Tony Squires

He jumped in the car.

on Wednesday and drove up to Blues training to have a coffee and check in with Hamoli Olukawatu just to see if he's going okay because of obviously being demoted out of the Blues team.

Shows another great side of character from Foz.

And again, in conjunction with the news I just explained, Hamoli is the vice captain.

They've appointed Homoli as the sole vice-captain under the Trebojevic brothers at Manly.

So it speaks to where they see Homoli at the club.

Yeah.

Yeah, terribly unhappy is probably a good way to put it, Tone, because he's asked for a release.

Immediate release, he wants out of the club.

Luciano, it's a tough one for Luciano because Luciano's a Dragons junior.

And when you talk to Luciano, he only talks with absolute extreme passion and intensity about trying to resurrect the Red V. So I don't believe he would have made this decision lightly.

But I also firmly believe that he can see the writing on the wall and the way the Dragons are doing their business in regards to their roster with making changes.

that he's slipping down the pecking order.

And also, too, in his current form where he's not being chosen.

Where he ends up, I don't know.

Look, ultimately, they've declined.

The Dragons have rejected that release request.

They're saying, no, we're not letting you go now.

End of next year.

Yep.