PNG's $3M Offers, Cleary Chase & Luai's Eels Sugar Hit
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G'day and welcome to Kentie Blitz, your daily hit of NRL news. And Kentie, today is our preview day. We are previewing all the games. It's good to have all the games back, actually. Yeah. Isn't it? First time in a while we've had all the games. So we'll be doing that a little bit later on. But we're going to rip through some news at the top. And obviously, a press conference this morning with Jerome Luai addressing his exit from the West Tigers. Did you see that, Kentie? I saw bits of it. Obviously, I didn't see the whole lot. But I was... i was impressed the way he handled it i think it's been one of those situations all week where it was very raw at the beginning and it probably needed a little bit of time for benji and then also jerome to go away and just process it and put it all in place and understand it all and uh by time benji came out to speak uh when was that uh tuesday i think it was and then obviously jerome today uh
They've got it all in place.
What did Jerome Luai say in his press conference about leaving the Tigers?
Look, it's all just one big happy family again there. I think Tiger Town, yeah. Like that? Yeah. I don't know if they shake hands like that. It'd be more of this bit and all the rest of it. Very good. And what do you think? Do you think it's the best thing for the Tigers? Let's talk about the Tigers and then let's talk about Parramatta. Is it the best thing for the Tigers? Yeah, it is. Yeah. Look, they've made a decision. It's a long-term decision.
Yeah.
How much about the whole recruiting from within the dressing room? I think that's a legitimate concern. Peter Bedell also said last – in yesterday or today's paper that there's also this thing about he has to fulfil third-party commitments up in Papua New Guinea. Yeah, but that's – Do you think that would piss the West Tigers off? Not really. I think that's been a bit overblown because he's not going to say to Benji, mate, I can't make training today. You know what I mean? He'll go in buy-arounds and things like that. A lot of people aren't aware of this, but players do get – extended little periods throughout the year where the club will say, look, they might play a Thursday night game. And if they had a particularly heavy load, they might say, look, I don't want to see anyone until Monday.
Rest up. Just rest up. Rest up and go to Papadum. He won't be doing that. He won't be doing that. He's going to go and earn his millions. But I don't think it's going to have – I don't think it would in any way disrupt the Tigers. It might wear him out a bit, but it won't disrupt the Tigers. And I don't think it will disrupt Parramatta either. Yeah, okay. So let's talk about Parramatta. Jason Riles came out yesterday and denied it was a sugar hit. I don't know how you can see this any other way but a sugar hit. Yeah, it was a sugar hit. Look, you're getting him in for one year to try and boost performance. That's all you're doing. All this other stuff about how you can help develop the young kids and all that, well, that might be part of it.
But I dare say that's going to be minimal and, other than there's not going to be a lot that they can learn off, or that they will learn off him that they can't learn off others. There'll be a little bit there that individually he might be able to share with them. Do you think he's under pressure, Riles? Of course he's under pressure. That's why he's signed him. He needs results next year. It's the final year of his contract. Parramatta, we've seen, Parramatta are a real tease at the moment. They show you something, you think, okay, I can see it's starting to work now. and then they'll have two or three ordinary weeks. And you'll think, ah, it's not working. And then they'll do something again. You think, ah, I can see what he's trying to achieve here.
And then it won't work again. So, but next year, Parramatta fans will be holding him to account next year. Well, Parramatta fans have given him a bit of a pass this year because of the amount of injuries they've got. But even still, I still think they've been disappointing. They have. And look, everyone gets injuries these days.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:54
2
What did Jerome Luai say in his press conference about leaving the Tigers?
0:54–17:10
3
How will Luai’s reported $3M PNG third‑party deal actually be taxed?
17:10–26:58
4
Could PNG’s Chiefs realistically sign Zach Lomax, Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo?
26:58–28:44
5
Why might Penrith be worried about a player exodus before November 1?
28:44–34:27
Speakers
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