News All Blacks star TJ Perenara in talks with Sydney Roosters as he considers shock move to league

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World Cup-winning All Black TJ Perenara is considering a shock move to rugby league and the NRL, 1 NEWS can reveal.
The news comes after much speculation that New Zealand Rugby is not open to signing the former Hurricanes halfback following his current stint in the Japanese Top League.
1 NEWS can confirm that Perenara is seriously considering a code switch after the Sydney Roosters reached out to his agent Warren Alcock.
“We are talking to NZR and other parties that have approached us,” Alcock told 1 NEWS.
It would be a bold move for the Roosters to sign the 29-year-old who, despite a number of links to rugby league through his family, has no playing experience in the 13-man code.
Perenara’s father, Thomas, was a Junior Kiwi and played alongside Kiwis great Kevin Iro. His first cousin, Henry, is an NRL referee.
As a 15-year-old, Perenara once travelled to Melbourne with a group of Wellington teenagers, led by former Kiwis hardman John Lomax. He was offered a contract with the Storm but did not sign.
It is understood the Roosters would look to play Perenara at hooker, a position they are desperate to fill following the recent retirement of Origin rake Jake Friend.
The Japanese Top League season concludes on May 23, while the deadline for NRL teams to add new players to their rosters in 2021 falls in the first week of August.
 

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Doesn't he earn like a billion dollars in Japan? Why would he come here to learn less and thrash his body?
 

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Yeah great. Related to Henry Perenara... give the roosters even more of a leg up. Fmd.
 

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His first love is league and played it all the way through until he cracked it union

He would be a handy player for them
 

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FMD would be worth us making a play if were gonna persist with Katoa..
 

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He will end up in England or France too much cash in euro rugby but who could resist a 2 million dollar a year contract with roosters
That's right but it would be paid $1k in the books and the rest i brown paper bags.
 

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Union players are average NRL players.
Most NRL players can make union rep sides easily..
 

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Imagine having Hansen and not being mentioned haha
 

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Eto Nabuli.... very average player for the dragons but makes the wallabies squad.

There are others.
Koroibete is another very average NRL player who was a lay down mesire for a Wallabies jersey. Out of the top 100 NRL players, 100 would easily make the Wannabies.

This seems more like a PR stunt than a serious consideration of signing. He's offering himself to many NRL clubs.
 

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Koroibete is another very average NRL player who was a lay down mesire for a Wallabies jersey. Out of the top 100 NRL players, 100 would easily make the Wannabies.

This seems more like a PR stunt than a serious consideration of signing. He's offering himself to many NRL clubs.
Koroibete was not very average. He was one of the best wingers in the game. Specific positions can transition between league and union. Most Fijian wingers in the world are highly suited to both games. Sam burgess was at his peak and was a huge flop in rugby. League halves would struggle in union. IMO, Munster is a top 3 NRL player but would not be suited to union
 

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Yeah nah, his cousin referee would rig games even more
 
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