Nrl trial reports

Elsewhere, Raiders' hooker Josh Hodgson starred for the Raiders with a linebreak, 2 try assists and 2 linebreak assists giving the Green Machine sincere hope for a strong comeback season following his injury-disrupted season. Storm gun Harry Grant is set to undergo scans on his knee after the young hooker suffered a suspected MCL-sprain.

With legendary rake Cameron Smith yet to make a call on whether he will return to Melbourne, the Storm will be sweating on the fitness of Grant and his ability to suit up in Round 1.

Jahrome Hughes, Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Felise Kaufusi, meanwhile, all managed to pick up tries while fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen was flawless with the boot. For the hosts, however, late tries to Brayden Musgrove and Dominic Young proved to be the only bright spot as they went down Naufahu Whtye crossed for the match-winner with a handful of minutes left to play as the Roosters secured a win.

Volkman is considered one of the most promising juniors coming through the Roosters' system and was eye-catching throughout the contest. Wests forward Billy Stapleton looked to have suffered a suspected broken jaw after a collision with his first touch.

Jack Bird has got through his rugby league return unscathed, navigating safely through his first game in 12 months in St George Illawarra's trial loss to Parramatta.

Bird played just 25 minutes as planned by Dragons coaches, and spent his entire stint at left centre. He laid on a break in the lead up to the Dragons' only first-half try, forcing an error with a hard hit before putting Mat Feagai down field with a slick underarm pass. The year-old has not played an NRL match since May at Brisbane, before missing the rest of that season with a sternum injury.

He returned in one trial at fullback for Brisbane last February, but went down on the eve of the first round with a season-ending ACL injury. Bird has mostly trained in the second row at the Dragons, but there is some thought he could play left centre after the club opted out of pursuing Israel Folau.

Fellow new recruit Andrew McCullough also got through 20 minutes without concern, in his first game back since a hamstring tendon rupture last July. Will Smith impressed for Parramatta, scoring one try and setting up another in his push for the club's No. Oregon Kaufusi also scored one try and Isaiah Papalii, with both sides running teams of players who had limited first-grade exposure last year. In the only real injury concern, Eels recruit Michael Oldfield suffered a knee injury after just 12 minutes which could hurt his push to claim a centre spot.

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