{
  "id": 16719109,
  "title": "Sam Walker’s bumper Roosters offer is off the table. Now he’s lost his Kangaroos spot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/sam-walkers-bumper-roosters-offer-is-off-the-table-now-hes-lost-his-16719109",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T06:47:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/sam-walker-s-bumper-roosters-offer-is-off-the-table-now-he-s-lost-his-kangaroos-spot-20261027-p61922.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Less than a day after the Roosters withdrew their offer, Australia coach Kevin Walters omitted Walker from the side to face Cook Islands – but insisted his contract situation played no part in the decision.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Roosters stunningly withdraw contract offer to halfback Sam Walker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/roosters-stunningly-withdraw-contract-offer-to-halfback-sam-walker",
        "published": "2026-10-26T20:30:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Roosters pull offer to Walker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/roosters-pull-offer-to-walker",
        "published": "2026-10-26T20:32:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}