Round 19 review, where does Jarome Luai go now and some big predictions! | NRL Daily
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It's great to be here because the Graham Family Trust is in the house. Wade Graham, Jimmy Graham, how are you boys?
Fantastic, Charlie. It's great to be here and, you know, we all love Origin and we certainly love the result, but it's nice when that sort of period finishes and now we can just focus on the NRL season and the race to the finals and there's some big results over the weekend.
It is a huge race, isn't it, Wade?
What are the big storylines heading into Round 19 and how does Origin ending affect the NRL calendar?
Race for the top two, race for the four, race for the eight and there's going to be some... Big teams miss out. Obviously, the Bulldogs looking very unlikely. But even now, that race, maybe you could say it's down to 10, but two big teams are going to miss out.
Definitely. My brain likes things simple, Wade, and we get a normal formula. Like even last night, we had a Sunday night game. I was like, what's doing this Sunday night footy? Now, we just get a normal Thursday night, two games on a Friday, three games on a Saturday, two games on a Sunday.
In saying that, last night's game, it was pretty chill. It hasn't felt like that because every game has been big and intense. Again, the Origin Series, it takes up so much of our energy, not just physically traveling everywhere and the schedule at home and whatnot, but just the emotional energy behind it. But now it's over and we can just focus on the regular season. It's a good period of the year. We'll get through this next couple of weeks and it starts to warm up again into September. Yeah, exactly.
Exactly. Just focus on the Tigers again. Never out of it, Ali.
Never out of it. God love them. Well, let's do that, Jimmy. Let's talk about the Tigers off the top then because this story is fascinating. Jerome Luai, two years into a five-year deal. He will be leaving the club at the end of the year. The Tigers have come out and released an official statement now. What do you boys make of this?
Oh, it's not how they would have liked for it to pan out with Jerome, but in terms of what's happened with him signing with PNG, no one can really blame him for taking that deal. It's an unbelievable deal, the opportunity to go up there, be the face of that club. It probably wasn't even on his radar when he signed that deal with the Tigers. And again, the Tigers... They sort of put themselves in this situation with the clause in the contract, his ability. They announced it as a four- or five-year deal, but really it wasn't that. It was a two-year deal with an option to extend. So the Tigers, I think they have got enough out of Jerome while he's been there. Maybe not with all that consistent on-field performance, but in terms of...
within their four walls, the confidence he brings the train and the attitude in and around the club, what it looks like to be an elite level player, his preparation, those sort of expectations and standards that he would have brought to the club from Penrith, there's enough there for them to go, okay, I think we've got a little bit out of Jerome. And with the situation as it is, I can understand why they want to move on from him because they can use that salary cap space to nail down some other roster spots and keep building, you know, their – the club and the direction with which they think they're going to ultimately be able to get to the finals and not just get to the finals but stay in that finals arena.
So I think it's disappointing as many probably Tigers fans would be that he's leaving and it's going to happen quickly at the end of the season. It's kind of a win-win for everyone in my opinion.
Yeah, I'm with you, Wade. I think he came to the club, obviously, with those clauses in there, and he had good reason to put them in. I think he's changed the reputation of the club. They've been able to sign players like Kai-Pierce Paul. He obviously attracted a number of those players. Now, they may or may not be disgruntled with the fact that Jerome is... is leaving.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:52
2
What are the big storylines heading into Round 19 and how does Origin ending affect the NRL calendar?
0:52–9:00
3
Why has the Wests Tigers–Jarome Luai saga unfolded and what did the club statement reveal?
9:00–19:03
4
How do Luai’s PNG third‑party obligations complicate his next club move?
19:03–33:36
5
What roster and salary‑cap choices can the Tigers make after Luai’s departure?
33:36–48:28
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