It's not that it didn't feel right to see Daly Cherry-Evans up there in the Sydney Roosters tricolour — it will just take some getting used to.

Even after the long goodbye from Manly, even after his switch to Bondi was finally confirmed two weeks ago, even after he was papped-up in training gear on the way to a session, actually seeing Cherry-Evans in red, white and blue still marks a trip to the uncanny valley.

Short of poorly executed AI slop, a trip to an alternate reality, or in a video game set on franchise mode and then abandoned to go feral and indulge in whatever godless ideas it could muster, this did not feel possible until it happened. Cherry-Evans himself said it felt a bit uncomfortable but also exciting.

In the new colours, Cherry-Evans looked and sounded the same as ever

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