{"id":270338,"date":"2025-11-08T05:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270338\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:16:13","slug":"dce-signing-set-to-cost-roosters-their-brightest-young-star-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270338\/","title":{"rendered":"DCE signing set to cost Roosters their brightest young star &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/sydney-roosters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Roosters<\/a> have finally welcomed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/daly-cherry-evans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daly Cherry-Evans<\/a> to the club, a move that looks set to cost them the retention of one of their brightest young stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Roosters young gun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/hugo-savala\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Savala<\/a> is set to test the open market after the news that veteran halfback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/daly-cherry-evans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daly Cherry-Evans<\/a> will join the Tricolours next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 36-year-old Manly captain has agreed to a one-year deal with an option for 2027, but his arrival could come at the cost of the Roosters&#8217; own breakout playmaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Savala was quick to confirm that he&#8217;ll explore his options beyond next year after forming a promising halves combination with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/sam-walker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Walker<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cIt wasn&#8217;t as if the news came as a big surprise,\u201d Savala told the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI&#8217;ve had a chat to Robbo (coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/trent-robinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent Robinson<\/a>) about it previously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI&#8217;m sure I can learn a lot from DCE, and I&#8217;m super keen to compete for a spot in the side next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220057\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NRL Rd 3 \u2013 Sea Eagles v Raiders\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2206477827.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA &#8211; MARCH 23: Daly Cherry-Evans of the Sea Eagles instructs his team during the round three NRL match between Manly Sea Eagles and Sydney Roosters at 4 Pines Park, on March 23, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Savala said he was not prepared to spend the next two seasons biding his time behind Cherry-Evans and Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI came through the Roosters&#8217; junior rep program, and I&#8217;d love to be a one-club player, but whether or not that happens now, I can&#8217;t be sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe&#8217;ll just see what happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI&#8217;ve got a year to go at the Roosters\u2026 My focus is to start the season well for the club and see where things take me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The playmaker&#8217;s management has reportedly begun sourcing opportunities for 2027 and beyond, with several clubs expected to monitor his situation closely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sydney Roosters have finally welcomed Daly Cherry-Evans to the club, a move that looks set to cost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-270338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}