Mitchell Pearce and Blake Ferguson have smiles back on their faces after a successful return to club football.

They started together and wanted to finish together. They would have preferred that to trying to belt the living daylights out of one another. But Mitchell Aubusson won't hear of Shaun Kenny-Dowall's legacy at the Roosters being ruined before he meets his old club.

Shaun Kenny-Dowall has a distinctive tattoo on the inside of his right forearm.

Mitchell Pearce's Roosters teammates believe the entire NSW squad will be privately accepting blame for the Blues' Origin III surrender, warning their No.7 will return from a brief overseas holiday with a point to prove in the finals run-in.

Newcastle has won the race for the signature of Connor Watson after granting the Roosters utility his wish of playing in the halves.

The Sydney Roosters' NRL top-four charge has been dealt another significant blow, with co-captain Jake Friend ruled out for up to a month.

Jake Friend would never admit it, but he must be getting tired of making tackles. And weren't the Roosters thankful he was just as good with ball in hand as the leader of a team missing a host of them stood tall when Trent Robinson needed him most.

Breathe, Laurie. Deep breath in, deep breath out. Open those eyes too, if you want. Your battered Blues - at least a third of them - are intact. Oh yeah, the Sharks look the real deal again this year after belting the Roosters.

The Canberra Raiders have added an outside back and and a forward to their stocks.

Sydney Roosters are set to lose their utility player Connor Watson to a rival NRL club despite having a year left on his contract.

Rugby League legend Clive Churchill was responsible for his greatest performance, when we charged around the outside of the fence to ride home what was to be the winning goal at Redfern Oval in 1955.

The Sydney Roosters want to develop a long-term deal to continue taking NRL games to Adelaide, after Saturday night's experiment was declared a success.

Mitchell Pearce kicked a golden-point field goal to send the Roosters two points shy of Melbourne at the top of the NRL.

Former Roosters star Shaun Kenny-Dowall has escaped conviction for possessing cocaine, after making the "monumental mistake" of accepting a small amount of the drug at Sydney's Ivy nightclub.

Two months ago Blake Ferguson was on the outer at the Sydney Roosters, but now it appears he will remain at the tri-colours.

A barnstorming performance from teenager Latrell Mitchell was the shining light in what was a lacklustre victory for the Sydney Roosters over the Wests Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinon has declared the time has finally come for Mitchell Pearce to end years of Origin heartache and lead NSW to a series victory over the next month.

Paul Carter's immediate NRL career is in major doubt, with the Sydney Roosters becoming the third club in four years to release the utility forward mid- contract.