{"id":158027,"date":"2025-11-28T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/158027\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:20:10","slug":"roosters-forward-to-ink-next-nrl-contract-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/158027\/","title":{"rendered":"Roosters forward to ink next NRL contract – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Roosters<\/a> are reportedly set to land another blow on the free agency market by signing second-rower Siua Wong<\/a> out to the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

Wong has been free to negotiate with rival clubs since November 1, and some suggested he could be a target for the newly formed Perth Bears<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other clubs were also believed to be interested in the second-rower, who is rated as one of the best young talents in the game – although his 2025 campaign cemented that status, with the forward also spending time in the middle third of the park.<\/p>\n

It has taken time for Wong to look like he belongs at NRL<\/a> level, but he is there now, and it’s no surprise the Roosters have moved to lock up his services.<\/p>\n

News Corp are reporting the forward has now agreed to remain at Bondi Junction until at least the end of the 2028 campaign, signing a two-year contract extension.<\/p>\n

Now a walk up starter for the Roosters, Wong’s role will only continue to increase in the coming years, particularly with doubt lingering over the future of Angus Crichton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The star is reportedly entertaining a move to rugby union, where he could push for a spot in the Wallabies’ 2027 campaign.<\/p>\n

Crichton, who is Wong’s second-row partner, played the 15-man game growing up but has never had a crack at professional level.<\/p>\n

Like Crichton, Wong was also a rugby union prodigy in his formative years, but has never signed with the 15-man game, and now won’t until at least the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

The Roosters are on a retention raid at the moment, having confirmed the signatures of Blake Steep<\/a> and Robert Toia<\/a> recently – the centre being confirmed on a new deal on Friday morning after a breakout 2025 campaign which saw him make a shock State of Origin<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sydney Roosters are reportedly set to land another blow on the free agency market by signing second-rower…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-158027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}