Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\nA move to a rival club appears out of the question, with rugby another option for the towering winger who has represented NSW, Tonga and Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still sorting that out with my manager, and we\u2019re trying to get it sorted as soon as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m too mature to go to another team and start all over again. It\u2019ll be hard on the body. We\u2019ll see what happens and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tupou has been one of the most consistent outside backs in the NRL since he made his debut back in 2012 and showed off his finishing prowess with a hat-trick in just his second game.<\/p>\n
But he wasn\u2019t guaranteed a starting spot when Trent Robinson took over as coach the following season, with Tupou battling it out with Michael Oldfield to partner Roger Tuivasa-Sheck on the wing.<\/p>\n
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 11: Daniel Tupou of the Roosters runs in for a try during the round six NRL match between Cronulla Sharks and Sydney Roosters at Optus Stadium, on April 11, 2026, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
He won the spot and scored 14 tries in 2013, including a high-flying effort in the grand final win that has become his trademark play.<\/p>\n
Robinson has described him as \u201ca security blanket\u201d on the left wing, with Tupou reflecting on that 2013 positional shootout that could have put his career go on a very different path had he not been picked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe (Robinson) reckons it was pretty close,\u201d he replied when asked if Oldfield was a chance of taking his spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the pre-season I had was just me putting my head down and focusing on myself to put my best foot forward. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think I showcased that in the pre-season and I was lucky enough to get that starting spot and hold onto that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just grateful to be a part of it and blessed to still be playing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m definitely feeling it, but I guess I\u2019ve got a mad poker face on. Fourteen years is a long time, so I\u2019m blessed that I\u2019m still playing and using this gift to play on the big stage with the boys. It\u2019s truly an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Roosters fans are glad Robinson stuck with Tupou back in 2013, with the veteran now up to 189 tries as he closes in on the 300-game milestone that he should bring up against the Storm in round 13.<\/p>\n
He will likely have gone past Storm legend Billy Slater by then into third spot, with Tupou trailing the superstar fullback by just one try after he bagged a double in the thumping Anzac Day win over the Dragons. <\/p>\n
He could have been level by now, with both Robinson and Tupou lamenting a dropped ball with the line wide open. <\/p>\n
\u201cOh really? I didn\u2019t even know that. That\u2019s crazy,\u201d the usually quiet winger said, with Tupou set to become just the third player to score 200 tries.<\/p>\n
\u201cI probably would\u2019ve got it (the record) if I hadn\u2019t dropped that first one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Martin Gabor (NCA NewsWire)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former State of Origin teammates Zac Lomax and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii have distanced themselves from a potential return to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,11170,57166,4565,4581,64921,763,2105,3230,310620,49979,310618,677,310617,26598,3473,46,125389,13391,2625,310619,310616,85,132831,14869,51611,1080,310615,62894,4737,3439],"class_list":["post-641566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-billy-slater","tag-call-looms","tag-cronulla-sharks","tag-daniel-tupou","tag-debut-back","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-grand-final-win","tag-mad-poker-face","tag-martin-gabor","tag-mike-oldfield","tag-oceania","tag-one-club-ultimatum","tag-pat-carrigan","tag-paul-kane","tag-perth","tag-player-movements","tag-reece-walsh","tag-roger-tuivasa-sheck","tag-roosters-fans","tag-security-blanket","tag-sports","tag-starting-spot","tag-super-league","tag-superstar-fullback","tag-sydney-roosters","tag-trademark-play","tag-transfer-rumours","tag-trent-robinson","tag-western-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641566","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=641566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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