I'm going nowhere: Rooster Kenny-Dowall

[Darkone]

(hahahalol)

By Ian McCullough

AAP

Thu 13th June, 7:14pm


He's heard the rumours and admits they were a concern, but Shaun Kenny-Dowall says he has no intentions of leaving the Sydney Roosters.

The New Zealand international centre is one of the NRL club's longest-serving players having first linked up with the Roosters eight years ago after moving to Sydney as a backpacker from across the Tasman.

However, there's been speculation the club have been shopping him around to other teams despite being under contract for a further two years.

"I have still two years to go and that is all I need to know," Kenny-Dowall said on Thursday.

"I have heard stuff from fans in the street, but I am comfortable here at the Roosters.

"I've had a chat with the club and they have said I have another two years and that is where I left it.

"Nothing more has been said since and I am happy to leave it."

Kenny-Dowall is one of several Kiwis at the Roosters and the centre said he feels well at home at the club and, if he were to leave, it would be a huge wrench.

"I would be silly to leave, especially now with the team going so well," he said.

"I have plenty of friendships with all the Kiwi boys and also lots of friends with the Aussies as well.

"It makes it very homely here and I love it."

[Johnny.]

SKD = JEG

Delusional.

And to keep it fair.

AJA = JWH

And I'm not talking about the Warea-Beast.

[Guest]

Beat me to it.

[Darkone]

In terms of denial, I'm sad to say but he's taken the mantle from Smith

[Johnny.]

Like Brian said "hell is the insanity of reason."

[davos]

Why would he want to leave ?

He's on ~350k. He'd struggle to get half of that the way he has been this year, were he on the market. Why would he voluntarily give away 175k and the chance of playing in a good team and on the outside of the best backrower ever ???

This article is just plain stupid.

[Vasco]

This is where we want the theory "where there's smoke there's fire" to come true.

[Guest]

Let's all get behind him instead of bagging him. He is a real confidence player and I think things will change for him starting this week with his defense

[Parkway_Drive]

tick tick tick tick!!!!!

[Guest]

Let's all get behind him instead of bagging him. He is a real confidence player and I think things will change for him starting this week with his defense

LOL@ Dvr

[Parkway_Drive]

Let's all get behind him instead of bagging him. He is a real confidence player and I think things will change for him starting this week with his defense

Dvr is SKD:P

[Newcroosters]

Let's all get behind him instead of bagging him. He is a real confidence player and I think things will change for him starting this week with his defense

I'm with you Dvr, robbo will have done some work with skd, hopefully he'll have a much better game than last week

[Guest]

I'm with you Dvr, robbo will have done some work with skd, hopefully he'll have a much better game than last week

Won't be hard for him to have a better game then last week

[ROC181]

Good on him! He'll come good as he has before.

[The Rooster Oracle]

Why would he want to go anywhere when he has it so good with us. But what he wants means nothing when he is dishing up the crap he has been for quite some time now. There are no excuses for him now, with Robbo at the club basically everyone else in the side has improved while he hasn't.

Just because we are winning shouldn't mean that he is an automatic selection each week and be retained at the club beyond this year. The way he is playing he is contributing nothing, he is no asset to the team, instead he is a major liability. It is no secret that when opposition teams study us they clearly identify SKD as the weak link to be a major target to direct their attack at. The team should not have to be carrying him, it's not fair on the rest of the boys who are busting their arses.

That game against parra we dead set could have won that by around 50 - 0 again, if it wasn't for SKD. Those two tries that SKD let in, in the first half put us off our game and really put the wind in the eels sails. Without SKD in the side we could have been up 24 - 0 at halftime with the eels confidence down and thinking here we go again another 50 - 0 score line coming up, it just really would have knocked the stuffing out of them and allowed us to go on with it in the second half. With SKD letting those two tries in it just changes the whole complex of the game, it built the eels confidence right up and it got the eels home crowd fired up which pumped up the eels players and turned the game into a tough arm wrestle. He also had a pathetic attempt of tackle in the eels fourth try.

I fear 'big time' (and I bet there are plenty others thinking the same) that SKD will cost us a finals game.

In the best interests of our club to further strengthen our side we must get rid of SKD and look to replace him with someone such as Folau if we can get him. If I had my way if it was possible I would get rid of SKD before June 30 and sign up Folau before June 30 and get Folau playing for us this year as his commitments with the Waratahs would be over.

He needs to be dropped either now or straight after the dogs game when we have all our SOO players back available. He is just simply a liability and is not improving, Oldfield is a better option. Most likely put Oldfield on the wing and shift RTS to center.