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Jack Snape at Accor Stadium

NRL grand final offers more proof of Mark Nawaqanitawase’s freakish brilliance

Mark Nawaqanitawase scores a try
Mark Nawaqanitawase dives over in the corner as the Roosters overcame the Knights in Sunday’s NRL grand final in Sydney. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

“Mark’s a bit of an adventurer,” the Roosters coach, Trent Robinson, volunteered about his departing winger Mark Nawaqanitawase, perhaps the most-liked player in the NRL, after his final appearance.

The 26-year-old has completed rugby league in a little more than two years, having secured a premiership in Sunday’s grand final, to go along with State of Origin and Kangaroos accolades. He finished with an extraordinary 47 tries in 47 NRL matches, including seven in his last four.

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