Jarome Luai was absent from Panthers coaching for a third-straight day on Wednesday as tensions between the 2 events proceed to simmer.
That is based on The Daily Telegraph, who’re reporting the Tigers will reportedly be told if they’ve acquired the five-eighth’s companies by the top of the week.
Wednesday was the ultimate day of Penrith’s pre-season coaching earlier than Christmas, and Luai’s absence got here after reportedly requesting time without work to make his huge switch choice.
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Luai is reportedly set to signal a five-year $6 million deal to affix Benji Marshall and the Tigers in 2025.
He reportedly knowledgeable his teammates the 2024 season could be his final with the Panthers on Saturday, though Panthers powerbrokers shrugged off strategies he could be launched early.
Panthers CEO Brian Fletcher has an emphatic “no” when requested if the membership will enable Luai to move to the Tigers a 12 months early.
“Fletcher said ‘there’s absolutely no way we are letting Jarome Luai off his contract in 2024 to play for a rival club’ and further to that, he says Jarome wants to be at the Panthers for the final year of his contract,” Cody Kaye informed Fox Sports News.
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“However, we all know rugby league is a funny business and it wouldn’t be the first time that clubs have denied the release of a player only for that player to be released.
“At this stage, as far as the Panthers are concerned, Luai isn’t going anywhere.”
Luai might additionally nonetheless reject the Tigers supply and re-enter free company, with the Bulldogs nonetheless reportedly involved in his companies.
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