Cowboys premiership star makes big call on future

Cowboys instrumentality favourite James Tamou has announced his contiguous status from the NRL.

Tamou had been hoping to person the accidental astatine playing a farewell crippled aft suffering a ft wounded backmost successful circular three.

He retires having played 307 archetypal people games. He was a subordinate of the Cowboys' 2015 premiership-winning team.

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Tamou spent 8 years successful Townsville earlier stints astatine Penrith and the Wests Tigers. He signed a one-year woody for this play to instrumentality to the Cowboys.

"I've conscionable announced it to the world, but internally I benignant of knew," helium told erstwhile teammate Johnathan Thurston connected Nine.

"I couldn't person asked for more. I've been astir the satellite and I was precise fortunate and fortunate to travel up present 1 past time, but I've gotta to perceive to the body."

Thurston asked him his favourite memory.

"Of course, arsenic you get older you realise ... premierships are hard to travel by, truthful the 2015 premiership with the Cowboys. There are immoderate large memories up present and what a mode to decorativeness it up present arsenic well.

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"I made lifelong friends, and that is the payment of what rugby league brings. Some radical dainty it arsenic a occupation but others, a lifestyle. 

"I person been fortunate to beryllium successful the crippled agelong capable to ... person semipermanent relationships connected the way."

Nine's Danika Mason reported Tamou broke the quality astatine fractional clip by announcing it implicit the ground's PA.

She said helium told her helium inactive held desires to play league adjacent twelvemonth successful little grades, perchance adjacent Q Cup, but it won't beryllium successful the NRL.

Tamou made 14 Origin appearances for the Blues and 12 for the Kangaroos. He was besides a subordinate of the Kangaroos 2013 World Cup-winning squad.