Joey expects Roosters to push Tedesco out

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Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns has tipped the Roosters to take rising prima Joseph Suaalii implicit James Tedesco, arsenic a clip weaponry ticks towards a immense determination erstwhile some go escaped agents successful November.

The Roosters duo's futures are intertwined, with 19-year-old Suaalii re-signing with the nine this week connected a woody that expires astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic incumbent skipper and fullback Tedesco.

Suaalii has made nary concealed of his tendency to determination to fullback, and portion helium is presently blessed to bide his clip down the Australian Test captain, Johns expects his patience to tally retired by the clip he's negotiating a woody for 2025 and beyond.

Johns said the Roosters are the "right club" to negociate a perchance awkward concern but acknowledged they were improbable to find a mode to support some players.

"No 1 manages their roster amended than the Roosters," helium told Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour.

"They've got a large determination to marque due to the fact that I'd ideate the absorption of Joseph would've beauteous overmuch said, 'If he's staying present we'd similar to spot him play fullback'.

"I person nary thought (how they'll negociate it) but the apical clubs marque the tough decisions.

"Me personally, I would support Teddy connected for a while, but we'll see. The truly apical teams negociate it good and they determination the subordinate a twelvemonth earlier their use-by date, truthful there's immoderate large decisions to marque connected Teddy.

"I deliberation Teddy tin beryllium astatine the apical of his crippled until he's 34-35. It mightiness dependable silly, but what volition widen his vocation is each the injuries helium had earlier successful his career, helium had those genu problems truthful helium missed astir 2 years of footy."

Johns said determination would beryllium nary shortage of suitors for Tedesco's services, should the Roosters opt to determination connected their existent nine captain.

"It'd beryllium bully for him to spell backmost to wherever it each started," Johns said of the imaginable of Tedesco returning to the Wests Tigers.

"I'd ideate helium wouldn't privation to permission Sydney, he's entrenched successful Sydney. He's a $1 cardinal subordinate for sure.

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"Maybe the Bulldogs would look astatine him. Moving forward, I don't cognize what they person successful their strategy coming through, but a subordinate similar Tedesco, he's a once-in-a-generation player."

Johns besides raised the Cronulla Sharks arsenic a squad with imaginable involvement successful bringing Tedesco connected board.

While helium admitted Tedesco was a generational talent, Johns has nary doubts astir Suaalii's quality to beryllium a semipermanent fullback.

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"He'd beryllium good (at fullback) adjacent week," helium said.

"I was talking to idiosyncratic astatine the World Cup ... (they were told) Joseph is 1 of the astir nonrecreational players they've seen.

"After a crippled helium likes to meditate connected the field, truthful helium goes down determination and thinks astir his game. After a (World Cup) crippled successful England - arsenic accustomed it was pissing down rainfall - helium went down aft the game, sat connected the tract nether the goalposts and mediated and went done his game.

"You tin spot he's a existent pro and he's going to beryllium astatine the apical of his crippled for different 15 years.

"If you spot the mode helium treats his assemblage and the mode helium prepares, it reminds you of Sonny Bill (Williams), and helium played astatine the apical level for truthful agelong with the All Blacks and past the Roosters."

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