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2022 - 3 - 10

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Knights stun Roosters to open season in style (NRL.COM)

Five-eighth Jake Clifford was the star for the Knights but it was a team performance, with the back five of Kalyn Ponga (146m), Dominic Young (124m), Dane Gagai ...

- Dane Gagai celebrated his return to the Knights with a try in the 14th minute after Tedesco misread a swirling Jake Clifford bomb that bounced awkwardly for the Roosters captain. "You don't win the premiership in round one but it was important for us to implement some of the stuff we'd worked on. Guys were a bit underdone for playing NRL. We just had too many that couldn't get to a standard we wanted to. The 10 minutes we were down to 12 and they didn't break us ... we showed a ton of resilience defensively": Knights coach Adam O'Brien. Kurt Mann appeared determined to ensure his 150th NRL match was one to remember when he put a big shot on Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves that forced a turnover and was then combined with Adam Clune and Kalyn Ponga to engineer a try for winger Enari Tuala. The try also featured a big don't argue from centre Bradman Best on Roosters centre Paul Momiroski and a flick pass to Tuala that will feature in highlight reels for the rest of the season. - Kurt Mann forced another Roosters error with a heavy shot on Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and the Knights capitalised in spectacular fashion, with winger Enari Tuala scoring in the 32nd minute to give his side a 10-0 lead.

'Pulling guys out of games without any symptoms': Robbo questions ... (Fox Sports)

'Pulling guys out of games without any symptoms': Robbo questions NRL's new concussion rule.

“It’s frustrating in the moment. “This is a weird one for me, there’s no doubt that Radley comes in and has obviously a whack to the head and doesn’t feel great but the Roosters physio comes out and does a test, he stays on the field but has Hannah reported it was actually the medical expert in the bunker that said this was a category one and Radley needs to come from the field so I know that they’ve put in a medical expert in the bunker to rule out teams looking after their own players but it’s really hard to see how that can be sort of judged.” Cronk told the panel. “So for them to go category 1 instead of category 2 was tough for us. “They have direct communication with the refs so the bunker in this case has identified Victor Radley’s incident as a category 1 that’s the highest rating possible, he will not return to the field of play and as a result the Roosters lose an interchange for the rest of the game.” “If he has to come off for concussion we had a scrum in the meantime and we still didn’t take Radley off at that period, it’s a strange one.” They don’t have any symptoms at all.

Knights stun out-of-sorts Roosters in NRL (Mandurah Mail)

Newcastle have spoiled the return to the SCG party for the Sydney Roosters, handing them a convincing 20-6 defeat and restricting the glamour club to just one try in their opening match of the NRL season. The Knights scored four tries and if it hadn't ...

"It's frustrating but I agree with what they've gone to. Robinson pinpointed a few guys "being a bit underdone playing NRL" due to the injuries the squad had in the off-season. We were well-beaten," Robinson said.

Knights stun out-of-sorts Roosters in NRL (7NEWS.com.au)

Newcastle have defeated the Sydney Roosters 20-6 in their NRL first-round clash at the SCG, with Victor Radley at the centre of a controversial HIA ...

"It's frustrating but I agree with what they've gone to. We were well-beaten," Robinson said. Newcastle have spoiled the return to the SCG party for the Sydney Roosters, handing them a convincing 20-6 defeat and restricting the glamour club to just one try in their opening match of the NRL season.

'Strange' NRL call leaves everyone confused (NEWS.com.au)

Roosters enforcer Victor Radley has taken just 25 minutes into his 2022 season to be at the centre of controversy - but this time he's not at fault.

Surely Radley has to go off for at least a check after that clash? “This is a weird one for me, there’s no doubt that Radley comes in and has obviously a whack to the head and doesn’t feel great but the Roosters physio comes out and does a test, he stays on the field but has Hannah reported it was actually the medical expert in the bunker that said this was a category one and Radley needs to come from the field so I know that they’ve put in a medical expert in the bunker to rule out teams looking after their own players but it’s really hard to see how that can be sort of judged.” Cronk told the panel. Valemei scored a try after his incident last night, then was taken off.

Late Mail: NRL Round 1 (NRL.COM)

All the late mail, team changes and finalised squads for Round 1 of the 2022 NRL Telstra Premiership.

- Winger for Cowboys is number 5 Murray TaulagiWinger for Bulldogs is number 5 Josh Addo-Carr Ava Seumanufagai comes into the starting side and Luke Thompson goes to the bench. Ispirational skipper Jason Taumalolo is back on deck after missing the trials with a minor hamstring complaint.

Why Knights were left fuming over young gun; how Tigers' captaincy ... (Fox Sports)

Why Knights were left fuming over young gun; how Tigers' captaincy plan came unstuck: Jimmy Brings.

“For me I’ve played a few positions and I’ll play wherever. “It’s time for change and the steps are in place to change and we’ll see what happens these first few rounds.” The way Manu has handled the fallout from the Mitchell incident is a credit to one of the NRL’s most likeable players. Over the course of the last four seasons Manu has played centre, fullback, five-eighth and wing for the Roosters with the Kiwi international named on the right wing for his NRL return against Newcastle at the SCG. Luki, 20, is regarded by good judges as one of the best emerging backrowers in the game and the Knights were given the impression they were a strong chance to land his signature. New Zealand backrower Harawira-Naera is expected to ink a three-year contract with the Green Machine in the next 48 hours while the Horsburgh deal is still a work-in-progress but is on target to be squared away in the next month.

Roosters routed as red hot Knights continue round one upsets (The Guardian)

The Newcastle Knights have spoiled the return to the SCG party for the Sydney Roosters, handing them a convincing 20-6 defeat in their NRL season opener.

Momirovski scored his consolation try for the Roosters with four minutes left on the clock. A fend and flick pass from Bradman Best put his wingman Enari Tuala over for the Knights second, and the fans were screaming once more. With centre Billy Smith failing his HIA in the 53rd minute, the Roosters were down to 15 men.

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