He may be contracted until the end of the 2027 season at the Dolphins, but that hasn’t stopped Herbie Farnworth from being linked with an NRL powerhouse in a sensational rumour.
One of the stars of the NRL on a reported salary of around $1 million a season, rumours have emerged linking Farnworth to the Sydney Roosters.
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No stranger to the rumour mill, the Roosters continue to make big splashes in the transfer market and most recently signed State of Origin Daly Cherry-Evans and Reece Robson to an already formidable spine.
Free to speak and negotiate with rival teams from November 1, the links to the Roosters come as they prepare for life without skipper James Tedesco, who is slowly entering the final stages of his playing career.
“I was talking to a couple of people earlier this week and they said to me, ‘Mate just keep an eye on Herbie Farnworth. There’s a little bit of mail kicking around that the Roosters are just monitoring the situation with Herbie’,” James Hooper said on FanaticsTV’s Rugby League Insider.
“Now Herbie’s off-contract at the end of next season but that means he’s a free agent as of November 1. If he isn’t signed by them, then he can go to the open market.
“The theory is that the Roosters are very much having a look at Herbie because he’s an English international and he has electric speed, strong defence, love his footwork and a tryscorer.
“They’ve signed DCE in the last 12 months. They’ve signed Reece Robson in the last 12 months.
“They’ve had James Tedesco as the captain of the club for a number of seasons now and that’s all part of the Herbie Farnworth management stable.”
Despite rumours linking him to the Roosters, Farnworth revealed last week that his desire was to ink a new contract at the Redcliffe club that will keep him there for the foreseeable future.
“I’ve been here for two years now,” the English international told 9News Queensland.
“I’m sure that’ll (contract talks) will come naturally through Woolfie [Kristian Woolf] and people, so we’ll see what happens.
“But yeah, I’m definitely happy at the club, so we’ll just see where I end up.”
Originally published as Dolphins star Herbie Farnworth being circled by NRL powerhouse
