The Sydney Roosters are expected to step up talks to keep boom half Jackson Hastings at the club after securing the signature of NSW backrower Boyd Cordner for a further two seasons.
With Pearce absent as he undergoes rehabilitation overseas, Cordner’s experience and leadership is more valuable than ever. It also places more pressure on Hastings, the 20-year-old half earmarked to replace James Maloney at five-eighth.
Hastings could now go into the season as the club’s senior half given Pearce’s absence and teenager Jayden Nikorima expected to wear the No 7 jersey in his place.
The Roosters have opened contract talks with Hastings and he appears likely to stay, with a deal possible in coming weeks.
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