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Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is the highest paid Kiwi in the NRL at $ 1.1 million a year.
Warriors CEO Cameron George has moved to quell fears that Roger Tuivasa-Sheck will not be at the club next season after comments made by incoming coach Nathan Brown.
Speaking on Triple M radio in Australia on Saturday, Brown said it would be an ‘advantage’ for the Warriors if Tuivasa-Sheck was still with the team in 2021 and that the club captain still had All Blacks aspirations.
Tuivasa-Sheck has made it difficult this season. He is the only Warriors player who has spent the season away from his family.
The 27-year-old is potentially facing the prospect of doing it again next year if the team is forced to go through another Australia-based campaign, due to border restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported last month that Tuivasa-Sheck had already contacted the Blues to change codes in 2021, so he could stay in New Zealand with his family.
However, this was immediately denied, and Dally M’s former player of the year felt the need to address his Warriors teammates to end the speculation.
Since then, there has been silence about a code change, but Brown again waved his tongue when asked about the future of Tuivasa-Sheck on the Australian radio station.
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Nathan Brown will take over as the Warriors coach after next weekend’s game against the Sea Eagles.
“I haven’t had any contact with Roger for a week or so,” Brown said.
“I will have a chat with him next weekend, I have not spoken with him personally, but I know there has been a lot of dialogue between Peter O’Sullivan (Warriors recruiting manager), Cameron George and Bruce Sharrock, who is the one from Roger. agent.
“Right now, I don’t know one hundred percent where everything is, but there is a possibility that Roger will play rugby league next year, which would be an advantage for the club.
“But I also know that Roger has a desire to represent the All Blacks, like many Kiwi children.”
It would be a severe blow to the club if they lost Tuivasa-Sheck. Not only is he the Warriors’ best player, he is also the club’s figurehead.
However, George told Stuff that he was confident that Tuivasa-Sheck will remain with the Warriors.
“Roger has two years to join us and he is a huge part of our club,” George said.
“Everyone has had a really challenging year, but from my perspective, I’m sure Roger is part of our future.”
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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was captured by the Roosters, ending his rugby career.
In July, the Warriors told Tuivasa-Sheck that if the club has to spend the next season in Australia, all players will have a chance to make their case on why they don’t want to go.
The club is sympathetic to the players’ circumstances, which is why Ken Maumalo, David Fusitu’a, Agnatius Paasi, King Vuniyayawa and Leivaha Pulu left Australia to return to their families in New Zealand earlier in the season.
If the Warriors did give Tuivasa-Sheck a release, it would only be to join a New Zealand rugby team, not to sign with another NRL club.
However, Tuivasa-Sheck wouldn’t be interested in playing for anyone else in the NRL and in recent weeks there has been no indication that the Warriors captain wants out.
But Tuivasa-Sheck has rugby ties and represents New Zealand at the school level. He could have had a great career in the 15-man game if the Roosters hadn’t signed him.
He has the skills to excel at rugby, and while he may change code one day, George doesn’t expect that to happen any time soon.
“Roger has always been part of a rugby discussion,” he said.
“But as far as I’m concerned, Roger is part of our future.”
