{"id":403274,"date":"2026-04-29T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/403274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:01:10","slug":"daniel-tupou-sam-walker-reveal-future-plans-amid-roosters-roster-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/403274\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Tupou, Sam Walker reveal future plans amid Roosters roster uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few rosters in the\u00a0NRL<\/a> look\u00a0quite as uncertain as the Sydney Roosters<\/a> long-term.<\/p>\n

After losing Joseph Manu<\/a> and Joseph Suaalii<\/a> in recent years, and with Mark Nawaqanitawase<\/a> and Angus Crichton<\/a> heading back to rugby union at the end of the year, the club have plenty to ponder.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t even take into account the looming retirements in the coming years, or as soon as this year, for Daly Cherry-Evans<\/a>, James Tedesco<\/a> and Daniel Tupou<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While it’s clear money won’t be the problem for the Roosters, experience and talent could be with such a mass out in recent and upcoming times.<\/p>\n

But in a major boost for the tri-colours, winger Daniel Tupou<\/a> has told the media per ESPN that he wants to keep going, and that a new deal for 2027 should be worked out in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

“I’m still sorting out [my future] with my manager,” he revealed. “But I’m trying to get it sorted as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n

The veteran winger, who will become the third-highest try-scorer of all-time in the coming weeks as he goes past Billy Slater<\/a>, also revealed he has no interest in changing clubs.<\/p>\n

“Nah, I probably [can’t imagine myself playing somewhere else],” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think I’m too mature to go to another team and start all over again. It’d be hard.”<\/p>\n

Walker is at the other end of his career and already earning around a million dollars per season.<\/p>\n

That is not about to reduce in his next deal, and despite uncertainty thanks to Daly Cherry-Evans<\/a> being at the club this year, Hugo Savala<\/a> at one point looking to move away, and the likely emergence of Toby Rodwell<\/a> in the coming years, he said he can’t see himself playing at any other club.<\/p>\n

“Uh, no [I can’t see myself playing anywhere else],” Walker admitted.<\/p>\n

“I’m really comfortable at the Sydney Roosters<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Walker, who would be free to negotiate with rival clubs from November 1 if he didn’t re-sign with the Roosters, is viewed as a future Origin player and will likely become one of the game’s highest-paid players in his next deal.<\/p>\n

The star halfback has battled injury at times in the last year and a half, but was in fine form at the end of 2025, which has now carried over to 2026.<\/p>\n

The Roosters, so far, have only added Reuben Garrick<\/a> to their 2027 squad and have plenty of spots available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few rosters in the\u00a0NRL look\u00a0quite as uncertain as the Sydney Roosters long-term. After losing Joseph Manu and Joseph…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-403274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403274","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=403274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}