He used it as motivation and his drive was like none other after that.". The following year, he would break into the Penrith Panthers first-grade side in round 10 of the 2018 NRL season against the Newcastle Knights off the bench. "I kid you not I was pacing up and down my cell the whole night," Martin says. "Why did he do it, Mum?" I didn’t go looking to do it. He offers it. "We were struggling to put food on the table," Martin recalls. Given the uncertainty around COVID-19, Martin didn't have an answer when he was released on April 16, 2020. Jarome with his father Martin during his teenage years. Go Luai, whose father will be in the stands for his first grand final. He was sent to a nearby detention centre in Pinkenba near Brisbane Airport, where he would spend the next two months waiting to find out if he would be marched out of the country back to New Zealand. ". In 2017, Luai captained the junior Kiwis in a loss to Australia and made his Samoan National team debut against Tonga at the Rugby League World Cup, before gaining any NRL experience. When I did it at the time, I thought I wasn’t hurting anyone because I wasn’t doing it. He's been a real good role model for me, I've learned a lot off him.". "It's a credit to Jarome, he's a really humble guy and to know he can learn off Jimmy especially then take over his role once Jimmy retires, it's a really good show of faith in the club and what's going on here," Cleary said. Luai’s influence in attack has been splendid, especially when you consider he partners one of the best game controllers in the NRL. Even though I had my reasons, there really isn’t any good enough reason to do what I did. The sadness I had was that he couldn't be there to see me make it, given all the hard work we put in together.". YOUR PICK Select your favourite moment from the hard-fought victory for the chance to win a signed Panthers jersey! Then one Friday afternoon, after Martin had come out of the shower following a gym session with fellow detainees, his phone rang. Martin trained alongside his son for a decade, but emotion often spilled over as Jarome struggled to live up to the expectations of his father. "I experienced the best of both worlds," a refreshed-looking Luai laughed when NRL.com asked him to reflect on the tumultuous fortnight. "That week I had a pretty good performance, probably the highlight of my career. "Penrith's my home so I'm living the childhood dream, playing for my local club and getting to do it with the boys I came through the grades with," Luai said. He also re-signed with the squad, despite the fact that as a promising young half he'd have had options elsewhere to cement a first-grade spot sooner than where he is, biding time behind Nathan Cleary and James Maloney. "My Dad was the missing piece in my life and at first I really struggled," Jarome says. I thought to myself, 'Why would I go back to that when I can wake up whenever I want, make quick money in an hour and go back and spend the day with my family?' The cells locked down at 5.30pm, as they did every night, a 2½-hour wait that felt like an eternity. "Jimmy is one of the best halves I can learn from. "I know he’s my son, but when I came home, I was star struck," Martin says. Hopefully somewhere down the track I get that opportunity. It took me a little while to realise that they were suffering more than I was. He would rather us use his money than our own money. Sign up here. "He was only a month or two old when I got injured. The torn syndesmosis and torn lateral ligaments required surgery, effectively ending his season just a fortnight after his breakout game. "I remember he cried the whole drive home," Martin says. "I just fell to the ground and bawled my eyes out. "I can’t ever give back to my kids and family the two years that I took away from them," Martin says. "People I was with were getting knocked back and their crimes were less than mine.". Luai credited the tight-knit team at Penrith as well as the coaching and rehab staff at the club for keeping his spirits up, but more than anything it was developments at home that prevented him sitting around feeling sorry for himself. "And I will live with that pain for the rest of my life. He did so much for me in my life. Luai's decision to stay at Penrith earned plenty of praise from close mate Nathan Cleary, who came through the grades alongside Luai from the age of 15. It lit a fire inside him and he never took a step back. All while trying to forge a path in the NRL after making his debut coming off the bench against the Knights a few months after his father had been locked up. Inside a Brisbane maximum security prison cell, listening on a radio he bought from the commissary that very week, Martin Luai cried through every minute of his son's NRL debut. "Fatherhood, a lot of us in the squad are experiencing it. He worked every day for 20 years to put food on the table for his wife and four children.
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