'It will be weird': Cleary eyes first clash with Luai

Nathan Cleary spills on changed relationship with Jarome Luai

The former running mates ‘don’t talk all the time’ these days but will soon come together for a ‘weird’ reunion.

'It will be weird': Cleary eyes first clash with Luai

Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai formed an imperious halves pairing at Penrith but will square up against each other for the first time at NRL level in round 14.

‘It will be weird’: Cleary eyes first clash with Luai

There was a time when playing against Nathan Cleary brought Jarome Luai to tears, such was the beating Cleary’s team gave him. Fast forward 15-odd years, and Cleary predicts it’ll be all love and respect – and possibly a little sledging – when the four-time premiership winning teammates square off at NRL level for the first time. Wests Tigers recruit Luai hosts Cleary’s Penrith at CommBank Stadium on Sunday, some eight months after leaving the P…

‘He might have cried’: Cleary braces for ‘weird’ showdown with Luai in NRL first

‘He might have cried’: Cleary braces for ‘weird’ showdown with Luai in NRL first