Jahream Bula is capable of freakish things in attack, but it’s his desperation in defence that has been pivotal to Wests Tigers posting back-to-back wins.
After making his debut against Manly in Round 8, the 21-year-old came up with 102 running metres, a try assist for David Nofoaluma’s 100th career four-pointer and an incredible trysaver on Panthers superstar Nathan Cleary to ensure the Tigers clung to a 12-8 lead in Bathurst in Round 9.
At Suncorp Stadium on Sunday, Bula cranked up his running metres to 180 and broke six tackles before producing a lunging cover tackle to deny Dragons winger Mikaele Ravalawa and ensuring he Tigers came away with an 18-16 win. With the Dragons launching one final raid and the Tigers scrambling, Bula was first confronted by a rampant Moses Suli, who seemed certain to go for the line himself before flicking the ball out to his winger.
Sensing his own moment of glory, Ravalawa got down low and lunged for the tryline, only to be denied by Bula and Isaiah Papali’i, who had played all 79 minutes to that point and wasn’t about to let victory slip away in the 80th. “I just knew I had to make the tackle, it was the last minute of the game and I just put my body on the line,” Bula told media post-match.
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