FROM player of the year and Australian five-eighth to being released by the Roosters less than 12 months later - that's the tale of Todd Carney.
Carney will be set free by the Roosters this week and it's my understanding he is comfortable with the decision. Those who know Carney say he has got his head around the idea of going to play rugby league in France for Super League club Catalans. However, his ambition is to stay in the NRL and he is hoping that a rival team will throw him a lifeline. Carney recently said he wanted to be a long-term Roosters player, so naturally he is shattered by the club's decision to terminate his contract.
However, as I revealed in this column recently, coach Brian Smith didn't want him in his team any more after his well-documented off-field dramas. Roosters chairman Nick Politis had been equivocating about whether to keep the former Canberra Raiders star at the Bondi Junction club, but in the end it was the influence of Smith and some senior players that made Carney's position unworkable.
After playing a starring role in the Roosters' stunning charge to last year's grand final, Carney won the Dally M player of the year award and was also rewarded with selection in Australia's Four Nations squad. This year the Roosters have been among the NRL's biggest underachievers.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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