Panthers gun Jarome Luai believes his heated post-match alternate with Jaeman Salmon was merely about “getting better each and every week”.
The consultant five-eighth was captured questioning why his bench utility wasn’t in the suitable place to run onto a cross with 10 minutes remaining within the tight 13-12 loss.
Salmon hit again at Luai’s feedback and the interplay was rapidly blocked by rookie winger Sunia Turuva who noticed the cameras rolling and advised the pair to quiet down.
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“It’s just about getting better each and every week for us,” Luai mentioned to the SMH.
“Sometimes you have to have some courageous conversations to find that. Being such a close group allows us to do that and move on quickly from it when things don’t work out.
“Lessons and learning and speaking about it on the run is a big part of our game and development as a team.
“We’re always brothers at the end of the day when work is finished.”
Clearly there isn’t any unhealthy blood between Luai and Salmon and rugby league legend Paul Gallen mentioned “there’s no issue” with gamers holding one another accountable for on-field errors.
“I understand we love it because we’re part of the media, we want to talk about it, we want to create hysteria about it, but it’s rugby league, it’s a brutal sport,” Gallen advised Nine.
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“These guys compete for a living, it’s what they do, they’re so competitive, testosterone-fuelled blokes that are trained to compete on every single play for 80 minutes of the game.
“When something doesn’t go right they want to know why and they have a discussion about it. Who cares?”
Legendary halfback Johnathan Thurston echoed Gallen’s opinion and mentioned moments like that have been frequent when gamers make errors.
“They’ve excelled the last two years, they’ve played perfect footy just about every time, so when someone misses their assignment you want to know why you weren’t there,” Thurston mentioned.
“I think it’s just part and parcel of rugby league. You have those conversations, you’re men, when you have those conversations you bury it and then you just move on.”
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