Roosters

The 25-year-old joins the club from the Roosters, having played 63 NRL games for the Rabbitohs, Bulldogs and Roosters across fullback, centre and wing since debuting in 2019.

A couple of the teams that haven’t found their mojo this season like the Roosters and the Cowboys need to have a look at what they’re doing in these areas.

A tough year of injuries and a busy off-season on the player market have meant only seven of the 17 named to play against Gold Coast on Sunday were members of the Roosters' semi-final losing side.

Backing up just five days after an emotionally draining Anzac-Day defeat to the Roosters, the Dragons struggled to build any pressure with or without the ball despite persistently finding a way to stay in the contest.

Corbett on the run during the league tag semi-final against the North Tamworth Bears, where she played an instrumental role in the Roosters' victory.

Crucially, too, the Roosters defended their errors.

Deputy Mayor, Councillor Mitchell Griffin, agreed with the stance on roosters and said he received a number of noise complaints about them.

Four dead roosters, 14 live ones and cockfighting paraphernalia also were seized.

From there the game turned into an arm wrestle in the consistently heavy rain before Nat Butcher muscled over for the Roosters six minutes before the break to make the score 8-0.

Gold Coast’s victory sets up next Sunday’s semi-finals, with Newcastle to host Brisbane while the Titans travel to Sydney Roosters.

If they play South Sydney, the Roosters or even the highly supported Knights, that game could be moved across town to Allianz Stadium.

In fact, the former Sydney Roosters half back simply puts his growing plaudits down to a single factor-enjoyment.

I suppose I get to sleep in on weekends, which I enjoy, since I don’t have to take kids to school (at dawn, these days, in the frosty air, hypothetical roosters crowing in the distance).

It didn't look enough, with the Roosters regaining possession from a short kickoff, allowing Tedesco to rip a Keary kick out of Suli's arms and grab the go-ahead try.

It was a good example of what I wrote last week about how teams who drop off at this time of year – Manly competed for most of the match but couldn’t quite go the distance and the Eels are now goners after getting beaten by the Roosters.

I understand the chicken/roosters, but not the deer…beef, yes…deer, no,” another person exclaimed.

Jahrome Hughes will miss Melbourne's NRL semi-final against the Roosters due to injury.

Jennings has played 298 NRL matches for Penrith, the Roosters and Parramatta, represented NSW, Australia and Tonga in a career which kicked off in 2007.

Luai had another strong match, to back up his stellar display in last week’s 48-4 victory over Sydney Roosters, to all but seal his NSW selection.

Maloney had spoken with Roosters coach Trent Robinson about returning to the club in a part-time role once he touched down from France, where he had spent the past few years enjoying retirement after a final stint with Catalans.