“They just said he couldn’t play second half.
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“I don’t know whether it was just (precautionary) or whether he was actually concussed. I’ll have to check on that.”
Collins was also placed on report for a tackle on Jackson Hastings. The Queensland prop will almost certainly miss the first round.
On the football front, the Roosters were without stars James Tedesco, Luke Keary, Angus Crichton, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Siosiua Taukeiaho, Joseph Suaalii and Connor Watson, as Trent Robinson searched for the right combinations before round one.
The Tigers, in contrast, found themselves needing to show something after putting in the worst performance of the opening round of trials, a 28-4 loss to Manly.
Trial form is exactly that, but Tigers fans were already nervous about their team’s prospects.
Those nerves weren’t helped when Tamou dived at the legs of Walker. From the ensuing penalty, the Roosters scored through Paul Momirovski.
Walker wasn’t fazed by the Tamou tackle. He split the Tigers through the middle from inside his own half. One play later, Sam Verrills put Kevin Naiqama over in the right corner.
Luciano Leilua was the star for Maguire’s side. Zane Musgrove scored a try after 38 minutes of brilliant Roosters defence to put his side within a try, but Leilua earned a well-deserved four points when he found himself on the end of a perfect Jock Madden grubber with 15 minutes to play.
Jackson Hastings was arguably the Tigers’ next best. He put Alex Seyfarth through a hole to seal the result for Maguire’s men, who were deserved winners in the driving rain.
Tamou, Collins, Walker face nervous waits after dangerous incidents
Source: Philippines Alive
