{"id":946463,"date":"2026-10-30T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946463\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:26:14","slug":"theres-no-way-coach-cuts-walker-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946463\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s no way\u2019: Coach cuts Walker loose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roosters coach Trent Robinson says there\u2019s no chance Sam Walker can renegotiate a contract extension after talks broke down during the week and the club decided to pull their deal.<\/a><\/p>\n

But the Roosters coach dismissed suggestions Walker could leave immediately and not play out the final year of his current deal in 2027.<\/p>\n

Speaking before the World Cup game between England and PNG, Robinson was pressed live on TV by Matt White and journalist Dave Riccio about the Walker fallout.<\/p>\n

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He was asked if Roosters chairman Nick Politis may backflip on his decision not to offer Walker a deal for 2028 and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I mean Nick made that pretty clear. We were pretty clear in those negotiations. We knew what we wanted,\u201d Robinson said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSam did want more time, but don\u2019t forget we started negotiations in the middle of the year, they pushed it back to after the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s contracted next year, he\u2019s at the Roosters, he\u2019s just not there from 2028 onwards. <\/p>\n

\u201cSammy\u2019s a Rooster until the end of 2027, and then he\u2019s off from 2028, and that\u2019s his decision.\u201d <\/p>\n

He clarified: \u201cI think Sam did want more time, but don\u2019t forget we started middle of the year in negotiations and they pushed it back to after the season and we\u2019re after the season and November 1 is coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Sam was our biggest contract so therefore a lot of dominoes have to fall after that and other players need to know as well so it was pretty clear in the timeline that we gave him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson defended Walker, saying he was well within his rights to reject the Roosters offer of $1.2 million a season, which he felt was a little low.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think it\u2019s going to go one way and it doesn\u2019t,\u201d Robinson said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to sign Sam and we couldn\u2019t get it done, and that\u2019s the business side of it, and then probably from Tuesday onwards it\u2019s been a bit frustrating around the commentary around Sam and the way his character is and what he should have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo-one\u2019s on a lifelong contract. He\u2019s signed until the end of next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s really personable, everyone loves him and he just didn\u2019t want to sign for 2028, so it\u2019s pretty simple, and we\u2019ve moved on.<\/p>\n

\u201cSam\u2019s moved on and we\u2019ve moved on. There\u2019s no way to get a deal done after this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the business part, but I didn\u2019t really like the character assessment of everybody during the week.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cYou have managers for a reason, and there was constant communication there, and we couldn\u2019t get it done, so that\u2019s pretty normal. <\/p>\n

Robinson revealed that he and Walker \u201cdon\u2019t talk about contracts\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never have, it\u2019s never been a part of our discussion. We talk about footy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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