Roosters coach Trent Robinson believes his aspect “got what we deserved” after happening to the Dolphins 28-18 of their first NRL look.
Wayne Bennett’s outfit have been closely scrutinised for failing to land a marquee participant, however got here out firing and dominated the Tricolours particularly within the forwards.
Meanwhile the Roosters have been lacklustre in assault and leaky in defence, as soon as once more beginning their marketing campaign with a loss after happening to the Knights in Round 1 of the 2022 season.
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“Forwards sort of got dominated, and then they opened us up a couple of times in that first half and definitely in the second,” Robinson mentioned within the post-match press convention.
“We didn’t create enough momentum to take our opportunities, we knew there were going to be, we had some opportunities on the edge but no momentum, we weren’t winning the ruck.
“Then we had poor decisions on the back of it, so it was tough, we got outworked and got what we deserved at the end.”
The Roosters misplaced Victor Radley to a HIA, whereas Brandon Smith additionally left the sector at totally different levels and Matt Lodge suffered a nasty facial harm.
With three gamers from the center forwards injured, Robinson mentioned he needed his edge forwards to choose up the slack.
“We have got enough guys there to do that, we needed a bit more from the whole pack, not just the middle guys,” Robinson mentioned.
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“We just needed a bit more from all the guys there, and that was based on us… and what the Dolphins were doing, they were really tight, pressuring the ruck and they did really well.”
Fullback and captain James Tedesco additionally highlighted the ruck as a giant concern for his aspect, explaining the Dolphins “dominated our middle”.
“We let ourselves down with errors and then we were very lose around the ruck, they dominated our middle,” Tedesco mentioned.
“In the second half they were rolling through our middle quite easily, then we made too many errors and just hurt ourselves on the back foot too many times.
“We had chances… but as a spine we didn’t take control.
“Concentration wise and attitude wise we can definitely fix that, but I think our middle ruck needed to be better.
“It’s easily fixed but it is disappointing, we wanted to start the year strong so it’s not an ideal start.”
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