Parramatta Eels winger Sean Russell has stolen the headlines within the first half of their season opener in opposition to the Gold Coast Titans, scoring three tries in simply his second NRL look.
The rookie’s fairytale begin started with two tries within the first ten minutes – the second of them a weird effort that adopted a booming Mitchell Moses kick from inside his personal half that rebounded off the put up on the complete and fell to Dylan Brown, who hacked on for the winger to attain.
Russell is simply that includes on the left wing because of an damage disaster that has seen Maika Sivo dominated out till midseason – a carryover from an ACL tear final 12 months – and an additional critical knee damage for Haze Dunster that was sustained of their trial loss to St George Illawarra Dragons.
The damage curse on the Eels left wing continued, nevertheless, as Russell copped an enormous blow to his ribs within the act of scoring his third attempt to was taken from the sphere with bruised ribs.
That is simply the second first grade look for Sean Russell, who featured in 2021 in opposition to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, by which he additionally scored twice.
That leaves Russell with a tremendous document of 5 tries in two video games within the NRL.
