Roosters

Sydney Roosters have returned home to Allianz Stadium in style, downing the New Zealand Warriors 20-12 in an inspiring performance on Saturday afternoon.

The 19-year-old centre bumped off two Warriors in his sprint towards the line, before offloading to fellow young gun, Sam Walker, who snagged the four-pointer in the corner. Johnson added the extras to reduce the deficit to two in the 26th minute. The Warriors clawed one back five minutes later after second-rower Marata Niukore broke the Sydney line, passing to lock forward Addin Fonua-Blake who crossed under the uprights. The Warriors reinforcements rushed in on Paulo, but he made no mistake when it came to grounding the ball, securing his fifth career double. Sam Walker slotted the penalty-goal from long range to extend his teams lead eight points. Luke Keary assisted his captain to shove the winger into touch and get possession back.

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A quick series of whistles gave the Roosters the chance to extend their lead to eight. It was a simple exchange of passes on the right before Jaxson Paulo dived over the corner and Sam Walker converted to make it 6-0. It was a hot afternoon in Sydney, and the action was fast from the start.

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"He is not here to be the young kid developing any more. Then in the space of five minutes the Warriors failed to make use of a Wayde Egan bust, had Edward Kosi play the ball to no one when on the attack and watched Dylan Walker drop the ball metres out from the line. "I'm not sure (whether he will face Souths). "He got himself into positions to do that better this week, and now it's time to execute the big moments." The Roosters had chances to win the game by more, but failed to make the most of them. Keary and Suaalii's best moment came when they put the Tri-colours up 18-6, Keary dummying to his right and then passing to his left to put Suaalii into space.

At Allianz Stadium, Sydney: Roosters 20 (Jaxson Paulo 4 min, 47 min, Sam Walker 57 min tries; Sam Walker 4 goals). Warriors 12 (Wayde Egan 24 min, ...

No wonder Eddie Jones is so desperate to get him in a Wallabies jersey. However, the heavy injury toll from this game could be costly. At Allianz Stadium, Sydney: Roosters 20 (Jaxson Paulo 4 min, 47 min, Sam Walker 57 min tries; Sam Walker 4 goals). A win was looking likely for the Roosters when Joseph Suaalii ripped through the Warriors defence from near the halfway line, with the centre then offloading the ball to Sam Walker to score. Warriors 12 (Wayde Egan 24 min, Addin Fonua-Blake 57 min tries; Shaun Johnson 2 goals). Eight minutes into the second half, the Roosters once more had a six again close to the Warriors line after a Warriors error and Paulo bagged his second four-pointer.