Luke Keary has announced he will retire from the NRL at the end of the season, opting out of the final year of his Sydney Roosters deal in doing so. Keary told his Roosters teammates of his decision on Monday, before officially announcing his impending exit. The Roosters five-eighth will play out the rest of 2024. His decision is not linked to the several concussions he has suffered throughout his career.
His performance in the 2018 grand final — in which he claimed the Clive Churchill Medal — was arguably the best of his career. Keary played a sole State of Origin match for NSW in 2020, to go with two Tests for Australia in 2018. “I want you all to know that every time I put that Roosters jersey on, I gave every bit of myself to it and through the good and bad I hope I have been able to make you all proud,” Keary added. “It’s been a huge honour to play most of my career with the Sydney Roosters.