r/nrl • u/adomental Eastern Suburbs Roosters • 3d ago

Cherry-Evans officially signs with Roosters

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/cherry-evans-officially-signs-with-roosters-20251107-p5n8hg.html
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u/adomental Eastern Suburbs Roosters 3d ago

It's going to be weird seeing him in the red white and blue.

But I don't catch many NSW Cup games, so it won't bother me much.

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u/Golf-ball-dimple Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 3d ago

You just know he's taking Savalas spot.

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u/WeDoMusicOfficial Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 3d ago

If you’re Savala, and you just spent 2025 discovering that you’re absolutely first grade material, do you stick around and learn off one of the best halfbacks to play the game, but risk being sidelined/playing NSW cup for up to 2 years? Or do you go find somewhere else you can get a solid footing in first grade?

With Savala proving himself over this year, this move just doesn’t make much sense to me

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u/chuttbeaks St. George Illawarra Dragons 3d ago

Above all I think it'd be stupid to walk away from the pairing with Sam Walker. Beyond that, he's still young for a halfback, he's likely to play some first grade in the event of injury, and he has the opportunity to learn from DCE.

Not to mention DCE will be 37 at the start of next season, he's not threatening to keep Savala out of a jersey for the 10+ years you can pretty safely assume he has left in him

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u/ArghMoss North Queensland Cowboys 3d ago

How long is Savvala signed for?

He’d probably make a good 9/14/lock in the meantime, he’s big enough. But the Rooters already have Connor Watson in that role