Scans later revealed that Leilua had suffered a neck injury and was ruled out for the season. Lucky we got him On Saturday with Curtis Scott getting arrested this morning. From 2014 to 2016, Leilua played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team. In round 6 against the Gold Coast Titans, Leilua played his 150th NRL career match and scored a try in the 42–16 win at Robina Stadium. Word was that Canberra were willing to part ways with their $650,000 per season maverick a year before his contract ended and they signed Curtis Scott from Melbourne the next month.

“He brings a wealth of on-field experience to our team, and we’re extremely excited to watch him play in Wests Tigers colours for many years to come.” The Raiders are expecting Sezer to seek a release from the final year of his contract to sign a three-year deal with English Super League club Huddersfield. 2 rake Kurt Baptiste, who has been stuck behind English star Josh Hodgson. “You saw on the back end of 2016 he was a superstar again. In February 2014, Leilua was selected in the Knights inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. Anyone know the details on his contract as far as how much he is on and how much Canberra chipped in? In November and December 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys.. 2016. Raiders centre Joey Leilua said he'll be staying in Canberra next year. Fox Sports commentators Braith Anasta and Andrew Voss both shared their views on the incident with Anasta saying “Jeez he comes up with some dumb plays BJ, That is just so unnecessary".

It's an impressive list that will have Raiders chief executive Don Furner and recruitment boss Peter Mulholland busy trying to tie down signatures before Christmas. "It's sort of shown there's a bit of form each way and he's moving on because of those reasons, that maybe players or the coaches just can't quite get control or get the best out of Joey.

"I've one more year left so I'll see out my contract there and whatever happens after that is part of work. Leilua claimed that he was "off" Stuart during their run to last year's grand final, when he was omitted for a Round 21 game against the Roosters. Off-contract Raiders: Jarrod Croker, Jack Wighton, Nick Cotric, Joey Leilua, Aidan Sezer, Sia Soliola, Michael Oldfield, Sebastian Kris, Siliva Havili, Sam Williams, Jack Murchie, JJ Collins, Luke Bateman.

Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Or we may just get more of the same. While he wants to stay beyond that, Leilua said there were no guarantees where his next contract would take him. Leilua has previously been sacked by the Roosters in 2012 over an off-field related incident and left the Knights with a year still to run on his contract after being courted by the Raiders in 2015. Doueihi, a Balmain junior, has been linked to a return with the club and was handed his NRL debut by Maguire when both were at Redfern. His latest infraction has heightened the odds that he will maintain his perfect record … Only users with topic management privileges can see it. I was going towards that, being the best, then unfortunately got a serious injury. Leilua responded by saying "You’re looking at him. I haven't come to terms with it because I'm in the Toa Samoa team at the moment. [39][40] On 13 November 2018, Leilua re-signed with the Raiders on a 3-year contract. [11] Leilua was described as "one of the best on field" NSW City in the annual City vs Country Origin match, playing centre in the 24–22 win at Mudgee. Wests Tigers Head Coach Michael Maguire was delighted with the addition of Leilua. "It's a bit devastating that he has to leave, but I guess that's part of the game. "You've just got to move on or if I stay - I'd love to stay, but sometimes it doesn't work the way you want it to.

The 28-year-old blockbusting centre was given permission by the Raiders to explore his options late last year with a season to run on his contract. Please download [37][38] Leilua finished off the 2015 NRL season, having played in 19 games, 13 for Newcastle and 6 for Canberra, and scoring 6 tries, all for the Knights.