NRL: Pearce hopes Carney plays in 2012

Todd Carney. Photo / Getty Images

Todd Carney's future at the Sydney Roosters is up in the air, but teammate Mitchell Pearce hopes the wayward star has a home somewhere in the NRL next year.

Carney, who is in danger of having his Roosters contract torn up following his latest alcohol-related breach, has been stood down for the remainder of the regular season and will learn his fate at the end of the team's campaign.

Should Carney be sacked from the club, the NRL has yet to indicate whether it would register any contract offered by another NRL team for 2012 and beyond.

But Pearce, Carney's good friend and halves partner, would like to see him allowed to continue with another club if he should be let go.

"Obviously I hope he's playing somewhere,'' Pearce told reporters on Thursday.

"But I honestly don't know what the situation is with it all, hopefully that will work itself out soon.''

Pearce admitted he had considered the possibility that he had played his last game alongside Carney, and said from a football perspective that was "disappointing''.

"For sure, he's a good mate of mine and a very good player,'' Pearce added.

"It's very disappointing but it's out of our hands and we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

''...I've thought about (the prospect of not playing with Carney again) a little bit but I'm not too sure what's going on with it at the moment.

"I've talked to Toddy a little bit but I can't really comment because I'm not too sure what's going on there.''

Despite the drama surrounding Carney's future, and that of Gold Coast-bound Nate Myles who was also banned for breaking a team drinking ban, Pearce said the mood at the club was positive ahead of Friday's showdown with Parramatta.

"Everyone is really upbeat at the moment, the last couple of weeks,'' he added.

"Obviously we had a bit of drama throughout the year at different times but not one time have the boys bitched or anything like that.

"It's all been pretty happy.

"Obviously when you're not winning it's not the best feeling in the world but the last couple of weeks have showed that everyone has stuck together and Braith (Anasta) has been really good at captain and big Rylesy (prop Jason Ryles) and those sort of guys have been really positive around the place.''

- AAP