{"id":340273,"date":"2025-12-10T21:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340273\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:38:09","slug":"sydney-roosters-monitoring-koloamatangi-as-nrl-club-tables-four-year-contract-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340273\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Roosters monitoring Koloamatangi as NRL club tables four-year contract – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days after rumours emerged that the St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> were willing to table a massive four-year contract to land Keaon Koloamatangi<\/a>, another NRL<\/a> club has reportedly tabled the exact same deal as the race for the forward’s services continues.<\/p>\n

Fresh off making his international debut for\u00a0Australia<\/a>, Koloamatangi is one of the best forwards on the open market and is coming off a strong 12 months after making the transition from the back-row into the middle of the field as he enters the prime of his playing career.<\/p>\n

As the race for the forward heats up,\u00a0The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>\u00a0reports that the Parramatta Eels<\/a> have tabled a four-year contract to land his services, a day after re-signing fullback Isaiah Iongi<\/a> on a long-term contract until the end of the 2030 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Sydney Roosters<\/a> have become the latest club linked with the Rabbitohs star and are monitoring the situation at the moment as they prepare for the departure of 2024 Brad Fittler<\/a> Medallist Angus Crichton<\/a> who has been linked to the 15-man code.<\/p>\n

This comes as the Dragons launched a major sales pitch to lure him away from the Rabbitohs, which saw them\u00a0fly him to the club facilities via helicopter\u00a0<\/a>as part of their recruitment pitch.<\/p>\n

Koloamatangi has also been linked to the Canberra Raiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SouthSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MAY 06: Keaon\u00a0Koloamatangi of the Rabbitohs speaks to the media after a South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL training session at USANA Rabbitohs Centre on May 06, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Rabbitohs are attempting to retain him as they look to push for a premiership once again, but don’t have the funds to offer him a $5 million contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not too big on \u2018max’ money,\u201d Koloamatangi told\u00a0The Sydney Morning Herald.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI still want to compete for a premiership. I have to meet my manager on Tuesday and discuss a few things; it’s early days.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I have two little ones and my fianc\u00e9e to look after, I have to think about my family \u2013 they’re my number one priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of things that will come into consideration. Playing in this [Ashes] series, I’m over the moon, and considering we didn’t too well in clubland this year, it was good to go out [on a] winning [note].<\/p>\n

\u201cHanging out with players at the top of their game, and seeing how professional they are, I can’t wait to go back as a leader to the Bunnies and hopefully chase that premiership.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of [younger] players might look up to me because I’ve played for\u00a0Australia<\/a>\u00a0now. I have to step up, be that older player; my voice will be heard more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two days after rumours emerged that the St George Illawarra Dragons were willing to table a massive four-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-340273","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\/340273","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=340273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}