The Roosters have quietly accepted a harsh reality that two of their most celebrated alumni are never coming back, and the bank accounts of rugby union have made sure of that.<\/p>\n
The Sydney Morning Herald revealed that the Roosters have stopped their plans of trying to bring Joseph Manu<\/a> and Joseph Suaalii<\/a> back to Bondi.\u00a0<\/p>\n Suaalii, is currently on a $1.6 million annual salary, on top of partnerships with brands like Range Rover and Louis Vuitton, deals that have transformed the western Sydney kid into a Double Bay resident living a life most can only dream of.<\/p>\n Rugby Australia<\/a> have extended the red carpet to his family, reportedly covering flights to watch him play.<\/p>\n This is happening while Manu is reportedly earning \u20ac1.3 million, which is $2.15 million Australian per season with Racing 92 in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n The only circumstance that could see Manu eye a return to the NRL<\/a> is his family.<\/p>\n Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a> is heading to the Panasonic Wild Knights after this season with the Roosters on a deal somewhere near the $3 million range, showing how financially lucrative the opportunities have been for these players.\u00a0<\/p>\n There is also growing belief club legend Daniel Tupou<\/a> may be preparing to draw the curtain on his NRL<\/a> career.<\/p>\n Japanese rugby reportedly has emerged as a option for the club’s all-time leading try scorer.<\/p>\n For a club built on continuity and culture, it is a confronting new reality that the Roosters reach, once seemingly limitless, has met its match of foreign competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Roosters have quietly accepted a harsh reality that two of their most celebrated alumni are never coming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-387088","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\/387088","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=387088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}