Roosters superstar shuns million-dollar raid

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Roosters superstar Joey Manu has shunned big-money offers from elsewhere and volition instrumentality with the Bondi nine until astatine slightest the extremity of 2024.

The 25-year-old inferior weapon is 1 of the astir sought-after players successful some rugby codes, and would person commanded upwards of $1 cardinal a play if helium enactment himself connected the unfastened market.

Instead Manu has decided to perpetrate to the Chooks for the adjacent 3 seasons, per Channel Nine newsman Danny Weidler.

Manu has won 2 NRL premierships with the Roosters and is simply a imperishable subordinate of the New Zealand team.

He's considered the champion centre successful rugby league but has shown his quality to beryllium arsenic effectual astatine fullback and five-eighth successful caller seasons.

The Warriors were 1 rival nine keen to motion him from 2023, portion New Zealand rugby was besides calling successful the anticipation Manu would leap vessel and beryllium disposable for a imaginable All Blacks quality astatine the 2023 World Cup.

His Roosters wage this twelvemonth was said to beryllium $700,000 but he's apt to beryllium earning overmuch person to 7 figures from adjacent twelvemonth onwards, specified is his lasting successful the crippled and astatine the cub.

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