Big $700k winner in Luai sweepstakes<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThat\u2019s huge. Being now an agent to some players, that is big money. Tax free money. You will not get that $3 million anywhere else. I\u2019m talking Nathan Cleary, Reece Walsh,\u201d Anasta said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s an unbelievable advantage for PNG and shows us what they can offer up there in terms of money, and tax free dollars and third party deals. That\u2019s pretty big.\u201d<\/p>\n
The terms of Luai\u2019s third party deals will require the star playmaker to head up to Papua New Guinea during the 2027 season.<\/p>\n
As NRL legend Gorden Tallis noted, the trip to Port Moresby from Sydney isn\u2019t a quick trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the Eels have agreed to it?\u201d Tallis asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I\u2019ve been to PNG a couple of times. It\u2019s a three-day turnaround. You fly up, spend a day there then fly back. Are the Eels prepared to let him go for three days during the season?\u201d<\/p>\n
PNG Chiefs Eye Zac Lomax | 01:05<\/p>\n
Those comments led to Anasta wondering whether the Tigers had issues with the future commitments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a great point. Could that have had a huge influence on why he left the Tigers? Because they weren\u2019t happy with that? I imagine it\u2019s a big reason,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s highly unusual. It just doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has played a part,\u201d Read revealed.<\/p>\n
While the Tigers may not have been happy with that set up, Luai\u2019s team for next season, Parramatta, were made aware.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Eels can\u2019t complain,\u201d journalist Michael Carayannis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can understand the Tigers having that angst whereas the Eels knew what they were inheriting. It was upfront, they know what is going to happen so they can\u2019t have an issue with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarome Luai\u2019s eye-watering third party deals with the PNG Chiefs may have \u201cplayed a part\u201d in the Tigers\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-801693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801693","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=801693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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