devastating ACL tear ruled Aiken out of last year\u2019s finals series<\/a>, but the superstar halfback hasn\u2019t lost any of her trademark speed and skill as she set the tone with a lovely pass for Jess Sergis to open the scoring.<\/p>\nShe played a key role in attack as fullback Corban Baxter wreaked havoc on the edges as the Roosters\u2019 Origin stars piled on the points, with Aiken dancing her way through for a superb solo try which saw her given an early mark with 18 minutes left.<\/p>\n
Sergis and Jayme Fressard both bagged doubles, while Olivia Kernick was unstoppable in the middle as they begin their quest to avenge their 2025 grand final heartbreak.<\/p>\n
Tarryn Aiken stars in return game! | 01:51<\/p>\n
Sevens heaven<\/p>\n
Levi has achieved just about everything in sevens, and she looks set to dominate the NRLW competition if her first game for the Titans is anything to go by.<\/p>\n
The decorated international star made an early break but was penalised for obstruction, with the Titans five-eighth then doing it all herself when she grubbered and recollected to score her side\u2019s first try of the contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s really taken to the game like a duck to water,\u201d skipper Georgia Hale said.<\/p>\n
Defence wasn\u2019t an issue for the rugby league newcomer who made 20 tackles with no misses, with teammate Lily Kolc spending 10 minutes in the sin bin for a dangerous tackle on Jocelyn Kelleher as she put in a kick.<\/p>\n
There were good signs with fullback Destiny Mino-Sinapati scoring an amazing solo try, but their edge defence needs to be fixed up if they are to match it with the top teams.<\/p>\n
Roosters put the Titans to the sword | 00:57<\/p>\n
BRONCOS FIRE WARNING SHOT TO REST OF NRLW<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, The Ali Brigginshaw farewell tour has started with a bang as Brisbane\u2019s premiership defence got off to the perfect start as the NRLW heavyweights issued a statement to their rivals.<\/p>\n
The arrival of Jesse Southwell at halfback makes them even more dangerous this year and that spells trouble for the rest of the competition after they belted the Cowboys 50-4 at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n
The defending champions raced in six first-half tries with Kerri Johnson finishing the night with a hat-trick, with her first coming courtesy of a long ball from Brigginshaw.<\/p>\n
The legendary playmaker then did it all herself to score Brisbane\u2019s second, with the points flowing as Tamika Upton set up a try and then strolled over from a scrum to grab one of her own.<\/p>\n
One game doesn\u2019t make a season, but it already looks like they\u2019ll face the Roosters in the grand final again.<\/p>\n
While they deserve all the plaudits for being the two most dominant teams in the NRLW, it\u2019s not healthy to have a competition where the top sides are clearly better than the rest, with the undefeated Roosters handing Brisbane their only regular season loss in 2025 before the Broncos got their revenge in the grand final. <\/p>\n
It was a big Broncos win. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
NEW RECRUIT SHINES IN BIG RAIDERS WIN<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Raiders have opened the season with a dominant 20-4 victory over the Dragons, with new recruit Sheridan Gallagher carving up at fullback with 198 running metres.<\/p>\n
Gallagher spent three years at the Knights where she scored tries for fun, but she showed off other parts of her game with a try assist and 26 runs in her now role in the No.1 jersey.<\/p>\n
Sheridan Gallagher had a big game. (Photo by Brett Hemmings\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Canberra lost its opening six games of the season last year but look much better defensively, with the Red V only managing one try inside the opening 90 seconds when superstar fullback Teagan Berry sliced through.<\/p>\n
The Dragons only managed one more line-break at home in perfect conditions, with veteran Simaima Taufa crashing over late to seal the two points. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roosters coach John Strange wants to see the NRLW introduce the six again rule to speed up the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-778352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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