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Top 8: Ill-fated first grade debuts | NRL News – Zero Tackle
This Warriors Life’s Will Evans relives some of the most unfortunate maiden first-grade forays from over the years.
In 2007, Simpson became the first player since Parramatta livewire Dennis Moran a decade earlier to make his first-grade debut in a finals match, selected on the end of a reshuffled backline for injury-ravaged Brisbane to take on minor premiers Melbourne in the qualifying final.
But the 23-year-old Ipswich junior endured a torrid afternoon against the white-hot Storm, with opposing winger Anthony Quinn leaving him posted in no-mans land to score the first try in a 40-0 rout. Simpson, who was formerly…
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