Full Time
80:00
7:15pm Sun October 6, 2013
NRL Grand Final 2013 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 81491
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ROOSTERS HAVE WON THE PROVAN-SUMMONS TROPHY - with a 26-18 win over the Manly Sea Eagles

Sydney Roosters 26-18

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Jorge Taufua goes to the tryline but gets forced over, the Roosters will win

Sydney Roosters 26-18

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Daly Cherry-Evans uses the rarely used kick from the 20m restart and finds touch 30m out from the roosters line

Sydney Roosters 26-18

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Roosters go to the air on the last but RTS can't take it cleanly and drops it, handover to Manly 10m out

Sydney Roosters 26-18

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Scrum coming for the Roosters after Pearce drills a kick towards the sideline and at Jorge Taufua who it comes off before going into touch

Sydney Roosters 26-18

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TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Scored by Michael Jennings. Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

Michael Jennings flies from absolutely nowhere to ground the ball just inside the dead ball line while David Williams wishes it goes dead

Sydney Roosters 26-18

VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a possible Michael Jennings miracle try, onfield call is a TRY, checking grounding

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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Daly Cherry-Evans goes across field with the kick, Daniel Tupou with another good job saves the day as the Roosters get a penalty, their 5th straight

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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Jared Waera-Hargreaves loses the ball, claims it was stripped, replays show that the defenders hand was on the ball

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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A knock on called against David Williams, scrum is packing... but hang on a very late call from Shayne Hayne to go to the Video Referee to check it but it comes back as the same as the onfield call

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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Six more tackles coming for Manly after a Glenn Stewart pass is knocked down

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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Jake Friend puts a kick downfield but is taken on the full by Jorge Taufua

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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A rolling kick is cleaned up by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck but in the tackle is ruled to have knocked on

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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Mitchell Pearce puts a pinpoint accurate kick in that Jorge Taufua takes right on his own line

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Scored by Shaun Kenny-Dowall. Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

A Good ball from SBW to James Maloney sends him up field who gets it to Minichello who then goes long to SKD to score out wide

Sydney Roosters 20-18

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A MASSIVE HIT from Steve Matai on Aidan Guerra forces the ball loose

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-14

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TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Scored by Aidan Guerra. Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

The gap opens up after getting six again and Aidan Guerra runs straight through to score

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-14

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Repeat set coming up for the Roosters after David Williams makes another bad read on a Roosters kick

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-8

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TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Steve Matai. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

The mounting pressure from the Sea Eagles is too much for the Roosters and Steve Matai scores out wide

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-8

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Manly starting to get some dominance back in this game, now Manly force a repeat set

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12-8

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TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Jamie Lyon. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

PENALTY TRY to the Sea Eagles after the onfield call of Penalty try by Shayne Hayne

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12-8

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VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a possible PENALTY TRY

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Daly Cherry-Evans goes to the air but Daniel Tupou leaps higher and takes the ball beautifully

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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PLAY BACK UNDERWAY

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Both sides back onto the field for the second half

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Half Time in the NRL Grand Final of 2013 and its the Sydney Roosters who lead 8-6

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Jamie Lyon puts a kick in that rebounds off Michael Jennings, Jamie Lyon claims that it was played at by the Roosters, replays show that it was

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Manly try two 4th tackle kicks, both of which rebound of the Roosters

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Aidan Guerra loses the ball close to the Manly line, relieving the pressure on the defence

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Repeat set for the Roosters coming up, after Brett Stewart tries to bat the ball dead unsuccessfully but luckily grounds it

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Repeat set for the Roosters coming up, after Brett Stewart tries to bat the ball dead unsuccessfully but luckily grounds it

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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PENALTY ROOSTERS: Matt Ballin penalised for taking the legs of the kicker out

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Penalty goal attempt by James Maloney successful.

James Maloney converts it from in front

Sydney Roosters 8-6

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Nothing comes of the claims, Roosters are taking the 2

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Penalty goes to the Roosters but claims of a headbutt from Manly by Jared Warera-Hargraves

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Repeat set coming up for the Roosters, after Jake Friend puts a kick through that bounces over the head of David Williams but knocked dead by Brett Stewart

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Roosters make a mistake and David Williams knocks on in the clean up therefore Roosters get six again

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PENALTY ROOSTERS: Jamie Buhrer penalised for a strip, Jamie Lyon not happy but helps the Roosters upfield

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TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Scored by Daniel Tupou. Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

Roosters try a blindside play on the last doesn't come off but on the regather James Maloney cross across field with a pinpoint accurate kick to Daniel Tupou who takes a brilliant take

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PENALTY ROOSTERS: Matt Ballin penalised for not releasing the legs of Jake Friend, Penalty Count now 2-1 to Manly

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

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UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Sonny Bill Williams makes an unforced error.

