They hold on! The Wests Tigers have their first win in 11 matches against the Roosters! What a performance!
Lolohea to put the Tigers ahead late... can he do it? YES!!!! Tui puts the hosts up by two! ANZ STADIUM IS GOING NUTS!
Thompson gets it down in the corner remarkably - after receiving the pass from a falcon on Chee Kam! Scores LEVEL!
Wests Tigers with a full set on the Roosters' line.
TIME OFF. Daniel Tupou penalised for a shoulder charge on Corey Thompson after a kick.
Tigers with a mid-field break! They have a couple of tackles up their sleeve... could they?
Tigers with some promising runs but the last tackle option is snared by Tedesco and the Roosters come away with it.
Mitchell with a superb sideline conversion and it's 8-4 to the visitors.
Numbers to the right and the Tigers' line finally cracks! Ferguson dots down in the corner who celebrates with Manu.
Roosters with some damaging attack...
Roosters concede a penalty on the first tackle after the restart. Big chance for the Tigers here.
This time Lolohea doesn't make a mistake and the Wests Tigers are back in front.
NO TRY. Roosters' five-eighth Mitch Cornish has grounded it first. Line drop-out Roosters.
We're up to the Bunker! Benji Marshall is claiming a four-pointer... the first of the afternoon!
The Tigers bomb an attacking opportunity. Momentum continually swinging in this one but geez the home team are hanging in there today.
Roosters penalised for a poor play the ball... and the message goes down to soak up time and take the two, but he can't convert it. Brooks is back on the park though. Roosters drop-out on the 20m.
Corey Thompson collects a high ball and is tackled... but then dragged by Latrell Mitchell into the in-goal. It's a Tigers PENALTY on their own line.
Clever footy from Benji Marshall dribbling the ball long and low into touch. The Roosters have a scrum on their own 15m. So far so good for the home side, only the penalty goal conceded.
Mitchell uses the penalty against Brooks to level the scores.
Brooks is binned! He's chased Blake Ferguson down as he broke into the backfield and hasn't gotten off him in time. He gets ten minutes to think about his professional foul. Big period for the Tigers here.
We're back underway, the Wests Tigers have first use of the ball, leading 2-0.
HALFTIME and it's 2-0 to the Wests Tigers. Entertaining, somewhat rusty, and grinding footy. Immense defence from the home team
Tigers with a few sets peppering the Roosters' line but all to no avail. We'll go to halftime tryless!
Tupou bundled into touch and the Wests Tigers defence can do no wrong at the moment. Scrum on their own 10m for the WT's.
First competitive game for the Roosters and Cronk has a 40-20. Roosters in great attacking position again!
Roosters go high to the Ferguson-Manu edge again, but neither of the pair can keep themselves in the field of play, Manu eventually bundled out after picking up a Ferguson tap-back. Tigers ball.
Corey Thompson forced to ground it in the in-goal off a Roosters grubber. Plenty of pressure but no points yet for the Tricolours.
Roosters go high on the last at the end of the drop-out set, but Manu is ruled to have been tackled on the last when he comes down with the ball, so it's a handover.
Roosters work their way up field after getting the ball back, Cronk with a clever grubber forces Naiqama to ground it in-goal.
Friend throws a poor forward pass out of dummy half on his own 40m, inviting the Wests Tigers back into attacking position.
They go wide on the last but Thompson can't handle the cut-out pass 15m from the Roosters line. The visitors come away from their own danger zone with the ball.
Chris Lawrence loses it off an ordinary pass by Godinet and some good up-and-in Roosters defence.
Wests Tigers pick up a handy six-again call on the Roosters' 40m. Positive signs so far.
Ferguson streaks away down the right flank, he turns it inside for Teddy... OH NO. He drops it and the home fans are rabid!
The home side escapes with a Roosters error handing them possession on their own line.
Penalties aplenty early. The Wests Tigers had two in the lead-up to Lolohea's two-pointer, now the Roosters have two in a row, but they're going for the line!
Lolohea picks up the first points of the afternoon through a penalty goal. Solid start from the Wests Tigers, Benji Marshall with a few good touches early.
ICYMI - late mail saw Reynolds omitted through injury for the home side. Marshall is playing five-eighth, McIlwrick joins the bench while Matulino is benched, Eisenhuth starting up front. The Roosters have benched Boyd Cordner in favour of Ryan Matterson in the second row.
Following a moment's silence for Steve Folkes we are underway. Roosters with the first use of the ball.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gavin Badger, Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Ashley Klein
WESTS TIGERS (10)
Tries: Corey Thompson
Field Goals:
Conversions: Tuimoala Lolohea (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Tuimoala Lolohea (2/3)
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (8)
Tries: Blake Ferguson
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (1/1)