Across three reports, the story centers on an early try in a Sydney match involving James Slipper and Billy Pollard. The outlets describe how Slipper’s play creates space for Pollard to crash over for the opening try. Each account attributes the scoring moment to a deception or dummy that involves Slipper, which draws defenders and allows Pollard to move through for the try. The reports are consistent in both the roles of the two players—Slipper setting up the movement and Pollard finishing—and the timing, with the try occurring at the start of the match (“opening try” in Sydney). While the provided excerpts focus specifically on that single attacking sequence, they agree on the essential details of the event: deception by Slipper directly contributes to Pollard’s scoring and establishes an early advantage for his side. No other controversies, broader tactical context, or post-match reactions are included in the supplied text, so the synthesis remains limited to the try-scoring play as described by the sources.