Sonny Bill Williams makes another error, Roosters try to claim a Penalty but nothing from referees

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

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Roosters go to the air, get the tap back and Michael Jennings is brought down inside the Manly 10m zone

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

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JWH tries to milk the penalty by climbing forward over the Manly defender to get the penalty, referee tells him to go back and play it

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Penalty goal attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

From right in front Jamie Lyon converts to extend the lead

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

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PENALTY MANLY: Jake Friend penalised for being slow away from the ruck, the Sea Eagles will take the 2

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

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A huge tackle from Manly pushes Daniel Tupou back at least 5-10m back into the ingoal to force a goal line dropout

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

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UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Aidan Guerra makes an unforced error.

Aidan Guerra tries to get up and play the ball quickly but lost it

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

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UNFORCED ERROR MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Kieran Foran makes an unforced error.

Kieran Foran ruled to have lost a ball although the replay shows Mitchell Pearce knocking the ball out

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

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TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Jorge Taufua. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon unsuccessful.

First points of the 2013 Grand Final go to Jorge Taufua, some good catch and pass play sets up Taufua to score in the corner

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

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UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Sonny Bill Williams makes an unforced error.

A good hit from Kieran Foran forces Sonny Bill Williams to drop the ball, just 15m out from his own line

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UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Sonny Bill Williams makes an unforced error.

A good hit from Kieran Foran forces Sonny Bill Williams to drop the ball, just 15m out from his own line

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Some strong defence there from the Roosters forces David Williams over the sideline, then a bit of a push and shove flares up but nothing more

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PENALTY MANLY: Roosters penalised for being offside

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Some strong defensive pressure forces James Maloney to try a 4th tackle kick but it goes out on the full, Manly scrum 40m out from Roosters line

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Some luck at the end of the set there for the Roosters after Mitchell Pearce clutched at the ball and looked to knock on, but called back by Shayne Hayne

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A good defensive set from Manly forces the Roosters to kick deep in their own half, kick is a good one going down to the tryline

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Manly get to halfway before kicking on the last, forces Anthony Minichello back into the corner to clean up

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First set is completed by the Roosters, Manly start their set 10m out from their own line

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Glenn Stewart back up and looks fine after not good early signs

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Not good signs for Manly, Glenn Stewart is down and does not look good

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HERE WE GO, PLAY IS UNDERWAY!!!

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Moments away from kick off, but first we need to have the national anthem which will be sung by Jessica Mauboy

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Here come the Sydney Roosters, lead out by Anthony Minichello

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles coming out on to ANZ Stadium lead out by captain Jamie Lyon

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Just minutes away from kick off in the big one of 2013

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The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are 1-17 as named during the week

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After 2 great games of NSW Cup & Holden Cup - next up is the main event between the Sydney Roosters & the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

There a couple of team changes for the Roosters, Luke O'Donnell & Boyd Cordner are both IN for the Roosters, O'Donnell will start off the bench with Cordner starting, Frank-Paul Nuuasala drops to the bench with Issac Liu & Dylan Napa missing out

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Sydney Roosters: 1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Michael Jennings 4. Shaun-Kenny Dowall 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Sam Moa 11. Aidan Guerra 12. Sonny Bill Williams
18. Boyd Cornder
Interchange: 14. Daniel Mortimer 15. Mitch Aubusson 13. Frank-Paul Nuuausala 17. Dylan Napa

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: 1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Jamie Lyon (c) 4. Steve Matai 5. David Williams 6. Kieran Foran 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Brenton Lawrence 9. Matt Ballin 10. Brent Kite 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Justin Horo 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange 14. David Gower 15. Jamie Buhrer 16. Tom Symonds 17. George Rose

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Referees & scorers:

Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ben Cummins

Touch Judges: Steve Carrall, Russell Turner

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Luke Patten

SYDNEY ROOSTERS (26)
Tries: Daniel Tupou, Aidan Guerra, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Michael Jennings
Field Goals:
Conversions: James Maloney (4/4)
Penalty Goals: James Maloney (1/1)

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (18)
Tries: Jorge Taufua, Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jamie Lyon (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Jamie Lyon (1/1)