{"id":88930,"date":"2025-08-23T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T02:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88930\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T02:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T02:17:06","slug":"daly-cherry-evans-opens-up-on-nrl-future-move-to-the-sydney-roosters-manly-sea-eagles-350th-nrl-game-news-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88930\/","title":{"rendered":"Daly Cherry-Evans opens up on NRL future, move to the Sydney Roosters, Manly Sea Eagles, 350th NRL game, news, videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daly Cherry-Evans\u2019 future has been a hot topic in rugby league in recent weeks \u2014 but the veteran playmaker is certain he will play on.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old is set to run out for his 350th NRL game on Saturday in a crucial clash with finals implications for both teams against the Dolphins.<\/p>\n

However, the clash also marks his second last game in front of the Brookvale faithful, having made the decision to depart the club at the season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s one of the NRL\u2019s worst kept secrets, but Cherry-Evans reportedly has agreed verbally to a one-year contract with the Roosters for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

There have been calls for the experienced playmaker to hang up the boots, but Cherry-Evans told Code Sports <\/a>he is certain he will continue next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not feeling the same as what I felt when I was 28, but I still definitely believe that I can uphold a standard that allows me to play in the NRL for a bit longer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always backed myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s people around you that will tell you the honest truth and that\u2019s something that\u2019s always helped me keep things in perspective when I am playing poorly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got the right people that are telling me when I\u2019m playing well, and the right people are telling me when things aren\u2019t going so well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not getting that advice to retire. I still feel as though there\u2019s more left in me. If that\u2019s the case, while the fire\u2019s still burning, you keep going, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Many pundits have attributed Cherry-Evans\u2019 decision to leave the club as a major destabilising factor for the Sea Eagles, whose finals hopes hang by a thread.<\/p>\n

However, he hit back at those claims, using the Panthers as an example of a club who have found sustained success with big-name players departing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last four years Penrith have won. They\u2019ve lost big name players every year and it hasn\u2019t destabilised them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we pick and choose what narrative we want to attach to a club. That\u2019s the one the critics of me wanted to attach to Manly, so I haven\u2019t lost any sleep over that narrative.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really have any regrets, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daly Cherry-Evans\u2019 future has been a hot topic in rugby league in recent weeks \u2014 but the veteran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-88930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88930","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=88930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}