Roosters vs Rabbitohs

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"I think we started the game really solidly and we laid a really good platform. I think we just came out in the second half a little bit slow there. But yeah, good to get a win."

Roosters have opened their account at their new home after downing South Sydney 26-12. Earlier, the Bulldogs came back to beat the Sea Eagles by a single ...

Then after completing their first 13 sets, Manly coughed up the ball in four of their next six and the Bulldogs were back in the match. But for the first 20 minutes at the Sydney Olympic Stadium it was a case of "where-has-this-been" for under-pressure coach Des Hasler. Manly have succumbed to their worst end to a season in club history after a late Matt Burton field goal consigned the Sea Eagles to a 21-20 loss, and their seventh straight defeat. Down 16-0 after 20 minutes, Canterbury rallied to draw level early in the second half before Burton produced a massive final five minutes to claim the win for the Bulldogs. Waerea-Hargreaves missed more than a month of football with a hamstring injury earlier in the year but has since returned to form in the front row alongside Matt Lodge. The physical intensity of the first NRL game at the new Sydney Football Stadium has taken its toll, with Sydney Roosters talisman Joey Many headlining a list of players in doubt for the first week of the finals through injury.

The Rabbitohs never recovered after losing captain Cameron Murray to a head knock in just the second tackle of the match and hooker Siliva Havili was also ruled ...

We have got to be cleaner with the ball and not give the penalties away and we won’t be in our own end the whole time," - Rabbitohs assistant coach Ben Hornby. That's all in the past, you create your future and we will create our week next week and how we want to play," - Roosters coach Trent Robinson. "I thought we were really good in the first half, and clear how we wanted to play, executed well, in a good space and then I thought with a few of the changes we just lost our way. We have just got to be better at the start, it’s as simple as that. However, halfback Sam Walker regained momentum for the Roosters with a brilliant individual try and the home side were never really threatened again. It is quite remarkable to watch, to be honest."

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"I think we started the game really solidly and we laid a really good platform. Meanwhile hooker Siliva Havili also watched the last half-hour from the sideline after he was sent for two HIAs in the same match. I think we just came out in the second half a little bit slow there. We've got a lot of good professionals looking after us so I trust them." He conceded it "doesn't look great". "We just wanted to play our best footy and I think we did that the first 40 minutes of the game. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves went up the tunnel in the first half with a hamstring niggle, and while he didn't return to the field he was spotted on the exercise bike in the second half. He passed the first in the 21st minute, but when he was sent for the second in the 47th, protocol meant he was immediately rubbed from the match. "I'm all good. There's nothing I can do so there's no point stressing. While Roosters coach Trent Robinson confirmed that was the source of the pain, he was in the dark about the cause. In a scene eerily reminiscent of his Origin III injury, Murray was out of the game after a hit sustained making just the second tackle of the match.