Sam Walker is not a Million dollar Player

[Mr Whippet]

Yeh forgot about Sitili

so it could be around 1.3 mill available to re-sign Walker -

Approximately 3.550 mill leaving end of 2024
Approximately 2.550 mill in new and re-signings and upgrades
plus 300k Veteran and Developed player allowance

Approximately 1.3 million to re-sign Sam Walker -leaving say 800 to 900 k for any other upgrades and targeted signing or two

Thanks KS,

[Inflictor]

Yeh forgot about Sitili

so it could be around 1.3 mill available to re-sign Walker -

Approximately 3.550 mill leaving end of 2024
Approximately 2.550 mill in new and re-signings and upgrades
plus 300k Veteran and Developed player allowance

Approximately 1.3 million to re-sign Sam Walker -leaving say 800 to 900 k for any other upgrades and targeted signing or two

King do you know when Sandon's contract ends?

[dice]

King do you know when Sandon's contract ends?

End of 2026.

Sandon Smith - Sydney Roosters - NRL Player Profile - Zero Tackle

[King Salvo]

I did see an article about a break down of wages of an NRL squad

Players

1 to 17 - Minimum wage 300k
18 to 25 - 200k- 300k range - some may get above 300k
26- 30 - 120k(Min wage) to 180/200k range

1. Tedesco *
2. Toops *
3. Nawaqanitawase *
4. Young *
5. Sandon Smith *
6. Walker *
7. Townsend *
8. Collins *
9. May *
10. Leniu *
11. Brandon Smith *
12. Crichton *
13. Nat Butcher *
14. Radley *
15. Watson *
16. Whyte **
17. Billy Smith **
18. Pauga **
19. Wong **
20. Egan Butcher **
21. Moriarty ***
22. Toia ***
23. TBA
24. TBA
25. TBA
26. TBA
27. TBA
28. TBA
29. TBA
30. TBA

* Players on 300k or above
** Players in the 200 to 300 range
*** Players in the 120 to 200k range
TBA - To be Announced - Roosters have up to 8 top 30 spots to fill for 2025- some may have been filled for 2025 but not as yet announced/confirmed

[HunchoRooster]

Come on now. There are only a handful of halves genuinely better than him, all of whom are on over a mil and there are a handful of halves that are nowhere near as good as him already on a mil.

In the market and given the lack of high quality 7s all round, he is 100% worth backing for the future and signing long term.

[milanja]

The Walker camp looking at 1.3mil++ according to the “journos” good luck getting that from any of the relevant clubs.

[Mickie Lane]

The Walker camp looking at 1.3mil++ according to the “journos” good luck getting that from any of the relevant clubs.

They made a good point though that it’s not till 2026 that his contract is to be renewed & by then DCE & Hunt will probably be retried so Manly & the Dragons might be happy to fork out 1.3 for him.

[Bates]

The Walker camp looking at 1.3mil++ according to the “journos” good luck getting that from any of the relevant clubs.

lol. Cleary is on $1.3 mill and he is the worlds best 7.

Two things make Sam look good.

1. Average opposition.
2. His team mates.

[milanja]

They made a good point though that it’s not till 2026 that his contract is to be renewed & by then DCE & Hunt will probably be retried so Manly & the Dragons might be happy to fork out 1.3 for him.

They have to take that chance now though Mickie.
not sure if they’ll be willing to spend that money this early, depends how long an offer we give him though.

[BigCok007]

I’m ok to chuck 1.3m at him, from 2026 his game is going to continue to grow and evolve, he’s already becoming more and more consistent. Cleary took a fair while to get going, even then he’s had a gun squad around him. Arguably didn’t see his individual best till second half of last years GF.

In est in Walker, he’ll repay us

[OMR]

I nearly choked when I heard the $1.4 mentioned. I love the lad and have faith he will be a superstar, but start around the $1mill mark in 2026 and have him signed up till 2013 going up to $1.3-1.4 around 2028

[The Real King]

Every player has an opinion on what another player is worth and should be getting paid.
There are serious ramifications in making someone the highest paid player based on potential when other proven players have taken much less to stay at the club.

Rads, Spencer, Lindsay, May are taking less to be at the Roosters. Angus could have got a lot more elsewhere. Joey could have got a million plus from St. George a few years back but stayed.
Teddy could go back to the Tigers and get 1.5, but he ain't stupid.

There is a lot of pressure in being the highest payed player at a club.
If Walker's father thinks he is a 1.3 player all he has to do is prove it by winning us a comp..not that hard.

[JAF]

Paying Walker $1.3/1.4 million a season for 5 or so years could really throw our salary cap out of whack.

What if he gets injured long term?

I’ll go with whatever Politis decides on this one!!

[Teddy]

Great game from Sammy took the lessons from last weeks shit show and made the right plays his solo effort to set up James for the second try was just beautiful.

He’s a million dollar player.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

With Kez going $1.1m for 3-4 years is fair for Sammy IMO.