{"id":280817,"date":"2025-11-13T02:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280817\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T02:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:20:10","slug":"roosters-set-to-retain-breakout-star-with-rich-new-deal-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/280817\/","title":{"rendered":"Roosters set to retain breakout star with rich new deal – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Roosters<\/a> have reportedly pulled off a major retention coup, securing the services of star young centre Robert Toia<\/a> to the end of 2029.<\/p>\n

Toia was contracted with the Bondi-based club until the end of 2027, but his deal will skyrocket after a breakout 2025 campaign which saw him make a State of Origin<\/a> debut for Queensland just ten games into his NRL<\/a> career.<\/p>\n

His form saw him become part of Billy Slater’s side, and contend for the mantle as the NRL’s most in-form centre despite being so few games into his journey.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old’s two-year extension will essentially serve as a new four-year contract, with News Corp reporting the deal is worth more than $2 million – or over $500,000 per season.<\/p>\n

Toia will be a walk-up starter in the Roosters’ backline again throughout 2026, before then taking on an even larger role in 2027 when Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a> leaves the club.<\/p>\n

The Roosters, despite adding Reece Robson<\/a> for 2026 from the North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>, are not believed to be stretched for cash given the number of players they lost without replacement ahead of 2025.<\/p>\n

The future of fullback James Tedesco<\/a> also remains in the balance, with the Roosters star playing one year at a time as he approaches the end of his career.<\/p>\n

His eventual retirement will likely free up the money for the Roosters to either bring back Nawaqanitawase in 2028, or make a play for Joseph Manu<\/a> to return to the NRL<\/a> as his stint in overseas rugby union continues.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the salary cap front for the Bondi-based club, it’s likely Angus Crichton<\/a> will depart at the end of 2026, freeing up even more money for tri-colours to have a full-scale tilt at free agency for 2027.<\/p>\n

They have added Daly Cherry-Evans<\/a> for 2026, but that is a one-year deal, while there are still decisions to be made on the futures of Daniel Tupou<\/a> and Siua Wong<\/a>, who are both now officially able to negotiate with November 1 passing and their deals due to expire at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sydney Roosters have reportedly pulled off a major retention coup, securing the services of star young centre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-280817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280817","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=280817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}