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Patched-up Chooks run riot as super-sub Matt Ikuvalu bags five tries – Sydney Morning Herald
Substitute winger Matt Ikuvalu bagged a staggering five tries as the Sydney Roosters ran riot against North Queensland.
If ever there was a night Trent Robinson’s men should have been vulnerable, this was it.
Apart from the airport dramas and loss of Morris, hooker Jake Friend left the field with concussion midway through the first half and did not return, while Boyd Cordner (concussion), Daniel Tupou (ankle), Victor Radley (knee) and Sam Verrills (knee) were already occupying the worrying casualty ward.
“That was a night for how you should prepare yourself in the shadows and then get the rewards in the spotlight when the time comes,” Roosters coach Trent Robinson said in particular reference to Ikuvalu and makeshift hooker Lachie Lam.
“To score five tries, the first for a Rooster since 1955, and
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