{"id":941542,"date":"2026-10-26T12:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941542\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:56:19","slug":"sydney-roosters-confirm-shock-sam-walker-contract-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941542\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Roosters confirm shock Sam Walker contract news"},"content":{"rendered":"

2027 is set to be Sam Walker’s last year at the Sydney Roosters<\/a> after the club confirmed it has withdrawn its contract extension offer to the star halfback.<\/p>\n

The Tri-colours had been working towards extending Walker’s contract over the past few months, hoping to secure his future before rival clubs could begin negotiating with him from November 1.<\/p>\n

However, the two parties have been unable to reach an agreement on terms, leaving the 24-year-old’s long-term future uncertain.<\/p>\n

The decision comes just hours after the Canberra Raiders<\/a> confirmed they had withdrawn their multi-year offer to Hudson Young<\/a>, while Walker is coming off his Test debut for the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n

The Roosters had tabled a club-record contract offer to retain Walker, with negotiations reportedly progressing over several months.<\/p>\n

\"Men's<\/p>\n

In August, the halfback was offered a four-year extension worth a reported $1.1 million per season.<\/p>\n

However, by mid-October, the latest deal understood to be on the table had increased to $1.3 million per season, with ratchet clauses potentially pushing his salary to $1.5 million annually through to the end of the 2031 season.<\/p>\n

Despite the significant financial commitment, the Roosters have now pulled the offer after failing to reach an agreement with Walker’s management.<\/p>\n

The club confirmed the development in a statement on Monday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sydney Roosters<\/a> have this evening advised the management of Sam Walker<\/a> that the Club’s offer for a contract extension beyond the 2027 season has been withdrawn after the parties were unable to reach an agreement on terms,\u201d the club wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Club remains focused on maintaining a Premiership-winning roster, with all recruitment and retention decisions made to support the strength, balance and long-term success of the playing squad. \u201c<\/p>\n

Walker is now set to enter the final year of his current deal in 2027.<\/p>\n

With the Roosters withdrawing their offer, rival clubs can now look to Sunday where they will be able to fight fo his signature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2027 is set to be Sam Walker’s last year at the Sydney Roosters after the club confirmed it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-941542","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\/941542","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=941542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}