Axed Chambers not finished yet
WILL Chambers isn’t giving up on continuing his NRL career despite being let go by Cronulla.
Chambers returned to the NRL with the Sharks on a cut-price deal in April after playing Japanese rugby union in 2020.
The ex-test and Queensland Origin centre featured in nine games for Cronulla this season.
The 33-year-old was picked up at a time of mounting injuries to the Sharks’ backline.
Showing glimpses of his best, Chambers was at one point suggested as a Mr Fix-it for the Maroons after they were embarrassed by NSW in game one of this year’s state series.
Chambers’ season was ultimately stymied by his forced isolation following a series of unfortunate Covid-19 protocol breaches the NRL recognised wasn’t deliberate.
Chambers missed five weeks of football due to the setback.
Chambers was informed by the Sharks football department there wouldn’t be a contract for him in 2022, the club looking at Souths centre Braidon Burns as an option.
Chambers’ management company, SFX Sports, said it would be premature to declare the former Storm premiership-winning centre’s NRL career over ahead of the November 1 negotiation period that could create a roster spot for the 224-game player.