{"id":386269,"date":"2026-01-02T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386269\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:20:10","slug":"keary-backs-cherry-evans-to-make-immediate-impact-at-roosters-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386269\/","title":{"rendered":"Keary backs Cherry-Evans to make immediate impact at Roosters – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Sydney Roosters<\/a> premiership winner Luke Keary<\/a> believes Daly Cherry-Evans<\/a> has \u201chit the ground running\u201d at his new club, with the veteran halfback already impressing early in his return to Bondi ahead of the 2026 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

Cherry-Evans joined the Sydney Roosters<\/a> after departing the Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> over the offseason, with the Queensland Maroons<\/a> and Australian representative intent on finishing his decorated career at the Tricolours.<\/p>\n

\"NRLSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 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

The move has inevitably drawn comparisons to Cooper Cronk<\/a>, who arrived at the Roosters late in his career and went on to deliver back-to-back premierships in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Speaking on SEN, Keary said Cherry-Evans had wasted no time settling into his new environment and was already making his presence felt within the squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came in a little bit earlier. Sam’s been back and they spent a bit of time together before Christmas,\u201d Keary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s going to bring stability and experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s been awesome around the group, everyone likes him and he gives you that confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis dude’s done it all for a long period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keary added that while Cherry-Evans may not arrive with the same external expectations Cronk carried eight years earlier, the inevitable comparisons are unavoidable given the stage of their careers and the Roosters’ premiership pedigree.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s going to get compared to Cooper, I think he knows that,\u201d Keary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s quite obvious, where Cooper came at this stage of his career, where Daly’s come at this stage of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that happens for them next year is going to be compared to what Cooper did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cherry-Evans has signed a two-year deal with the Roosters, which includes a player option for the 2027 season, and is expected to play a key role in guiding the club’s next generation while providing the composure and experience that has defined his NRL<\/a> career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Sydney Roosters premiership winner Luke Keary believes Daly Cherry-Evans has \u201chit the ground running\u201d at his new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-386269","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\/386269","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=386269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}