{"id":291372,"date":"2023-04-30T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=291372"},"modified":"2023-04-30T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T07:58:28","slug":"great-unconvinced-as-roosters-prevail-in-diabolical-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=291372","title":{"rendered":"Great unconvinced as Roosters prevail in 'diabolical' contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

In \ufeffa match rightly described as "diabolical", the Sydney Roosters<\/a>' new halves combination of Joey Manu<\/a> and Luke Keary<\/a> has stayed unbeaten for the 2023 NRL season.<\/p>\n

With rain pouring consistently \ufeffat Mt Smart Stadium, New Zealand, the Roosters were too clinical for the Warriors, finishing 14-0 winners.<\/p>\n

After Sam Walker was dropped<\/a> before the Anzac Day clash against St George Illawarra Dragons, Keary was given the reigns of the side at halfback and performed brilliantly again after a man of the match performance last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffThe three-time premiership winner kicked a brilliant 40\/20 early in the match with Nat Butcher scoring a few sets later.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

"He was very strong, very strong in what was a well balanced performance," Queensland great Corey Parker said on Fox League's coverage.<\/p>\n

"He came up with a 40\/20 in the early stage of that first half, which gave themselves a great opportunity and off the back of that they were able to come away with some points.<\/p>\n

"He didn't overplay his hand, I like the combination they're able to have with Manu and Keary. Manu again was terrific, his running game was high … tackle busts galore."<\/p>\n

Manu, playing his second game at five-eighth for the year played his role brilliantly, running for 141 metres from 16 runs.<\/p>\n

\"Momirovski<\/p>\n

In his second NRL match of the year, returning from injury, second rower Sitili Tupouniua was quality too, coming up with a try in the second half to put the game beyond doubt.<\/p>\n

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While the Roosters were able to keep their opponents scoreless, Parker wasn't convinced the side has turned around its early season woes.<\/p>\n

"Big step in the right direction (for the Roosters), I'm not sure if they're back or it's a big statement but surely they wanted to go over there (and win) in New Zealand in what was diabolical conditions," he said.<\/p>\n

Overall, both sides combined for 24 errors throughout the match.<\/p>\n

The Roosters may have one concern from the victory, with Paul Momirovski leaving the field in the second half with a shoulder injury and failing to return to the field.<\/p>\n

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In \ufeffa match rightly described as "diabolical", the Sydney Roosters' new halves combination of Joey Manu and Luke Keary has stayed unbeaten for the 2023 […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":291374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291377,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291372\/revisions\/291377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/291374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}