Fien is tackled with the ball as the siren sounds and that's the ball game folks. The Dragons win a gritty match. That's their third win a row after a slow start to the season.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-12
Murdock-Masila knocks on again and that should be the ball game, the Dragons are 30 out.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-12
The Tigers are off the hook. They have 80 metres to go.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-12
Soward kicks a field goal and the Dragons are back in front.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-12
St. George Illawarra Dragons 13-12
Shaun Spence loses the ball 45 out from his own line, the Dragons will have a scrum 45 out with three minutes to go.
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Soward attempts a field goal from 40 out and it's a poor attempt.
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Dragons are on halfway on the third, they should have a field goal opportunity at the end of this set.
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Anasta is off the field for the Tigers, he has a lot of experience kicking field goals, so that's a big loss for the Tigers/
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Moltzen loses the ball 10 out from the Dragons' line on the last.
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The Dragons knock it on 20 out from their own line and Tigers are on the attack
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Farah puts Ayshford into space and he loses the ball only ten out from the Dragons' line, he completely butchered that try, he was over.
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Tedesco makes a break and offloads to Tim Moltzen who scores for the Tigers Anasta kicks a difficult conversion and scores are level.
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Murdoch Masila Barges over and the Tigers are back in the game. Anasta converts from right in front and we have a six-point ball game.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-6
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-6
The Tigers get another penalty, they're only a few metres out.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
The Tigers receive a penalty and will go right on the attack.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Fien loses the ball 20 out from the Tigers' line.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Murdoch-Masila loses the ball 40 out from his own line. The Dragons will go on the attack again.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
TRY! Matt Cooper scores for the Dragons after Soward spreads the ball out wide. Soward misses another conversion.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Frizell makes a 20 metre break down field and the Dragons are 20 out on the last.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-0
Jason Nightingale is down. He was about to play the ball 10 out from his own line.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-0
TRY! Soward sets up a try for Brett Morris. Soward misses the conversion.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-0
St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-0
The Dragons receive a penalty and will get another six tackles a few metres out.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Lawrence knocks on four metres out from his own line.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Daniel Vidot diffuses an Anasta bomb just in the field of play and makes a 45 metre kick return, the Dragons are in a great position.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
The second half is under way.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Matt Cooper is tackled as the half time siren sounds.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
NO TRY! Tyson Frizell is denied and the Tigers will get a 20 metre tap.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
The Dragons might have another try here.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Chris Lawrence loses the ball over the tryline after a great pass from Anasta.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
The Tigers will receive another attacking opportunity after Soward kicks the ball out on the full.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Anasta goes to the air on the last and Joel Reddy plucks the ball out of the air he offloads the ball as he hammered by the defence. Sauaso Sue fails to offload as he is tackled.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
The Tigers force a line drop out.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
The Tigers receive a penalty and will start a set of six 40 out from their own line.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
TRY! Soward drifts across field and passes to Daniel Vidot who opens up the scoring at the Sydney Cricked Ground. Soward's conversion attempt from the sideline is unsuccesful.
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
The Dragons force a line drop out.
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The Dragons receive a penalty 20 out from their own line.
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Farah goes to the air on the last and Nightingale has no problem diffusing it in the in goal.
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Jason Nightingale throws a hospitable pass and the Tigers will get a scrum 40 out from the Dragons' line.
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Chris Lawrence is tackled in to touch on the last a few metres out from the try line.
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The Tigers force a line drop out.
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The Tigers receive their first penalty 30 out from their own line.
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Play has been stopped after Ben Murdock-Masila is injured in back play.
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Jack Stockwell knocks on with the line wide open.
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The Dragons will get a penalty 20 metres out from the Tigers' line after Fien is taken out late.
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Farrah makes a break only to lose the ball 10 out from the Dragons' line.
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Stanley knocks on 30 metres out from the Tigers' line.
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The Tigers might have a try here!
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NO TRY! The Tigers are pinned for an obstruction after Kurtis Sironen runs into a hole created by Aaron Woods.
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The Tigers are 10 metres out on the last after some great runs, Farrah goes to the air but the kick is brilliantly taken by Cheyse Stanley in the in-goal.
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Mitch Rein knocks the ball on 30 out from his own line and the Tigers will receive a great attacking opportunity.
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The Dragons are 30 metres out on the third when Dan Hunt is pinned for a forward pass.
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The Tigers are 39 metres out from the Dragons' line on the last when Braith Anasta fails to get a hold of a poor dummy half pass from Robbie Farrah.
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The Dragons make 45 metres on their first set before Nathan Fien boots the ball down field
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Jamie Soward gets first touch after the Tigers kick off.
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Both teams have come out onto the field, we should have kick off very shortly.
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TEAM NEWS - Tigers have several - Benji Marshall, Liam Fulton and Bodene Thompson all OUT of the side named Tuesday. Curtis Sironen starts at 5/8th in jersey 21. Blair moves to the 2nd row, Murdoch-Masila also promoted there, with Matt Bell coming off the bench to play lock. The two new bench players are Sausao Sue and Shaun Spence.
For the Dragons, Michael Henderson drops off the five-man bench, meaning Damien Cook will debut in jersey #18.
Tigers: 1. Tim Moltzen 2. Joel Reddy 3. Blake Ayshford 4. Chris Lawrence 5. James Tedesco 21. Curtis Sironen 7. Braith Anasta 8. Aaron Woods 9. Robbie Farah 10. Jack Buchanan 13. Adam Blair 14. Ben Murdoch-Masila 16. Matt Bell
Interchange: 15. Ava Seumanufagai 17. Eddy Pettybourne 18. Sauaso Sue 19. Shaun Spence
Dragons: 1. Jason Nightingale 2. Brett Morris 3. Chase Stanley 4. Matt Cooper 5. Daniel Vidot 6. Jamie Soward 7. Nathan Fien 8. Dan Hunt 9. Mitch Rein 10. Jack Stockwell 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Ben Creagh 13. Trent Merrin
Interchange: 14. Bronson Harrison 15. Matt Prior 16. Jack de Belin 18. Damien Cook
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Luke Phillips
Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Luke Patten
WESTS TIGERS (12)
Tries: Ben Murdoch-Masila, Tim Moltzen
Field Goals:
Conversions: Braith Anasta (2/2)
Penalty Goals:
ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (13)
Tries: Daniel Vidot, Brett Morris, Matt Cooper
Field Goals: Jamie Soward (1/2)
Conversions: Jamie Soward (0/3)
Penalty Goals: