Daly Cherry-Evans’ first game for the Roosters lasted just four minutes before it was dramatically interrupted by lightning. After a 45 minute delay, the Roosters and Eels have resumed play.
The Roosters had just scored through prop forward Lindsay Collins to open the scoring before an NRL official told the linesman and the referee that players had to leave the field at Polytec Stadium after repeated lightning strikes.
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