The salary cap seems to actually work in the NRL.

Penrith have lost Koroisau, Kikau, Kurt Capewell, Matt Burton, S Crichton and now Luai to clubs further down the table.

They’ve chosen to pay Cleary, Yeo, Martin and Edwards.

The most Penrith could offer Luai was 800k but he’s getting about 1.2mill a season for the Tigers

Penriths youth system keeps finding new talent though.


Very rare a players you’d like to keep goes to a club at the bottom of SL.

Given they have released Hunt, I’d be shocked if St George had not made enquiries.

I can't say I watch him every week and I do think he's a good player but I think he sort of sums up the over hype some NRL players get and how it's the polar opposite to how under valued players are when they play in Superleague. On the face of it, I'd say him and Harry Smith are totally different players (I've not seen enough of Luai controlling a side and kicking them around the field to compare like for like) but if I had the choice of Luai or George Williams, I would go with Williams every day of the week but the hype and salaries do not stack up.

Going away totally from Luai and talking about NRL hype in terms of a different player (while on the subject), is Izack Tago any good? I read he got a huge new deal at Penrith and I see loads of hype and I'm pretty staggered. I watched him in the flesh 4 times now I think and I've seen plenty of other NRL games and I just don't get it. Maybe I've been unlucky and he's just not done a great deal on the days I've seen him but he again seems a beneficiary of NRL hype.

Luai will be with Wigan within the next two season with Bevan French returning to the NRL.

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/news- ... 5kw9g.html Interesting story regarding Luai’s contract at Wests Tigers. Who is his agent? He seems to have struck a fantastic deal which is heavily in favour of the player.

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/news- ... 5kw9g.html Interesting story regarding Luai’s contract at Wests Tigers. Who is his agent? He seems to have struck a fantastic deal which is heavily in favour of the player.

Like I said in my last post