So much of the pre-season focus has been on the Roosters’ new-look halves pairing of Sam Walker and Daly Cherry-Evans. Is it possible for a No.6 to be just as dominant as the No.7? Are we about to see a revolutionary hybrid style where either half has the license to take control at any moment?
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People forget that the Sharks have been playing that way for years. On any given day, Trindall is just as likely to command as Hynes. And that’s what happened on Saturday night.
By the time the Titans slinked into the sheds down 34-0, Hannay must have been wondering whether to deliver his first spray. Some of the errors his team made in the opening stanza beggared belief. Like when, in one of the few opportunities they had in the opposition red zone, Titans back-rower Arama Hau played the ball and there was no one there to pick it up.
If the high shot Fa’asuamaleaui was placed on report for on Blake Brailey costs the Titans skipper a week on the sidelines, it will be costly half of football as well.
Trindall picked up another try assist and a 40-20 in the second stanza to add to his tally. But with the game long dead as a contest, little else of significance happened.
Save for the golden-point thriller played between the Bulldogs and Dragons, it continues a run of round-one blowouts. ARLC chairman Peter V’landys attempted to change the kick-off rule in a bid to keep the scorelines closer. The coaches howled him down. It’s a reminder that you need to be careful what you wish for.
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