Panthers can't produce anything.. ROOSTERS WIN!
Sydney Roosters 30-28
Jesse Marschke with the safe option.. kicks for touch. Panthers will have 27 seconds to win this.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
KNOCKED ON! Roosters get it back.. and a PENALTY. That should be it.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
PENALTY PANTHERS! Burns taken late.. tapped and go!
Sydney Roosters 30-28
Roosters could only kick it to the 40. Here come the Panthers.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
Dylan Edwards pointed to the sticks almost immediately. He has a kick to level it up! He missed it.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
PENALTY PENRITH! Kicker taken late.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Sitili Tupouniua makes an unforced error.
Manu tries to create a try for Sitili Tupouniua but the forward drops it.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck is done for the afternoon. He aggravated something in scoring the try.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Jesse Marschke successful.
Marschke gives the Roosters the lead for the first time since the 8th minute.
Sydney Roosters 30-28
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by John Tuivasa-Sheck. Kick to come.
Roosters are level! Bernard Lewis trapped the kick and found Tuivasa-Sheck to run away!
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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Jesse Marschke successful.
Marschke from besides the posts makes it four between these two sides.
Penrith Panthers 28-24
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Joseph Manu. Kick to come.
Something happened there and the Roosters have points. Jesse Marschke takes on the line, grubbers which is knocked on and regathered by Manu to finish.
Penrith Panthers 28-22
UNFORCED ERROR PENRITH PANTHERS: Daniel Brown makes an unforced error.
Daniel Brown tries to profit from a loose Roosters pass.. he gets downfield but has it knocked out. Good defense from the Roosters.
Penrith Panthers 28-18
The defending premiers are a bit rattled here. Forward pass from Luke at dummy half.
Penrith Panthers 28-18
Roosters survive by the skin of their teeth as Ratu Tuisese stepped out.
Penrith Panthers 28-18
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Nat Butcher makes an unforced error.
Roosters trying to play it quick but Radley standing in at dummy half spills it.
Penrith Panthers 28-18
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Jesse Marschke successful.
Jesse Marschke makes it only ten the deficit now.
Penrith Panthers 28-18
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Sitili Tupouniua. Kick to come.
They have another! It is game on now! Sitili Tupouniua crashes over.
Penrith Panthers 28-16
PENALTY ROOSTERS! 3-3 is the count.
Penrith Panthers 28-12
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Joseph Manu makes an unforced error.
Joseph Manu just throws away possession with a flick.
Penrith Panthers 28-12
Braidon Burns forgets what sport he is playing for a second there! Pretends he is Tim Cahill with that header over the line. Dropout.
Penrith Panthers 28-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Jesse Marschke successful.
Jesse Marschke adds the two. Deficit is sixteen.
Penrith Panthers 28-12
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Nat Butcher. Kick to come.
That was what they needed! Butcher just gets the ball to the line!
Penrith Panthers 28-10
UNFORCED ERROR PENRITH PANTHERS: Kaide Ellis makes an unforced error.
Ellis knocks down the ball so six more for the Roosters.
Penrith Panthers 28-6
KICK-OFF! Here we go!
Penrith Panthers 28-6
We're back on for the second half of the Holden Cup decider. Roosters are in a big hole and need the first try to stay in this.
Penrith Panthers 28-6
HALFTIME :: Panthers in complete control here 28-6.
Penrith Panthers 28-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Dylan Edwards successful.
Edwards adds his fourth for the afternoon.
Penrith Panthers 28-6
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Wayde Egan. Kick to come.
CHALLENGE UNSUCCESSFUL! Patten was happy that it stayed up and gives it the green light. Wayde Egan snuck across.
Penrith Panthers 26-6
We have another challenge! Roosters challenging for a double movement.
Penrith Panthers 22-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Dylan Edwards successful.
Edwards with another close range effort and slams it over.
Penrith Panthers 22-6
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Kade Ellis. Kick to come.
