Luai v Matterson war of words explodes

The battle of the west appears to have erupted again as Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai responded to being dragged into Matterson’s judiciary charge complaint.Matterson couldn’t understand why he was even cited for a crusher tackle on Penrith’s Dylan Edwards before taking aim at Luai.“It (the charge) didn’t make sense to me,” Matterson told reporters.“At the time I thought it was definitely a penalty, but I didn’t think it would go much further than that.“Considering Jarome Luai is kicking players and he didn’t get cited. It makes you think ‘Where is this game heading?’”Luai appeared to kick out at Parramatta’s Isaiah Papali’I while the Eels backrower was on the ground in the first half of Sunday’s grand final but the Panther escaped any sanction.Geyer didn’t miss with his assessment of Matterson’s move after he was charged with a crusher tackle on Edwards.“I don’t know what’s going on,” Geyer told Triple M.“That’s peril for Parramatta because they’re losing (Marata) Niukore, they’re losing (Isaiah) Papali’i. They need Matterson on deck. They need to be full-strength. There might be more to it but the optics of it makes Ryan look like he loves his money a bit too much.“He’s on about $600,000-a-year. To miss three games of footy for $4000, I don’t get it and hope there is more to it.“That doesn’t say much about his passion to play for the Eels. They could be 0-3 to start, the Eels, after three games, who knows, they need every man on deck. The optics of it don’t look really good.”Luai responded to Matterson’s claim on Instagram, by reposting the Eels forward’s quote, accompanied by three crying emojis, and the chorus to R&B star Kennyon Brown’s song Cry 4 You.“I just feel $4000 is pretty hefty considering I have already paid nearly $4000 in fines already this year for things that are absurd,” Matterson said.“At the end of the day I’ve got personal things to worry about outside of rugby league. I just didn’t think it was warranted. If you do something wrong at work, they don’t take money off you.” The latest flare up is fresh from James Fisher-Harris’ controversial comments about the Eels at Penrith’s grand final fan day celebrations on Monday.

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The battle of the west appears to have erupted again as Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai responded to being dragged into Matterson’s judiciary charge complaint.Matterson couldn’t understand why he was even cited for a crusher tackle on Penrith’s Dylan Edwards before taking aim at Luai.“It (the charge) didn’t make sense to me,” Matterson told reporters.“At the time I thought it was definitely a penalty, but I didn’t think it would go much further than that.“Considering Jarome Luai is kicking players and he didn’t get cited. It makes you think ‘Where is this game heading?’”Luai appeared to kick out at Parramatta’s Isaiah Papali’I while the Eels backrower was on the ground in the first half of Sunday’s grand final but the Panther escaped any sanction.Geyer didn’t miss with his assessment of Matterson’s move after he was charged with a crusher tackle on Edwards.“I don’t know what’s going on,” Geyer told Triple M.“That’s peril for Parramatta because they’re losing (Marata) Niukore, they’re losing (Isaiah) Papali’i. They need Matterson on deck. They need to be full-strength. There might be more to it but the optics of it makes Ryan look like he loves his money a bit too much.“He’s on about $600,000-a-year. To miss three games of footy for $4000, I don’t get it and hope there is more to it.“That doesn’t say much about his passion to play for the Eels. They could be 0-3 to start, the Eels, after three games, who knows, they need every man on deck. The optics of it don’t look really good.”Luai responded to Matterson’s claim on Instagram, by reposting the Eels forward’s quote, accompanied by three crying emojis, and the chorus to R&B star Kennyon Brown’s song Cry 4 You.“I just feel $4000 is pretty hefty considering I have already paid nearly $4000 in fines already this year for things that are absurd,” Matterson said.“At the end of the day I’ve got personal things to worry about outside of rugby league. I just didn’t think it was warranted. If you do something wrong at work, they don’t take money off you.” The latest flare up is fresh from James Fisher-Harris’ controversial comments about the Eels at Penrith’s grand final fan day celebrations on Monday.