The boyish charisma and quick tongue are partly what made Mount Druitt trendy, but the Panthers five-eighth will take a new maturity with him to Wests Tigers.
It’s NRL grand final week and, really, what’s new in Jarome Luai’s world?“My shoes,” he ventures. “My shoes are new. Stole them from Peachey. I was just playing some basketball out the back there, so I had to steal his shoes from his locker.”
It has to be said that if this is the barometer, the 27-year-old is only doing it half-right, because for every Selwyn Cobbo, Reece Walsh and Parramatta fan there is a Penrith supporter for whom “Romey is my #1 homie”. That sign will likely be one of a few flying from Accor Stadium’s stands on Sunday night, when Luai makes a fifth consecutive grand final appearance.
At least the more formative moments of the past 15 years have already been consolidated and safely transferred to his cerebral cortex. This week, as he stands – in Peachey’s shoes – on the grass of Penrith’s training ground, he is prompted to reach into that long-term repository to recall the day he signed his first contract with the club.
Martin, who missed his son’s debut against the Newcastle Knights in 2018 and the birth of his first grandchild, Jarome’s son Israel, has“My Dad was the missing piece in my life and at first, I really struggled,” Jarome said at the time. “I debuted and he wasn’t there. Baby was born and he wasn’t there. I’m the oldest child, and with three younger siblings I had to step into that father role for my family.
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