Meninga\u2019s call to arms as Bears unveil logo <\/a><\/p>\nTigers winger Luke Laulilii will join the Tigers in 2027.Source: The Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n
Laulilli is the sixth Bears signing to be announced in 2026 and will provide head coach Mal Meninga versatility and options in his backline.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuke is a very talented and athletic outside back who will provide us plenty of options,\u201d Meninga said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is a fantastic finisher and strong defender. I\u2019m sure he will continue to develop this season and look forward to welcoming him and his family over to WA.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Bears General Manager of Football David Sharpe was excited by Laulilii\u2019s potential. <\/p>\n
\u201cLuke is an exciting prospect, and we are very happy to have secured him for the next two seasons,\u201d Sharpe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe remain very active in the recruitment space and I\u2019m confident we will have some further announcements in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
CURRENT BEST BEARS STARTING SIDE<\/p>\n
1. Nick Meaney<\/p>\n
2. Luke Laulilii<\/p>\n
3. Sean Russell<\/p>\n
4. Harry Newman<\/p>\n
5. N\/A<\/p>\n
6. N\/A<\/p>\n
7. Toby Sexton<\/p>\n
8. Liam Henry<\/p>\n
9. Tyran Wishart<\/p>\n
10. Iszac Fa\u2019asuamaleaui<\/p>\n
11. Luke Smith<\/p>\n
12. James McDonnell<\/p>\n
13. Josh Curran<\/p>\n
14. Emarly Bitungane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Bears have a starting side after Tigers winger Luke Laulilii was confirmed as their 13th signing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,689,219794,217437,219795,11101,219793,219797,141433,5330,54318,4577,219792,197882,11639,4746,4466,32917,761,762,4609,158,677,46,4503,219798,85,49980,219796,4440,36719,3439,4515],"class_list":["post-416550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-bears-roster-build","tag-call-leaves-casualty","tag-club-flags","tag-cooper-cronk","tag-exciting-prospect","tag-expansion-team","tag-harry-newman","tag-head-coach","tag-inaugural-season","tag-josh-curran","tag-lucky-number","tag-luke-smith","tag-mal-meninga","tag-mark-st-john","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-michael-ennis","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nick-meaney","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-perth","tag-sean-russell","tag-slim-jim-phantom","tag-sports","tag-starting-side","tag-tigers-winger","tag-toby-sexton","tag-two-year-deal","tag-western-australia","tag-wests-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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