Signing news SKD wants 4 more years

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Roosters want Kenny-Dowall for four moreBy Nathan Ryan
24 February 2011 05:30PM EST
www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au

ShareSYDNEY Roosters are hopeful of locking in New Zealand international Shaun Kenny-Dowall for a further four years.

The 23-year-old centre has been with the club since making his debut in 2007.

Off contract at the end of the year, Roosters recruitment manager Michael O’Sullivan told Sportsnewsfirst.com.au the club has had discussions with SFX management and is confident of retaining the young star.

“Your elite players are looking at a three to four year deal and (Kenny-Dowall) falls into that category,” O’Sullivan said on Thursday.

“I have had preliminary talks with his manager.

“We are working through it... hopeful of having it sorted in the next month.”

In arguably his best year of football, Kenny-Dowall scored the match winning 100th minute of extra time try to win the Roosters week one finals game 15-19.

In 2010 the NRL All Star became runner up to Benji Marshall in the Golden Boot award and elected centre in the team of the year.

With rumours of a five-year deal, the Roosters are hoping he will resign as a sign of good faith.

“We have been good to him and he has been good to us,” O’Sullivan said.

“We signed him at a young age and put him on a good contract before honestly he was entitled to one.”

A four-year deal would have him at the tricolours until the end of 2015.

Sign him now !

[stephenj]

as long as he continues to lose those skid moments?

[Guest]

Sign him right away.

His worked a lot on his ball handling, and im lead to believe Fittler had him running around with a ball in his hand almost 24/7.

With his handling improvement his an amazing player, man he can run, And i think his best is yet to come. I will be very happy to see him Sign till 2015.


BTW, does anyone know about all the roosters contracts and when they expire? Id be interested to know how many years everyone else has on there contract.

[Rooster_6]

as long as he continues to lose those skid moments?

It's inevitable with the way he plays the game, if he works on his core skills like being able to draw and pass it's just matter of taking the good with the bad.

There's no excuse for poor defence but I'll excuse him a stupid play or knock on every now and then if he can keep up his attacking play.

[Guest]

1) is michael a typo or do we have to O'sullivans on our book?

2) how was 2010 "arguably" his best year. It was his best year without a doubt.

[Kingbilly]

Sign him right away.
His worked a lot on his ball handling, and im lead to believe Fittler had him running around with a ball in his hand almost 24/7.

Fittler or Smith ?, Fittler would have had him running around drink in hand 24x7 .

Actually its no secret the real reasons he did well this year, he was finally playing in the position he knows best and he had no idiot soliola inside him. Soliola made SKD look very bad in defense.

[Guest]

Fittler or Smith ?, Fittler would have had him running around drink in hand 24x7 .

Actually its no secret the real reasons he did well this year, he was finally playing in the position he knows best and he had no idiot soliola inside him. Soliola made SKD look very bad in defense.

it was fittler.

I heard SKD talking about it, saying Brad would make him hold a ball and throw it around non stop, When they were on the bus, Before Training, After Training,at the beach, basicly anytime he could he had to have a ball in his hands , throw it up and catch it.

He said at first he felt embarrassed , but he then said it done wonders to his ball handling.

[Vasco]

Settle down Skid.

Let's see you back up last year's performances with some good footy this year.

[theGman]

1) is michael a typo or do we have to O'sullivans on our book?

2) how was 2010 "arguably" his best year. It was his best year without a doubt.

Comrade,

It's definitely a typo, should have been Peter. However, Peter's nephew (name ?) is tied up assisting the SG Ball squad.

[Guest]

Skids is a gun. He is worth a four year deal.

Chook.

[theGman]

It's inevitable with the way he plays the game, if he works on his core skills like being able to draw and pass it's just matter of taking the good with the bad.

There's no excuse for poor defence but I'll excuse him a stupid play or knock on every now and then if he can keep up his attacking play.

I'm not usually a fan of long term contracts for a variety of reasons but with SKiDs i say go for it! Should injuries slow him down in his late 20's, he should transition into the forwards perfectly IMO.

[alex0063]

I think SKD good season last year was very much to do with having good ball players for once. Being able to spread the ball quickly and get him into good space and being able to run with the ball more. Being in his normal position for once

[Guest]

Something big is in the works....

usually when I speak with Shaun he is extremely open and forthright.....so far, he has never held back when I ask him a question, even often telling me me more than I asked in the first place, but this is different....

Just last night I asked him how he is going on the contract front, and he keeps avoiding the question.....
He has told me he will not lie to me, so if its something he can not speak about for various reasons, he would rather not answer....

I am very confident that he will be a Chook for a very long time in the very near future......And I know there is nothing he wants more.....

[fletch]

Phantom, SKD is one player the english super league clubs would be eying off I just hope we can put a deal together to keep him at the Roosters, i'm very surprised at some of the others that we have signed earlier this offseason before we have got SKD under contract.

no doubt we will be getting very close to the cap limit for 2012 already, just hope we don't lose the likes of Leilua/Linnett because we overpayed for the likes of FPN/Braith.

[TheLoneRooster]

Great news phantom, thanks for sharing it.