Cooper Cronk paraded in Sydney Roosters jersey for the first time since signing $2m deal
SYDNEY Roosters have paraded $2m star recruit Cooper Cronk in the club’s jersey for the first time since his move from Melbourne Storm.
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On Monday James Tedesco stepped out in Sydney Roosters colours for the first time and 24 hours later the Tricolours paraded $2m star recruit Cooper Cronk in the club’s jersey.
The Bondi club posted a photo on their Instagram of Cronk in the 2018 home shirt, along with the caption “Cooper’s a Rooster”.
On Monday, the Roosters did their best to make zero fuss about its $4 million man James Tedesco at his first training session at the club.
Official requests to take some photos of the superstar fullback’s first day on the job were politely knocked back.
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But The Daily Telegraph spotted Tedesco shortly after 10.30am decked out in Roosters training gear, and the images will no doubt break the hearts of thousands of fans at his former club the Wests Tigers.
The Cronk unveiling follows news that the halfback’s arrival has made the Roosters the shortest-priced pre-season NRL premiership favourites in a decade.
Coach Trent Robinson’s side, with Cronk calling the shots at halfback, has tightened from $6 into $5 over the weekend to be outright TAB favourites for the 2018 title.
The Roosters are the shortest-priced pre-season favourites since Manly in 2009, when they came off their 40-0 grand final win over Melbourne the previous season.
The Roosters hold more than 20 per cent of money invested on the 2018 premiership with the TAB.
They are $4 minor premiership favourites and Roosters enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves described his club’s expectations as “massive”.
“There’s a couple of new faces and a couple of new signings, it is exciting,” he said.