Marc Bazeley
Kombinasi bek tengah Penrith akan berada di tim lawan ketika juara bertahan Australia menghadapi tim Samoa yang berusaha membuat sejarah di final Piala Dunia Liga Rugby hari Sabtu di Old Trafford (kick-off pukul 16:00)
Terakhir Diperbarui: 17/11/22 11:42
Nathan Cleary dari Australia dan Jarome Luai dari Samoa telah membimbing Penrith ke dua gelar NRL terakhir
Jarome Luai dan Nathan Cleary. Lennon dan McCartney dari NRL. Detak jantung tim Penrith Panthers yang telah melepaskan label sebagai pemain paling banyak dalam kompetisi untuk menjadi pemenang Grand Final berturut-turut.
Tapi sekarang, untuk Sabtu sore saja, rival. Karena duo bek tengah Panthers akan berada di tim lawan yang mengincar hadiah terbesar olahraga tersebut saat Australia dan Samoa saling berhadapan di Old Trafford pada final Piala Dunia Liga Rugby tahun ini.
Sejak masa juniornya bermain untuk St Mary’s Saints di kompetisi Distrik Penrith, Luai berada di pihak yang berlawanan dengan Cleary, yang mengantre untuk Penrith Brothers pada masa itu, tetapi kebuntuan tidak sabar untuk melawannya lagi sebagai Samoa bertujuan untuk membuat sejarah dengan mengangkat Trofi Paul Barriere untuk pertama kalinya.
Statistik Jarome Luai di RLWC2021
Game dimainkan | 5 |
Mencoba | 2 |
Coba bantu | 9 |
Jalankan meter | 549 |
Linebreak | 3 |
Bantuan linebreak | 4 |
Tangani payudara | 23 |
Bongkar | 11 |
Offload ke tangan | 9 |
“Ini akan luar biasa,” kata Luai. “Kami terus bersaing, dan ini akan menjadi pertarungan hebat melawan salah satu anak laki-laki saya.
“Tapi tidak ada teman di luar sana di lapangan, hanya saudara dan musuh, dan saya akan selalu melihatnya dengan cara yang sama. Saya tidak sabar untuk tampil melawan dia.
“Kami belum pernah bermain melawan satu sama lain dalam skala yang sangat tinggi atau semacamnya, tapi kali ini taruhannya cukup besar.”
Luai kelahiran Sydney, yang kakek nenek dari pihak ayah adalah orang Samoa, telah menjadi andalan tim Samoa sejak dimasukkan dalam skuad mereka untuk Piala Dunia terakhir lima tahun lalu meski belum tampil di NRL pada saat itu.
Tidak ada teman di lapangan, hanya saudara dan musuh, dan saya akan selalu melihatnya dengan cara yang sama. Saya tidak sabar untuk tampil melawan dia.
Jarome Luai menghadapi Nathan Cleary di final Piala Dunia
Cleary, sementara itu, terlibat dalam Piala Dunia pertamanya setelah menjadi salah satu dari 13 pemain yang belum bermain yang dipanggil oleh pelatih kepala Australia Mal Meninga untuk skuad 24 pemain Kanguru.
Pemain berusia 24 tahun itu telah muncul di depan kapten Manly Sea Eagles dan pemenang Piala Dunia 2013 Daly-Cherry-Evans sebagai scrum-half pilihan pertama Meninga di turnamen tahun ini di Inggris, meskipun mendapat kritik dari beberapa kalangan atas penampilannya di final. Kemenangan semifinal 16-14 hari Jumat atas Selandia Baru.
Cleary mengakui dia belum mencapai ketinggian yang dia harapkan dari dirinya sendiri selama Piala Dunia namun merasa mantap dalam peran tersebut dan penggemar Manchester United itu menikmati prospek melangkah keluar ke lapangan di Old Trafford untuk salah satu acara liga rugby terbesar.
“Saya merasa seperti saya diterima dan merasa jalan saya masih panjang untuk memainkan permainan kaki terbaik saya, tetapi saya melakukan semua yang saya bisa untuk mempersiapkan diri dengan baik dan mencoba mengeluarkan permainan terbaik saya akhir pekan ini,” kata Cleary. Liga rubah. “Beberapa pertandingan terakhir bukanlah yang terbaik, tapi saya merasa telah membangun.
Statistik Nathan Cleary di RLWC2021
Game dimainkan | 4 |
Mencoba | 1 |
Coba bantu | 2 |
Jalankan meter | 560 |
Linebreak | 1 |
Bantuan linebreak | 10 |
Tangani payudara | 16 |
Bongkar | 2 |
Offload ke tangan | 1 |
“Saya tidak akan pernah berutang jersey, saya harus selalu mendapatkannya dan itu datang dari setiap sesi latihan dan setiap pertandingan. Tidak ada tahap yang lebih baik untuk melakukannya daripada final Piala Dunia.
“Saya sangat berpikiran sempit dengan hidup di masa sekarang dan hidup setiap hari sebagaimana adanya, dan hanya berusaha menjadi anggota tim yang baik – dan itulah cara Anda mendapatkan yang terbaik dari diri Anda pada hari pertandingan.”
Juara bertahan Australia adalah favorit odds untuk mengamankan gelar Piala Dunia ke-12 pada hari Sabtu setelah memotong kompetisi dan kemudian mengalahkan peringkat dunia No. 1 Selandia Baru di Elland Road di semifinal – pertandingan yang menampilkan sesama Panther Liam dari Cleary Martin bernama pemain pertandingan.
Samoa terus meningkat dari kekalahan 60-6 mereka dari Inggris pada pertandingan pembukaan turnamen pada 15 Oktober, yang digarisbawahi oleh mereka membalas dendam atas negara tuan rumah melalui kemenangan poin emas 27-26 di semifinal mereka di Stadion Emirates Sabtu lalu.
Cleary telah muncul sebagai scrum-half pilihan pertama Australia di Piala Dunia
Nominasi Sepatu Emas Luai memainkan peran utama dalam kemenangan itu bersama dengan rekan setimnya di Penrith Stephen Crichton, yang mencetak dua percobaan dan menendang drop goal yang memenangkan pertandingan untuk mengirim Kepulauan Pasifik ke final untuk pertama kalinya.
Pemain Panthers lainnya di Taylan May, Brian To’o dan Izack Tago semuanya juga memberikan kontribusi penting untuk Samoa, dan hubungan yang terbentuk di Penrith telah membantu menempatkan Samoa di ambang mengguncang tatanan internasional liga rugby yang telah lama berdiri.
“Itu dimulai di Penrith untuk saya dan anak laki-laki lain di sini,” kata Luai. “Kami membuat komitmen satu sama lain bahwa ketika waktu yang tepat tiba, kami akan bermain untuk Samoa.
“Semuanya telah membuahkan hasil sekarang dan kami telah melakukan sesuatu yang sangat istimewa bersama. Seperti yang Anda lihat, pekerjaan belum selesai.”
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