Daniel Tupou has stepped away from the game just days after the Sydney Roosters lifted the premiership trophy. The winger walks away as a four-time premiership winner, all earned with the Roosters, having never suited up for a rival team.

The Roosters said they were "lost for words" at his departure. Tupou's entire career was spent in red, white and blue, leaving him regarded as one of the most loyal one-club players in the competition's recent history.