Angus to Rugby - Telegraph

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The Sydney Roosters are on the verge of losing their second star player to Rugby Australia in just six months.
Edge forward Angus Crichton is tipped to join teammate Joseph Suaalii in a Wallabies jersey from next year.
Colleague Michael Carayannis and your columnist have had it confirmed from multiple sources that the code-switch is set to happen.
Crichton was an Australian Schoolboys rugby star before switching to rugby league with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2015.
He played three seasons in the Scots College First XV, winning the prestigious GPS title in 2013.

Crichton is still under contract to the Roosters for next season and has been offered an extension.
Officials are impressed by the manner in which he has fought back from being diagnosed with bipolar earlier this year after returning from the World Cup.
He missed the pre-season and first two months of the season while in recovery.
Crichton’s manager David Rawlings declined to comment when contacted by this masthead.
It is understood he has been in talks with Rugby Australia for several weeks.
Unlike Suaalii’s manager Isaac Moses, who kept the Roosters in the dark over his code switch, Rawlings has been upfront with Roosters boss Nick Politis and coach Trent Robinson.
They have been in constant dialogue since Rugby Australia and Wallabies coach Eddie Jones expressed interest in the Kangaroos and NSW forward.
Politis wants to keep Crichton at the Roosters but won’t get into a crazy bidding war.
The financial details of Rugby Australia’s offer are unclear.
It will be nothing like the $1.5 million-a-year they have paid Suaalii but is estimated to be around $800,000 a season.

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Posted this just after you. Mods please take mine down.

[Rooster_6]

Would be disappointing if true given the way the club have supported him this year. May be more to the story though..

[mattyh]

if this is his treatment of the club after this year....go on Angus off you fark...seriously , weak gutted, he has basically had the year off on full pay and this is how he rewards us. thanks mate.

[milanja]

Good luck to him, but I don’t think he lived up to the expectations overall, good salary cap relief if both go.

[QWERTY]

Not too sad tbh. Overall his form since his arrival with us has been patchy, and if he decides to come back, it will probably be to us on less coin. In the meantime, it frees up space to re-sign or buy.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Huge game last week and hopefully tonight also, nonetheless may be facing the prospect of a downgrade next contract to some extent with us. More money available to resign Nat Butcher, wong and whyte and whoever else if he goes. I love Angus but given his pricetag and if he wants to cruise around in union - I can imagine he'd go very well in union as well - it might be wise to allow him to go and cash in with Rugby and spend that $750k elsewhere.

[mightyrooster]

But it’s not till 2025 right?

[zac]

carryanis has great timing doesn't he. doubt it will affect the team but what's the value in giving publicity to another code when the nrl finals are on?

[HDTONE]

Massive congrats for being open about his issues and fighting back.

I wonder if the club will stand in his way ?
Wish him well but we move on with decent back ups and some cap space.

[Kentucky_Fried_Rooster]

I guess he will be with us next season.
I have no problem with him going to union or any other player chasing a pay day.
Most players generally don’t have a long career and need to make money while they can.

We have a few players who aren’t too far off retirement or are leaving so should have a lot of dollars to buy some decent players.

[King Salvo]

The Sydney Roosters are on the verge of losing their second star player to Rugby Australia in just six months.
Edge forward Angus Crichton is tipped to join teammate Joseph Suaalii in a Wallabies jersey from next year.

By the above it means 2024 - so if correct there will coin available for the Hutchinator to be retained.

They need to sort this out pretty quickly or they could lose the Hutchinator

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I'm just worried about him doing his job tonight, not whats happening in the coming seasons.

[Easts75]

Probably good timing for himself and the club. If he and Suualii left next year thats about 1.4million free isnt it ? Not sure whonis available though

[Roosterfarian]

Good for both side. Never hit the heights we expected we were going to get from him when he side.

Terribly inconsistent and on that salary, the expectations are that much greater I’m afraid.

Great bloke but we have the second row covered with some awesome talent coming through.