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ROOSTERS SUPREMO SENDS BIG GUNS TO LAS VEGAS
Roosters supremo Nick Politis is sending a number of stars past and present to Las Vegas to promote his club and rugby league at the Vegas Nines tournament he helped found.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported premiership winner Luke Keary will coach the LA Roosters at the Nines, with NRLW stars Millie Elliott and Jess Sergis to play in the women’s competition.
The Roosters featured in the inaugural NRL Las Vegas double header in 2024, before Politis spent $500,00 to establish a league academy on the US west coast while launching the LA Roosters to compete in the Californian league.
The $200,000 combined prizemoney for winning the men’s and women’s Nines competitions would be a small bonus to growing the game and the Roosters brand in America.
Keary, who won two premierships with the Roosters in 2018 and 2019 is now an assistant coach under Trent Robinson and jumped at the chance to represent the club in Las Vegas.
“Nick is dead serious about this investment – it’s great for our game someone like Nick is trying to grow the game,” Keary said.
“I’ll coach the men and John Strange will coach the women’s team. Millie and Jess are both playing.
“We’re sending over a few of the younger boys over who haven’t played first grade, but have played SG Ball and NSW Cup.
“The final is scheduled for Allegiant Stadium on the Saturday morning of the NRL double-header.
“We know how much money and time Nick has invested in the Roosters and the game. To see his passion for America, it’s been cool.”
Meanwhile, Keary is excited by the Roosters’ new halves combination of Daly Cherry-Evans and Sam Walker, but warned it would take time for them to build their combination.
“It takes time to build that partnership and connection, and it’s not just about Daly and Sam, Reece Robson has come into the side, so there’s a lot of change to the spine,” Keary said.
“When Cooper arrived in 2018, we also had ‘Teddy’ [James Tedesco] join the spine.
“It might click straight away, maybe it takes a month, half a year. When it comes to Daly and Sammy, we are talking about two very good footballers with very high footy IQs.”
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Roosters supremo Nick Politis is sending a number of stars past and present to Las Vegas to promote his club and rugby league at the Vegas Nines tournament he helped found.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported premiership winner Luke Keary will coach the LA Roosters at the Nines, with NRLW stars Millie Elliott and Jess Sergis to play in the women’s competition.
The Roosters featured in the inaugural NRL Las Vegas double header in 2024, before Politis spent $500,00 to establish a league academy on the US west coast while launching the LA Roosters to compete in the Californian league.
The $200,000 combined prizemoney for winning the men’s and women’s Nines competitions would be a small bonus to growing the game and the Roosters brand in America.
Keary, who won two premierships with the Roosters in 2018 and 2019 is now an assistant coach under Trent Robinson and jumped at the chance to represent the club in Las Vegas.
“Nick is dead serious about this investment – it’s great for our game someone like Nick is trying to grow the game,” Keary said.
“I’ll coach the men and John Strange will coach the women’s team. Millie and Jess are both playing.
“We’re sending over a few of the younger boys over who haven’t played first grade, but have played SG Ball and NSW Cup.
“The final is scheduled for Allegiant Stadium on the Saturday morning of the NRL double-header.
“We know how much money and time Nick has invested in the Roosters and the game. To see his passion for America, it’s been cool.”
Meanwhile, Keary is excited by the Roosters’ new halves combination of Daly Cherry-Evans and Sam Walker, but warned it would take time for them to build their combination.
“It takes time to build that partnership and connection, and it’s not just about Daly and Sam, Reece Robson has come into the side, so there’s a lot of change to the spine,” Keary said.
“When Cooper arrived in 2018, we also had ‘Teddy’ [James Tedesco] join the spine.
“It might click straight away, maybe it takes a month, half a year. When it comes to Daly and Sammy, we are talking about two very good footballers with very high footy IQs.”
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