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Match Complete
Sea Eagles
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| S. Taukeiaho |  | 79 | ||
| J. Morris |  | 78 | ||
| S. Taukeiaho | | 72 | ||
| A. Crichton | | 70 | ||
| B. Morris | | 62 | ||
| J. Tedesco | | 52 | ||
| A. Keighran | | 40 | ||
| B. Morris | | 39 | ||
| B. Morris | | 31 | ||
| S. Taukeiaho | | 26 | ||
| J. Tedesco | | 25 | ||
| S. Taukeiaho | | 18 | ||
| S. Tupouniua | | 16 | ||
| 9 | | R. Garrick | ||
| J. Tedesco | | 2 |
| 9 | Tries | 1 | ||
| 5 | Conversions | 0 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Round 1 continues this afternoon when the Sydney Roosters host the Manly Sea Eagles at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 5.30pm (AEDT).
The Roosters’ second week exit from the finals last year would have stung Trent Robinson’s team. They would have been counting the days to this game and the Sea Eagles are the ones with the unfortunate timing.
Luke Keary trained earlier in the week, after missing the Chooks’ trial game, so he seems certain to play in the halves. With Boyd Cordner out for at least half the year, Angus Crichton gets the job on the left edge.
Sitili Tupouniua will also slot into the back row, whilst Victor Radley and Sam Verrills will probably be rested for another week after recovering from long-term injuries.
If the Roosters are reasonably settled, the Sea Eagles are anything but. The loss of fullback Tom Trbojevic is a huge blow to the Sea Eagles, from both an attack and defence angle.
Much of the attack will now rest on the shoulders of Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran, back at Brookvale after stints with the Eels, Warriors and Bulldogs.
Josh Aloiai has the big shoes of Addin Fonua-Blake to fill in the front row, whilst Lachlan Croker has overcome injury to line up at hooker.
Prediction
The Roosters will be keen to erase last season’s finish and start the season off in positive fashion.
The first round is notoriously unpredictable but it is hard to see how Manly can get the win.
Sydney Roosters by 12.
Kick-off: 5:30pm (AEDT)
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
TV: Fox League
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Roosters $1.31, Sea Eagles $3.45 (odds via PlayUp)
Roosters
1. James Tedesco, 2. Daniel Tupou, 3. Josh Morris, 4. Joseph Manu, 5. Brett Morris, 6. Lachlan Lam, 7. Luke Keary, 8. Lindsay Collins, 9. Jake Friend, 10. Sio Siua Taukeiaho, 11. Angus Crichton, 12. Sitili Tupouniua, 13. Isaac Liu
Bench/Reserves: 14. Adam Keighran, 15. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 16. Nat Butcher, 17. Daniel Suluka-Fifita, 18. Matt Ikuvalu, 19. Fletcher Baker, 20. Freddy Lussick, 21. Sam Walker
Sea Eagles
1. Dylan Walker, 2. Jason Saab, 3. Brad Parker, 4. Moses Suli, 5. Reuben Garrick, 6. Kieran Foran, 7. Daly Cherry-Evans, 8. Josh Aloiai, 9. Lachlan Croker, 10. Martin Taupau, 11. Jack Gosiewski, 12. Curtis Sironen, 13. Jake Trbojevic
Bench/Reserves: 14. Tevita Funa, 15. Andrew Davey, 16. Morgan Boyle, 17. Taniela Paseka, 18. Josh Schuster, 19. Sean Keppie, 20. Toafofoa Sipley, 21. Morgan Harper
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