Roosters hand Itula Seve massive new contract deal as new breed of props turn heads in NRL

Check out the hulking young metre-eaters storming the NRL and turning the conventional wisdom that props are like fine wines which require time to reach their full potential on its head.

Months after poaching young gun Itula Seve from Canterbury, the Sydney Roosters have upgraded the young star on a monster three-year extension which will see him at the club until at least the end of the 2028 season.

Seve, the former Harold Matthews Cup (under-17) captain at the Bulldogs, hasn’t played a game at his new club yet, but officials have been so impressed by the 18-year-old they have plans to fast track him to the NRL.

One Roosters recruiter even compared Seve to a young Jason Taumalolo at the same age, and believes the SG Ball (under-19) eligible star is ready to take on men.

The upgraded deal at the Bondi Junction club will see the front-rower move to a full-time NRL training deal in 2026, followed by a spot in the top-30 squad for 2027 and 2028.

Itula Seve has already made a big impression at the Sydney Roosters.

The Roosters have a good crop of forward talent coming through the ranks with the likes of Blake Steep and De La Salle Va’a part of a changing of the guard following the departures

of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Terrell May and Sitili Tupouniua.

Seve has been named to play his first game of the year in the Roosters’ SG Ball team against St George Illawarra at Henson Park on Saturday.

Seve’s older brother, Fanafou followed him from the Bulldogs to the Roosters after making his under-19s State of Origin debut for NSW last year.