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This comes a week after the playmaker confirmed that he will depart the Tigers at the season\u2019s end to link up with the Parramatta Eels before joining the PNG Chiefs for 2028.<\/p>\n
Speaking on NRL 360, CODE Sports reporter Dean Ritchie question whether the Tigers should drop someone who no longer appears to be a part of their long-term plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s certainly to be considered,\u201d Ritchie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s peel it right back. Jarome does not want to be at the Wests Tigers and then the Wests Tigers didn\u2019t want Jarome there at the club so they\u2019ve made their bed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the last four weeks, the Tigers have scored 22 points.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s pedestrian at best, so if that man on the screen [Luai] is there to ignite the attack it\u2019s not working.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to be there. They don\u2019t want him to be there (and) they\u2019ve got options.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the club wanted to move forward by not signing him. Let\u2019s move forward now because tomorrow is today at Concord.\u201d<\/p>\n
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 18: Jarome Luai of the Tigers looks on during the round 20 NRL match between Canterbury Bulldogs and Wests Tigers at Accor Stadium, on July 18, 2026, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Co-host Braith Anasta then asked if Luai should be given the change to see out the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t think he deserves to see out the season?,\u201d Anasta proposed.<\/p>\n
However, Ritchie doubled down on his stance stating that the Tigers and coach Benji Marshall shouldn\u2019t feel obligated to continue selection a player who will depart.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s got a God-given right. He wanted to walk out of the club,\u201d Ritchie continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s already going down the you-know-what. They\u2019ve won two from eleven.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m saying not this week but in coming weeks they should perhaps (do it). They should look at demoting him, I think that\u2019s fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, fellow CODE Sports reporter Brent Read didn\u2019t agree with his colleagues views.<\/p>\n
Read suggested that dropping the four-time premiership winner would effectively end their finals hopes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, not yet\u2026they\u2019re still technically in finals contention. If you do that, you\u2019re basically throwing your hands in the air and saying our season\u2019s over,\u201d Read said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey might not have Douehi or Fainu this week. Who are you going to play in the halves? Javon Andrews and Jock Madden.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers have been urged to consider dropping Jarome Luai as their disappointing season continues to unravel,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-812149","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\/812149","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=812149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}