{"id":389732,"date":"2026-04-21T02:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:29:13","slug":"transfer-whispers-joey-manu-future-roosters-will-he-return-to-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389732\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Whispers, Joey Manu future, Roosters, will he return to NRL, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Roosters star Joey Manu doesn\u2019t appear to have interest in returning to the NRL anytime soon. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There have been rumblings the Roosters are holding out hope that Manu and potentially Waratahs star Joseph Suaalii will one day return to the club, but those hopes have faded.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The SMH have reported that the club are no longer active in their plans to bring the code hopping duo back to the Roosters.<\/p>\n<p>Given the latest development regarding Manu, it\u2019s not much of a surprise, with the 29-year-old eyeing off a potential gig for NZ in the 2027 Rugby World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>Manu plays for French club Racing 92 but to be considered for the All Blacks next year, Manu will have to be contracted to a NZ club team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m over here (in France) at the moment. I\u2019ll say I\u2019d love to, but just see if it all works out. I know how much good talent there is in those teams,\u201d Manu told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to do that (play at the World Cup) but I just want to focus on this Top 14 season and keep improving.<\/p>\n<p>Joey Manu in action for Racing 92.Source: Twitter<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve come a long way from when I first started in Japan, but I know I\u2019ve got a long way to go.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Roosters are also set to lose Angus Crichton (Waratahs) and Mark Nawaqanitawase (Panasonic Wild Knights) to the 15-man code next year.<\/p>\n<p>Former Eel and Dragon Zac Lomax has also made the switch, impressing in a new sport since joining the Western Force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Roosters star Joey Manu doesn\u2019t appear to have interest in returning to the NRL anytime soon. Watch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2300,201656,201657,79029,2024,1221,1759,2649,101714,111,109642,139,69,213,81847,133463],"class_list":{"0":"post-389732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-asia","9":"tag-club-team","10":"tag-code-hopping-duo","11":"tag-eastern-asia","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-japan","15":"tag-joey-manu","16":"tag-kyle-flanagan","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-new-zealand-all-blacks","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-western-europe","23":"tag-western-force"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389732","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=389732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}