NRL live: Jarome Luai returns as Tigers face Warriors at Campbelltown

Live scores: Wests Tigers vs Warriors at Campbelltown Stadium

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HALF-TIME: Warriors lead the Tigers 14-6

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Well, we've seen plenty of games of two halves, but this one was absolutely a half of two halves (quarters, you could say).

The Warriors were absolutely battering the Tigers, who were playing some of their worst football of 2026 in the opening 20 minutes, before the switch completely flipped.

Everything - defence, attack, captain's challenges, discipline - shifted the other way and suddenly the Tigers have energy and a bit of skill out there.

We could actually be in for a decent finish to this one.

38' WHAT A WASTE

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By Jon Healy

The Tigers have a full set plus one with 150 seconds left in the half, and Jarome Luai tries another grubber that's easily mopped up by Taine Tuaupiki.

Shocking decision by Luai there.

37' Another captain's challenge won, this time by the Warriors

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By Jon Healy

Chanel Harris-Tavita is called for a knock-on as Alex Twal loses it while trying to offload.

It turns out the ball is knocked back, so the Warriors' challenge is successful, but Alex Twal regathers and the Tigers get a fresh set regardless.

37' Another captain's challenge won by the Tigers

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By Jon Healy

The Tigers roll downfield thanks to Wayde Egan's high shot on Heamasi Makasini and, at the end of the set, Jarome Luai tries to roll in the grubber.

Ali Leiataua blatantly sticks his foot out at it and somehow Wyatt Raymond misses it.

Jahream Bula is tackled and he calls for a changeover, but the Tigers win perhaps the easiest captain's challenge in history.

31' Tigers win their captain's challenge

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By Jon Healy

It's all coming up Tigers now as Samuela Fainu is called for a knock-on but convinces Jarome Luai to challenge and the replays show him regathering.

As the Tigers take all the momentum, Andrew Webster sends James Fisher-Harris back out there to try to sort this out.

He was off the field for less than 10 minutes I reckon.

Suddenly the Tigers hit back

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By Jon Healy

A couple of six-again calls and a few bad sets by the Warriors allows the Tigers to get into the red zone and Adam Doueihi rolls in a curving grubber off the outside of his boot.

Ali Leiataua seems to have it covered, but spills it as Te Maire Martin arrives in his peripheral vision and Samuela Fainu dives on it.

Suddenly, the Warriors only lead 14-4 after utterly dominating the first 28 minutes.

Have the Warriors fallen asleep after it came so easy early?

25' Jared Haywood is on for his debut

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By Jon Healy

Benji Marshall has seen enough and he's hooked Josese Lanyon, injecting 19-year-old dummy half Jared Haywood for his first NRL minutes.

21' 'They look scared'

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By Jon Healy

As Leka Halasima scythes through behind the markers and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad goes within centimetres of powering over (stopped by some good desperation tackling, it must be said) Luke Lewis makes another blistering assessment of this effort.

"I never say this about NRL teams, but they look scared to make tackles tonight," he says on ABC Sport.

NRL.com has the Tigers at 16 missed in the opening 20 minutes by the way.

19' Luke Lewis called it

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By Jon Healy

Credit to ABC Sport expert Luke Lewis, he spied the horrible body language in the opening moments.

"I've never seen anyone look so flat, ever," he says as they fall behind 14-0.

They're frankly lucky Adam Pompey has only slotted 1/3.

Ali Leiataua is over

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By Jon Healy

The Warriors put it through the hands to the right and the right centre is over just as easy as you like. This is just abysmal by the Tigers.

"They are off. Something is amiss here," ABC Sport sideline eye John Gibbs says of the Tigers.

16' This is officially pathetic from the Tigers

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By Jon Healy

The Warriors spin it off the kick-off and Alofiana Khan Pereira flies up over halfway.

Literally the only thing that stops him is Taine Tuaupiki over-running him and causing him to fall to ground lest he be called for an obstruction.

Some of these tackling efforts are embarrassing from the Tigers.

The Warriors are in again

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A simple left-side shift and Alofiana Khan-Pereira has oodles of space to pause, skip and dive in out wide for yet another NRL try.

The Warriors were making it look easy when it was 13 vs 13. Against 12 for the next eight minutes this could get real ugly.

12' Bunty Afoa is in sin-bin

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By Jon Healy

Jahream Bula chases a high bomb but knocks on into the hands of the Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, who spins it out to the left.

Bunty Afoa flies through and hammers his former teammate incredibly late, genuinely a full second at least and Nicoll-Klokstad is in real trouble.

Wyatt Raymond lets the play go on and then calls it back, before sending Afoa rightly to the sin-bin.

"He has ample opportunity to pull out of that clash, he carries through with force, there's significant whiplash and his head hits the ground," Raymond says.

I don't think anyone can disagree. That was really ugly.

11' Another missed chance by the Warriors

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By Jon Healy

Leka Halasima storms onto a cut-out pass and flies 50 metres to the Tigers' 20m line.

The Warriors are surging but again they knock on right on the tryline, this time Tanner Stowers-Smith drops it in a beautiful shot from Sione Fainu.

6' Warriors making easy metres

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By Jon Healy

James Fisher-Harris pokes his nose through in the middle but just can't find the offload.

The Warriors immediately spin it right and they break through via Ali Leiataua. Jarome Luai goes for a hair-pull as he chases, but let's go immediately to his credit.

They force a dropout but Te Maire Martin knocks on in the ensuing set.

Still, this is a rank start for the Tigers, who look really out of sorts.

James Fisher-Harris storms in and lets Jarome Luai know about it

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By Jon Healy

A lovely bit of interplay between big men as Erin Clark drifts across and hits James Fisher-Harris with a short ball 10 metres out.

He pushes in between Jarome Luai and Terrell May, and their desperate attempts barely slow him down.

As JFH gets up he shouts down at former Penrith teammate Luai. May is also a Penrith boy, so I'm sure a bit was directed at him too.

"Look at their [the Tigers'] body language. They already look deflated and we're only four minutes in," Luke Lewis says on ABC Sport.

3' Massive error by the Tigers

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By Jon Healy

They get the first penalty of the game as Sunia Turuva intercepts a Warriors pass on the last, but Adam Doueihi fails to find touch (it wasn't even close) and the Warriors fly back through Taine Tuaupiki.

1' The Warriors kick off

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By Jon Healy

And it's former Warrior Bunty Afoa taking the first big charge back.

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