{"id":917827,"date":"2026-10-06T05:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917827\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T05:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T05:50:16","slug":"nrl-2026-sam-walker-set-to-sign-historic-extension-with-sydney-roosters-contract-details-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917827\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Sam Walker set to sign historic extension with Sydney Roosters, contract details, November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Roosters are expected to get a deal done with Sam Walker \u201cin the next few weeks\u201d as the star halfback looks to become the richest player in club history. <\/p>\n

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Walker can now add premiership winner to his resume after helping the Tricolours to the title on Sunday and now attention has quickly turned to his future.<\/p>\n

There were reports last week that Walker would re-sign with the Roosters if his salary reached $1.5 million a season, with chairman Nick Politis confident the club was in a position to keep the Queensland Maroons representative.<\/p>\n

The fact he has now won a grand final may make it harder for the 24-year-old to walk away, although equally it also could give him more leverage in negotiations.<\/p>\n

But CODE Sports reporter Brent Read said on NRL 360 that he believes the Roosters are not far away from striking a deal with Walker to put the contract speculation to bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019ll get the deal done in the next few weeks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it probably helped his cause. I mean, he didn\u2019t have his greatest game but the fact he won a premiership, I think it\u2019s helped his cause. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo if it means tossing in another $100,000… I think they\u2019ll do it. I think they\u2019ll get a deal done. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was on the field actually. I saw Nick and Sam have a hug. They looked very happy and content.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Roosters\u2019 initial offer to Walker started at $1.1 million a season, increasing to approximately $1.4 million with ratchet clauses. <\/p>\n

Walker knocked that offer back, with CODE Sports reporting<\/a> his value would rise past $1.5 million annually if he led the Roosters to premiership glory.<\/p>\n

Now, Walker didn\u2019t actually have to do much with the Roosters\u2019 forward pack leading the way against Newcastle while he didn\u2019t have any real standout moments to point to either. <\/p>\n

But the NRL 360 panel was in agreement that in some ways that could work in Walker\u2019s favour as too often he is accused of overplaying his hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did his job. He didn\u2019t need to do any more,\u201d Dean Ritchie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis forwards were doing the job for him. So he didn\u2019t need to overplay his hand. But he did a good job and as you say in the end, he was a premiership winner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a tick for him,\u201d added Read.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople say that Sam goes outside the system and tries things and he\u2019s a bit of a gambler. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut you know what? He didn\u2019t do that. He didn\u2019t need to. The control he played with is a big tick for him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Roosters are expected to get a deal done with Sam Walker \u201cin the next few weeks\u201d as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-917827","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\/917827","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=917827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}