Kade Ellis runs a good line and spins to slam it down!
Penrith Panthers 20-6
Garvey will battle on, the tough young Rooster. Panthers scrum on the 40 of the Roosters.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
Grant Garvey takes a lovely slips catch and gets past three defenders before he is ankle tapped, losing it in the process. The bigger concern is that he has injured his shoulder.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
PENALTY PANTHERS! Junk in the tackle from the Roosters. Count is 3-2 headed into the final ten of this half.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Victor Radley makes an unforced error.
Garvey tries the crash ball to Radley who can't rope it in.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
A huge run from Brendan Frei! He got the Roosters going and a PENALTY.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Challenge successful! The contact in the air is deemed illegal. Panthers PENALTY.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
Here we go! Got a captain's challenge here! Panthers challenging the Anderson try.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Dylan Edwards unsuccessful.
Edwards nudges this wide.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Braidon Burns. Kick to come.
Braidon just Burns his defender there.. took the pass from Izzard and shows it to the tryline.
Penrith Panthers 16-6
Tyrone May with the no look ball found his receiver, who is hit high. PENALTY.
Penrith Panthers 12-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Dylan Edwards successful.
Edwards nails it from besides the posts.
Penrith Panthers 12-6
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Corey Waddell. Kick to come.
A birthday try for the big Panthers second rower! The ball hit the ground and Waddell was first to it and streaked away.
Penrith Panthers 10-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Dylan Edwards successful.
Edwards, the fullback for the Panthers will convert.. he steps in and curls it over.
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TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Christian Crighton. Kick to come.
Corey Waddell pops a magical ball to the fullback who shovelled it to Christian Crighton to touch down.
Sydney Roosters 6-4
Jarred Anderson taken in-goal after a end over end kick just evaded Burns.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Nat Butcher makes an unforced error.
Roosters try to barge forward but Butcher fumbles trying to get up and play the ball.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
PENALTY ROOSTERS! First of the afternoon to the Chooks. Too much in the ruck.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Jesse Marschke successful.
Jesse Marschke slots the conversion.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Joseph Manu. Kick to come.
Roosters are first on the board! Reuven Porter got a hand free to Paul Momirovski the half, who drew the fullback and sent Joseph Manu skipping away to the line.
Sydney Roosters 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR PENRITH PANTHERS: Kade Ellis makes an unforced error.
Kade Ellis went without the ball as the line beckoned.
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Panthers strolled down the field in this set and put up a bomb that Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck retrieves, gets back into the field of play but is bundled over the sideline.
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Some nerve from Cooper there - he just let the ball continue to roll and dead. 7 tackle set.
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UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Kiah Cooper makes an unforced error.
Cooper tries to rush into dummy half and spills it.
Well then! Roosters try the short kick-off and get it back from Kiah Cooper!
KICK-OFF! Roosters at halfway and will get us underway!
Both teams are onto ANZ Stadium, ready to kick-off today's festivities.
TEAM CHANGES:
PEN: A small change at hooker, Wayde Egan will start for Soni Luke.
SYD: Sukamanu Raki and Joseph Ratuvakacereivalu come onto the bench for the Bondi side.
The sun is shining, the gates are open and we are ready to go for Grand Final day! First up, we have the Holden Cup Grand Final! Penrith finished first and dominated the competition while the Roosters came from the bottom part of the eight to make it today!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Drew Oultram
Touch Judges: Joshua McGowan, Dave Ryan
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Jason Robinson
PENRITH PANTHERS (28)
Tries: Christian Crichton, Corey Waddell, Braidon Burns, Kaide Ellis, Wayde Egan
Field Goals:
Conversions: Dylan Edwards (4/5)
Penalty Goals:
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (30)
Tries: Joseph Manu (2), Nat Butcher, Sitili Tupouniua, John Tuivasa-Sheck
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jesse Marschke (5/5)
Penalty Goals: