_Tiger said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1086480) said:
Looks like he has fit straight in. I have a good feeling about him.
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Great deal and contract, beautifully set up for him to have a cracking first year here, have a pout and head to Parramatta.
The_Patriot
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@GNR4LIFE said in [Wests Tigers Sign Luciano Leilua till 2022](/post/1086475) said:
Yep, if he can keep that up most games he will be a great buy.
Tweed_Tiger
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https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2019/12/02/luciano-leiluas-first-day-at-wests-tigers/
Hopefully Madge can get him off the durries
BalmainJnr
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Luciano Leilua ready to take game to next level at Wests Tigers
By Adrian Proszenko
December 7, 2019 — 4.57pm
Luciano Leilua is angling for a starting spot. One at his new team the Wests Tigers. If that all goes to plan, maybe even for the Blues.
"I want to play consistent footy each week and try to make my way up there to representative footy," Leilua told the Herald. "Just go from there. [State of Origin] has always [been a goal], but first I have to play well for the club and everything will work out.
"Definitely the next step is to play good footy and work towards that goal."
Leilua has left one joint-venture club for another. He was released from St George Illawarra to join the Tigers, a move that allowed Trent Merrin to return to the Red V. Ostensibly, he's a replacement for Ryan Matterson, another back-rower that released and found himself back at Parramatta.
For Leilua, the move has come at a good time. The Samoan international had made 43 NRL appearances since debuting for the Dragons in 2016, but felt he needed a change to get to the next level. It's only taken a handful of training sessions with his new Tigers teammates to convince him he's made the right decision.
"I'm excited to play here," he said. "A new coach and a new bunch of boys as well, I've fitted in really well, it's been an easy transition. Definitely, it was a good time for a change, I wasn't really feeling it over there.
"I'm really excited now and looking forward to putting my head down and working hard.
"Making this change, it's a great opportunity for me to try to get that starting spot.
"It's been healthy competition at training, everyone has been fighting hard, so it's been good."
Leilua gives the Tigers something different with the ball in hand. Like his brother, Raiders centre Joseph Leilua, the 23-year-old possesses the ball skills and unpredictability that Tigers coach Michael Maguire felt his side required to threaten opposition defences.
He won't have to wait long to show his former club what they are missing. He will return to WIN Stadium for the Tigers' opening-round clash against the Dragons.
"If I get the opportunity to play against them, that would be good," he said. "I'm not really focusing on them, we're focusing on working hard on pre-season, taking it day by day.
"I don't have to prove anything to anyone, just to myself. There will be a bit of banter, of course there will be. It will be a bit emotional but it will be good.
"Obviously it was my junior club but times change and you have to move on with life.
"I was a Dragons fan but I was also rooting for (former Dragons teammate) Benji (Marshall). Whenever Benji played, I went for Benji. It's going to be good to play with him again."
https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/luciano-leilua-ready-to-take-game-to-next-level-at-wests-tigers-20191207-p53htz.html
By Adrian Proszenko
December 7, 2019 — 4.57pm
Luciano Leilua is angling for a starting spot. One at his new team the Wests Tigers. If that all goes to plan, maybe even for the Blues.
"I want to play consistent footy each week and try to make my way up there to representative footy," Leilua told the Herald. "Just go from there. [State of Origin] has always [been a goal], but first I have to play well for the club and everything will work out.
"Definitely the next step is to play good footy and work towards that goal."
Leilua has left one joint-venture club for another. He was released from St George Illawarra to join the Tigers, a move that allowed Trent Merrin to return to the Red V. Ostensibly, he's a replacement for Ryan Matterson, another back-rower that released and found himself back at Parramatta.
For Leilua, the move has come at a good time. The Samoan international had made 43 NRL appearances since debuting for the Dragons in 2016, but felt he needed a change to get to the next level. It's only taken a handful of training sessions with his new Tigers teammates to convince him he's made the right decision.
"I'm excited to play here," he said. "A new coach and a new bunch of boys as well, I've fitted in really well, it's been an easy transition. Definitely, it was a good time for a change, I wasn't really feeling it over there.
"I'm really excited now and looking forward to putting my head down and working hard.
"Making this change, it's a great opportunity for me to try to get that starting spot.
"It's been healthy competition at training, everyone has been fighting hard, so it's been good."
Leilua gives the Tigers something different with the ball in hand. Like his brother, Raiders centre Joseph Leilua, the 23-year-old possesses the ball skills and unpredictability that Tigers coach Michael Maguire felt his side required to threaten opposition defences.
He won't have to wait long to show his former club what they are missing. He will return to WIN Stadium for the Tigers' opening-round clash against the Dragons.
"If I get the opportunity to play against them, that would be good," he said. "I'm not really focusing on them, we're focusing on working hard on pre-season, taking it day by day.
"I don't have to prove anything to anyone, just to myself. There will be a bit of banter, of course there will be. It will be a bit emotional but it will be good.
"Obviously it was my junior club but times change and you have to move on with life.
"I was a Dragons fan but I was also rooting for (former Dragons teammate) Benji (Marshall). Whenever Benji played, I went for Benji. It's going to be good to play with him again."
https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/luciano-leilua-ready-to-take-game-to-next-level-at-wests-tigers-20191207-p53htz.html
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“I wasn’t really feeling it over there”
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