Blythy’s Round Four Rev Up. He’s played just 19 games in his NRL career, but Jarome Luai insists he’s ready to become Penrith’s lead playmaker when the season resumes.A two-game suspension to star halfback Nathan Cleary for being “untruthful” with the NRL integrity unit over a social distancing breach means a likely call-up for another up and comer, Matt Burton.Should Burton, who played his solitary first-grade game late last year, get picked, the Panthers would field the most inexperienced halves combination in round three.But that is of no concern to Luai and the rest of the playing group.“I played a few games with him in reserve grade, so we’ve got a few games under our belt together. Jarome Luai plays Rugby league at the highest level in the NRL for the Penrith Panthers and plays for his country Samoa . St Marys junior Jarome Luai has gone from strength to strength since his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers in 2018 so it’s no surprise to see him as Ivan Cleary’s first pick as starting five-eighth in 2020.Between 2018-19 he played 21 games in Canterbury Cup NSW, scoring eight tries, totalling 1263 run metres and a massive 55 tackle breaks.Luai was also kicking goals in 2015 as a member of the premiership-winning Panthers Under-20s side as five-eighth while Nathan Cleary was halfback.In his maiden year in the NSW Cup in 2017 he became Penrith’s starting five-eighth and helped them to a premiership and State Championship title with a huge 42-18 win over the PNG Hunters.The 23-year-old made his first grade debut in Round 10, May 2018 but it took until his second game for him to make his mark after he scored two tries and was named Man of the Match against the Warriors.He played second fiddle behind five-eighth James Maloney for the rest of the season but received another chance a year later when Maloney was suspended allowing him to link back up with Cleary.“I've been watching those two since they were playing Harold Matthews,” Panthers coach Ivan Cleary said. He even sings us 3 songs in between chatting all things that have lead him to where he is now and where he is going. Why couldn’t we just sit him down and talk to him straight, ‘look I know you want to go. Jarome Luai. Latest News. Jack Blyth-March 28, 2018 1. I’m pretty sure they’ve got a lot of faith in me to get the job done for Nath and the boys.“I personally know that Nath plays a big role in our team.“Those first two games we played already, he played a big role in getting the job done.“Being that elder half now, I’ve got to take some responsibility and take some pressure off Burto as well.”A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Between 2018-19 he played 21 games in Canterbury Cup NSW, scoring eight tries, totalling 1263 run metres and a massive 55 tackle breaks. August 24, 2020. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising.
He’s doing really well at training,” Luai told AAP.“We’ve got a lot of faith in Burto to get the job done.”Burton, 20, showed why he is highly regarded by the club when he impressed with a composed performance against Cronulla on debut.“He’s a bit similar to Nath in terms of having that calming influence out there on the field, especially out on that edge,” he said.“He’s got a really good kicking game. “They've played all the way through those junior teams.”Fast-forward to 2020 and Penrith are having one of their most successful starts to a season and following the departure of Maloney last year, Luai has been at the forefront alongside young guns Nathan Cleary, Stephen Crichton, Viliame Kikau and Billy Burns.The playmaker has played a part in all 12 of Penrith’s games this season and has recorded 11 try assists, 253 tackles and 650 run metres and will be chasing his eighth win in a row when Penrith take on the Canberra Raiders this Saturday.The Short Side with Jamie Soward Episode 22 Jayden SullivanSowie’s Debutant Watch | Green Machine to unleash gun The statements issued by China and Hong Kong after Monday’s arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai underlined how quickly a national security law …