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Written by , February 23, 2015
THE Roosters are set to recieve a boost on the eve of the 2015 season kick-off with Dylan Napa expected to reject a rich offer from St George Illawarra to extend his stay at the Roosters by up to three years.
The fiery prop told Fairfax Media he was hopeful of securing a long-term deal with the Roosters and remain under premiership winning coach Trent Robinson.
“I’m very happy with where I am. I’m very comfortable under Trent Robinson as a coach. I 100 per cent trust him. He has been awesome for me,” Napa said.
“It would be a hard thing to leave someone that you trust. You believe in his game plan so much and obviously the team we’ve got around us helps.
“Playing finals footy and believing in the coach is pretty high on my priority list.”
Napa’s pending re-signing is a huge boost for the Roosters who have already retained Kangaroos back-rower Aidan Guerra until the end of 2017 and Kiwi test prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ deciding to reject a rich offer to sign with the Raiders.
Waerea-Hargreaves told RLW on Saturday he is committed to remaining a Rooster and will soon sign a long-term deal.
“It’s flattering to be wanted and I have had to weigh up a lot of things,” Waerea-Hargreaves said.
“But I think I will be staying. It is just about done and dusted.
“There are just a few things to sort out between the club and my manager but they are working on it . . . it’s not far off.”
It leaves backs Blake Ferguson, James Maloney, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Daniel Tupou as the only unsigned players beyond the 2015 season.
The Roosters were impressive in their six tries to one victory over Manly in Gosford on Saturday night in a performance that pleased both Napa and his coach.
“It was a good start to the year,” Napa said. “It was the first trial for most of the boys so it was a good hit-out.
“Robbo [Robinson] was pleased. We’re happier with getting back to our Roosters ways and carry strong with tough defence. Everyone is waiting for round one,” Napa said.
“We did a lot of k’s [kilometres] in our legs in the pre-season it showed [on Saturday night]. We’re a lot fitter than we were last year.”
The Roosters kick-off their season with a round one clash with the Cowboys in Townsville.
Written by , February 23, 2015
THE Roosters are set to recieve a boost on the eve of the 2015 season kick-off with Dylan Napa expected to reject a rich offer from St George Illawarra to extend his stay at the Roosters by up to three years.
The fiery prop told Fairfax Media he was hopeful of securing a long-term deal with the Roosters and remain under premiership winning coach Trent Robinson.
“I’m very happy with where I am. I’m very comfortable under Trent Robinson as a coach. I 100 per cent trust him. He has been awesome for me,” Napa said.
“It would be a hard thing to leave someone that you trust. You believe in his game plan so much and obviously the team we’ve got around us helps.
“Playing finals footy and believing in the coach is pretty high on my priority list.”
Napa’s pending re-signing is a huge boost for the Roosters who have already retained Kangaroos back-rower Aidan Guerra until the end of 2017 and Kiwi test prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ deciding to reject a rich offer to sign with the Raiders.
Waerea-Hargreaves told RLW on Saturday he is committed to remaining a Rooster and will soon sign a long-term deal.
“It’s flattering to be wanted and I have had to weigh up a lot of things,” Waerea-Hargreaves said.
“But I think I will be staying. It is just about done and dusted.
“There are just a few things to sort out between the club and my manager but they are working on it . . . it’s not far off.”
It leaves backs Blake Ferguson, James Maloney, Shaun Kenny-Dowall and Daniel Tupou as the only unsigned players beyond the 2015 season.
The Roosters were impressive in their six tries to one victory over Manly in Gosford on Saturday night in a performance that pleased both Napa and his coach.
“It was a good start to the year,” Napa said. “It was the first trial for most of the boys so it was a good hit-out.
“Robbo [Robinson] was pleased. We’re happier with getting back to our Roosters ways and carry strong with tough defence. Everyone is waiting for round one,” Napa said.
“We did a lot of k’s [kilometres] in our legs in the pre-season it showed [on Saturday night]. We’re a lot fitter than we were last year.”
The Roosters kick-off their season with a round one clash with the Cowboys in Townsville.
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