Within seven minutes, the 11-Test ex-Wallaby shone oh so bright in the NRL spotlight, leaping above Tyrone Munro to score a spectacular opening try.
The wash-up: Rabbitohs 28 Roosters 36To borrow from The Cure, on Monday the Roosters were battered and blue. By Friday, and Mark Nawaqanitawase’s third touch of a Steeden in the NRL, they were in love.Nawaqanitawase took the opening kick-off from South Sydney just 40 days after his Olympic outing in front of 70,000 punters at Stade de France in Paris.
The sheer weight of early possession against the Roosters played its part in early tries from Jye Gray and Walker, the latter breezing past lazy line defence by Naufahu Whyte that had Trent Robinson pulling him straight from the field.Whenever the Roosters went left though, Keary and Tedesco had them looking likely, with the pair laying on a first-half double to winger Junior Pauga.And once the Tricolours hung onto the ball after the break, new No.7 Sandon Smith warmed to his task as well.
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