WALKER TAKES CONTROL FOR ROOSTERS
IAN HOWE
NORTH QUEENSLAND 18
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 34
THIS was a game that was tightly contested for 70 minutes before Sydney Roosters' rookie halfback Sam Walker took control of the game in the final ten minutes to register a victory that wasn't perhaps as convincing as the scoreline suggests, as he helped turn an 18-18 score into a 34-18 victory.
First he created a try for backrower Sitili Tupouniua with a short pass before he crossed for the gamebreaking try of his own to seal the result.