Trent Robinson concedes his surprise Chad Townsend experiment “didn’t work out how we wanted” as he backed Sandon Smith and his fifth halves pairing of 2025 to keep the Roosters finals hopes alive.
Smith will partner Sam Walker against Melbourne after an error-strewn loss to Cronulla dropped the Roosters to 10th on the NRL ladder and cost Townsend the No.6 jersey following his first game since April.
Robinson also revealed enforcer Victor Radley is expected to miss up to a month with an ongoing shoulder issue despite the back-rower telling reporters on Tuesday that he was not anticipating missing more than a week.
Storm coach Craig Bellamy remains unsure of Ryan Papenhuyzen’s return from a month-long calf injury, while Melbourne will be without Cameron Munster as he参加父亲的葬礼和纳尔逊·阿索法（Nelson Asofa-Solomona）（停职）。
在公鸡的scrum基础上，雨果·萨瓦拉（Hugo Savala）将在又一周遭受腕韧带的伤害，促使史密斯（Smith）在沃克（Walker）的受伤后被淘汰后，史密斯（Smith）在赛车比赛中脱颖而出。汤森德在新南威尔士州杯中印象深刻。
Sandon Smith is back in first grade after withdrawn from NSW Cup duties.Credit: Getty Images
Smith was then withdrawn from reserve grade after Townsend’s four mistakes against Cronulla and recalled to first grade based on his最近几周的培训。不是有原因的。他是一个非常本能的球员，我觉得他可以做更多的事情，我期待的。戴利·樱桃 - 埃文斯（Daly Cherry-Evans）在2026年加入俱乐部。
三色只能在12次冲突中击败暴风雨，而罗宾逊（Robinson）今年发表了不止一次，促进了一场广泛的，免费的，自由流动的攻击，以打破NRL的最佳防守。强调长期以来一直在长期打球，这被NRL上周最糟糕的完成率和错误算在于他们对克罗纳拉（Cronulla）上周的17次。
“他们彼此非常了解，但[但]他们在这些特定的角色中并没有一起扮演很多角色，”罗宾逊（Robinson）对沃克（Walker）和史密斯（Smith and Smith）说道。所以我相信我们的系统和我也相信他们作为朋友的组合和关于他们喜欢玩游戏的直觉”。决赛。
鲨鱼和海豚都有一个再见要在接下来的七个星期中出现，而公鸡则拥有NRL最艰难的跑步。
他们的竞选活动将在接下来的四场比赛中有效地决定，在这周的Manly和Suncorp Stadium的旅行中，他们可以在本周的风暴clash to Toment Tork Clash上，在他们的风暴中，他们可以在他们的风暴中，在他们的风暴之后，他们可以在claster上举行。 24。 class =“ fryzg noprint” id =“ endofarticle”> <按钮aria-checked =“ false” aria-descred by =“ savetooltip” aria-label =“ aria-label =”保存文章，以稍后阅读class =“ lyny4” crom =“ lyny4” crom =“ prole =” switch type =“ button”>