Complex sentence: First game hero Timmins was missing through injury as was Gower and next choice half-backs Trent Barrett, Matt Orford and Brett Kimmorley leaving Sydney Roosters number seven Brett Finch to make his Origin debut alongside his club captain Fittler at five-eighth.
Split into simpler sentences: First game hero Timmins was missing through injury as was Gower and next choice half-backs Trent Barrett, Matt Orford and Brett Kimmorley. This left Sydney Roosters number seven Brett Finch to make his Origin debut alongside his club captain Fittler at five-eighth.