{"id":930678,"date":"2026-10-16T21:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930678\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T21:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:04:13","slug":"roosters-set-to-make-major-play-in-bid-to-keep-superstar-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/930678\/","title":{"rendered":"Roosters set to make major play in bid to keep superstar half"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roosters powerbrokers have reportedly come to the table with a revised contract offer to re-sign Sam Walker, offering the talented halfback a whopping $1.5 million salary.<\/p>\n

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According to Code Sports<\/a>, Walker could become the richest player in the Tricolours\u2019 history if he puts pen to paper on the four-year contract worth north of $6 million.<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s contract talks began during the club\u2019s 2026 regular season campaign, with the 24-year-old\u2019s management rejecting the initial $1.1 million per-season contract on offer.<\/a><\/p>\n

It was widely reported the club held doubts regarding his value and his ability to deliver the Roosters a premiership.<\/p>\n

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However, he put the club\u2019s concerns to bed, steering the Tricolours to a title after their 19-18 victory over the Knights as well as making his Origin debut.<\/p>\n

Walker also earned selection in the Kangaroos squad and is in line to make his Test debut in Australia\u2019s next World Cup clash against Fiji.<\/p>\n

After his stellar campaign, the Roosters reportedly made the decision to table a much-improved offer to re-sign Walker before he hits the open market in November 1.<\/p>\n

News Corp is reporting the revised deal could begin at $1.3 million per-season, before his salary could receive a healthy bump with a ratcher clause.<\/p>\n

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His deal could surge north of $1.5 million, dependent on how much the NRL\u2019s salary cap is increased by with projections it could be beefed up by around 15 to 20 per cent in 2028.<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s management have previously indicated they consider their star man to be a $1.5 million player, putting negotiations on hold after the Roosters\u2019 initial offer.<\/p>\n

As it stands, James Tedesco is the club\u2019s top earner, with his current contract netting him around $1.1 million per-season.<\/p>\n

Should Walker sign his new contract, he will join the likes of Kalyn Ponga and Nathan Cleary as one of the game\u2019s top earners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roosters powerbrokers have reportedly come to the table with a revised contract offer to re-sign Sam Walker, offering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-930678","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\/930678","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=930678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}