'Would be ideal' - Teddy wants 3-4 more years at Roosters | NRL News

James Tesco says he could still play at a high level in the NRL for at least another three or four campaigns and the star fullback wants those years to be spent extending his Sydney roosters Legacy Tesco who's already 31 this year says he has no reason not to keep playing topf flight rugby league considering his body and mind are still firing on all cylinders he didn't mince words when speaking this week on the topic all but asking the roosters to extend him before the impending November cut off while there's been some speculation about the tricolors and its fullback situation Teddy has been great for much of this season a run he thinks shows enough to stay Tesco said the body's feeling good so I don't think there's any reason to not want to keep playing I'm the captain of the club I've really enjoyed my career here and I want to finish here I don't know how long that future looks like but in terms of my body and how I feel mentally I'm in a really good place the biggest sticking point is going to be very simply how much cash is in the Bondi coffers Trent Robinson and the roosters power Brokers face the very scary possibility of losing Sam with a young gun halfback going to open market at the end of the year they want to come armed with the biggest paycheck in the league Walker is expected to go for at least 1.2 to 1.3 million a season at least leaving the chooks facing some salary capup squeeze elsewhere a halfback payday that could mean Tedesco won't be offered the seven figure deal he's likely to ask for he could command as much as $1 million to spine his age If Teddy does hit the market in November alongside Walker only one is likely to stay the sporting base imagines Sydney will prioritize 20 2-year-old Walker over 31-year-old Tesco Captain C or no