The Sydney Roosters are dealt a blow on the eve of their NRL final against minor premier Penrith, with Sonny Bill Williams sidelined with a neck injury.
The Sydney Roosters will be without late-season recruit Sonny Bill Williams for Friday night's opening NRL final against minor premiers Penrith after he was ruled out with a neck injury.Sonny Bill Williams dropped out of the Roosters' line-up because of a "flare up of a neck complaint"The Roosters enter the finals on the back of a humiliating 60-8 loss to South Sydney
The Roosters said Williams was a scratching from their matchday squad "due to the flare-up of a neck complaint".Williams has made four appearances for the Roosters sinceThe New Zealand dual international had last played for the Roosters in 2014, a year after helping the club win the NRL premiership under coach Trent Robinson.
"It was a lesson sent our way so we needed to pick it up, take it ,and then the focus has been from Monday about Friday's game.
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