Daly Cherry-Evans will reportedly be unveiled as the Roosters’ marquee signing for the 2026 season next week, with a fresh detail in his contract revealed.
According to Code Sports, the NRL’s worst kept secret will be confirmed once the November 1 deadline passes, with his contract reportedly verbally agreed upon months ago.
Originally Cherry-Evans’ contract was understood to include one year as a player, with a second coming in a mentoring role.
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It has now emerged the 36-year-old will have a clause in his contract, worth a reported $600,000 per-season, that could see him extended into the 2027 season.
That decision has led 23-year-old Hugo Savala to go to the open market, being squeezed out of the Tricolours’ halves.
Cherry-Evans will partner Sam Walker under Trent Robinson next year, and unless he accepts a utility role, Savala will have to look elsewhere for regular first grade minutes.
The rising star played 21 games in a breakout campaign, but the Roosters also have a number of playmakers who are set to come through the club’s ranks in the coming years.
Cherry-Evans shocked the NRL world when he announced in March he would be leaving the Sea Eagles at the end of the season.
For a large part of the season, his contract to sign with the Roosters was considered a formality, with the deal reportedly not being signed to avoid backlash from Manly fans.
Originally published as NRL’s worst kept secret set to be confirmed, fresh DCE detail revealed in Roosters switch