Decorated Sydney Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves will leave the club at the end of 2024 for a swansong in Super League.

Waerea-Hargreaves had been expected to retire at the end of the year, but will extend his top-level rugby league career into a 17th season in the UK and is currently in talks with Hull KR.

The 35-year-old has played 298 NRL games, all but six of them for the Roosters, after starting his career at Manly in 2009.

A seven-game suspension from late last season has ruled the veteran enforcer out of the Roosters’ Las Vegas trip for their historic season-opener against Brisbane. An application to NRL judiciary chair Geoff Bellew for last week’s NRL All Stars clash to be counted towards his suspension was rejected by the governing body.

Provided Waerea-Hargreaves returns in round 2 against the Sea Eagles, he will play his 300th NRL game against arch-rivals South Sydney the following week.

He is on track to finish his career as the club’s longest-serving player with 292 games in red, white and blue, currently sitting behind only Mitchell Aubusson (306 games), Anthony Minichiello (302) and Luke Ricketson (301).

“The Sydney Roosters have been my home, my family, and my passion for many years,” Waerea-Hargreaves said.

“I love the club and everybody who’s a part of it and anyone who knows me knows what the Roosters jersey means to me. This hasn’t been an easy decision but after discussions with my family and Trent [Robinson], I know it’s the right one.”