{"id":943410,"date":"2026-10-28T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943410\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:06:09","slug":"nrl-2026-trent-robinson-calls-buzz-rothfield-with-shock-sam-walker-news-sydney-roosters-contract-how-to-watch-special-nrl-360-edition-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943410\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Trent Robinson calls Buzz Rothfield with shock Sam Walker news, Sydney Roosters contract, how to watch special NRL 360 edition, November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ongoing Sam Walker saga<\/a> has taken another turn, with Trent Robinson revealing the superstar halfback is yet to call him since the Roosters officially withdrew their offer to him.<\/p>\n

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Walker\u2019s immediate future at the Roosters is on shaky ground after the 24-year-old reportedly asked for a slight upgrade to the lucrative new contract the defending premiers put on the table.<\/p>\n

That sparked a furious Nick Politis to order the deal be pulled, although Phil Rothfield said on a special edition of NRL 360 on Wednesday that the Roosters supremo was \u201cjust about in tears\u201d when he spoke to him on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

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Politis isn\u2019t the only Roosters powerbroker who Rothfield spoke to, with the veteran rugby league reporter also receiving a phone call from Robinson while he was filming. <\/p>\n

So, Rothfield briefly stepped away for five minutes before returning and revealing a surprising development which he said was \u201calmost insulting\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rang him because I thought if anyone can rescue this deal from an impossible situation, it\u2019s Trent Robinson,\u201d Rothfield said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember last year Nick Politis was going to sack Victor Radley. Robbo presented to the board with so much passion, so much emotion. he was able to overturn it with Nick. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat really surprised me in the conversation I just had with Trent is he has not heard from Sam Walker since Monday. I find that almost insulting. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat the young fella could not pick up the telephone to a four-time premier coach who\u2019s had him since he was 17. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Barcelona and Manchester with that football side, and I don\u2019t think he was shaving yet. He looked like a school kid. Robbo has had so much to do with his education and development as a rugby league player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minichello says Walker could stay | 01:18<\/p>\n

It is a similar point to the one Fox League\u2019s Michael Ennis made on Tuesday<\/a>, arguing that the relationship between player and coach is important and that there is no guarantee another coach will put their full confidence in Walker like Robinson has.<\/p>\n

Veteran Code Sports reporter Peter Badel, who has covered Walker since he was a 16-year-old prodigy, said he \u201ccould not believe\u201d that the Roosters halfback had not called Robinson back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve known him for nearly 10 years, and he\u2019s one player that I can text and I know he\u2019ll get back to me,\u201d Badel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if it\u2019s a courteous can\u2019t talk Pete. I find it staggering that given the fallout, the gravity, how this has become a powder keg over the last 24 hours that Sam hasn\u2019t reached out. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know he\u2019s in World Cup camp, but Robbo\u2019s done so much for his career. I thought that would have been one of the key phone calls to make to your coach to say this is where we\u2019re at and this is what\u2019s happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

NRL 360 host Braith Anasta said this latest development was the clearest sign yet of a \u201cbreakdown\u201d between Walker\u2019s camp and the Roosters, which shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise given both Rothfield and Badel agreed the premiership-winning halfback has played his last game for the club.<\/p>\n

In fact, Rothfield revealed that Politis \u201cinsists it\u2019s all over\u201d and also posed that same question to coach Robinson who Rothfield claims also conceded it is over. <\/p>\n

Although the Roosters coach apparently left the door open to Walker returning by adding that in rugby league \u201cthings change by the hour\u201d.<\/p>\n

Foketi caught off guard by Walker news | 02:08<\/p>\n

But Rothfield said he got the impression that even if there is a small chance Walker could play for the Roosters again, the per cent is between \u201cone and two\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe will not play for the Roosters again,\u201d Rothfield declared.<\/p>\n

Badel, meanwhile, maintained that Walker \u201cwants to go back and honour his deal\u201d but agreed he believes the halfback\u2019s time at the Roosters is over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke to Nick numerous times over the last 24 hours. I believe it\u2019s done only because of his principle,\u201d Badel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remember with Latrell Mitchell. In 2020 Nick said they were dithering, they were stuffing around and he said to Latrell, \u2018Take the $800,000 season offer, or we\u2019re moving on\u2019. He moved on and he never retracted.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ongoing Sam Walker saga has taken another turn, with Trent Robinson revealing the superstar halfback is yet…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-943410","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\/943410","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=943410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}