Full Time
80:00
4:10pm Sun July 29, 2018
Round 20 - Sydney Football Stadium (1988-2018), Moore Park / Gadigal - Crowd: 19878
80min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Mitchell holds on too long after a good tackle on Aitken.

76min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Gareth Widdop.

Widdops slots the goal quickly again.

Roosters lead Roosters 36 - 18 Dragons
76min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Tariq Sims. Kick to come.

Hunt hits Sims with a short flat ball at the line and Sims barges over for a try.

Roosters lead Roosters 36 - 16 Dragons
75min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Roosters holding on too long in the tackle.

74min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Friend throws a forward pass from dummy half.

73min

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Next tackle and Graham knocks on.

73min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Nightingale takes a quick tap and is brought down 20m from the Roosters line,

71min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell converts from almost in front.

Roosters lead Roosters 36 - 12 Dragons
70min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Blake Ferguson. Kick to come.

Aubusson hits Ferguson running a strong line back infield and the winger runs 30m to score a slick try.

Roosters lead Roosters 34 - 12 Dragons
69min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Gareth Widdop.

Widdop quicklt converts from right in front.

Roosters lead Roosters 30 - 12 Dragons
68min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Ben Hunt. Kick to come.

Graham passes to Hunt, who then steps off his right foot and then slips across the line to score under the posts.

Roosters lead Roosters 30 - 10 Dragons
67min

DROP OUT ROOSTERS - Tedesco cleans up a Hunt kick but as he struggles to maintain possession during a 1-on-1 strip attempt, the ball comes loose and goes dead in goal.

66min

Sims makes a 20 metre break but is taken down by Tedesco.

64min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell's conversion attempt hits the post and is waved away

Roosters lead Roosters 30 - 6 Dragons
62min

Try: Roosters
Scored by James Tedesco. Kick to come.

Widdop makes a break and attempts a grubber back in field but results in kicking it straight to Tedesco, who cleans up and then runs 85 metres to score untouched.

Roosters lead Roosters 30 - 6 Dragons
60min

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Sims loses the ball in the tackle due to a loose carry.

59min

Nightingale performs a 1 on 1 strip on Mitchell.

57min

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Dufty finds a little bit of space down the leftside but throws his pass into touch, behind both edge attackers.

55min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell converts from touch

Roosters lead Roosters 26 - 6 Dragons
54min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.

Mitchell fends off Aitken effortlessly again and then bulldozes over the top of Nightingale to score another try.

Roosters lead Roosters 24 - 6 Dragons
52min

DROP OUT DRAGONS - Friend grubbers from dummy half and Dufty slaps it dead.

51min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - DRagons slow to peel off the tackled player.

50min

Keary has gone down after being fallen on by his team mates in a tackle. Trainer is checking his knee. He's up on his feet, but he is limping off, unassisted. He's gone for the rest of this game.

49min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell from the left side of the posts, again misses

Roosters lead Roosters 20 - 6 Dragons
48min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.

Tupou goes up to take a cross kick but he misses it. Nightingale tries to knock it dead, but as has happened all the day, the ball bounces up for the Roosters and Mitchell following through, cleans up and scores.

Roosters lead Roosters 20 - 6 Dragons
47min

Keary almost reaches the tryline.

46min

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Dragons spread the ball to the right side and Lafai gets pushed into touch.

45min

Mitchell is wreaking havoc with every touch so far today.

40min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Gareth Widdop.

Widdop converts from out to the left of the posts.

Roosters lead Roosters 16 - 6 Dragons
39min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Ben Hunt. Kick to come.

Hunt from dummy half scoots past the markers and through the goal line defence for a soft solo try.

Roosters lead Roosters 16 - 4 Dragons
37min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Roosters holding on in the tackle too long. Dragons will start their set 35m from the Roosters line.

36min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Keary finds touch with a nice kick, just 5m from the Dragons line.

33min

DROP OUT DRAGONS - Dufty taken into touch after cleaning up Cronk's kick.

31min

Tedesco chases Cronk's bomb and takes it, then offloads, Cordner shoevls the ball along to Mitchell, but he can't hang onto it.

29min

Widdop's kick fails to find any Dragons players.

27min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Friend knocks on at dummy half, 30m from his own line.

25min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Hunt kicks down the middle and Ferguson and Tedesco run into each other and go down, with the ball knocked on. Ferguson looking a bit dusty.

23min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell slots the goal from right in front.

Roosters lead Roosters 16 - 0 Dragons
22min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Cooper Cronk. Kick to come.

Cronk switches the play with a pass to Tedesco who bust through the middle defence. Tedesco then passed right to Cronk and the halfback ran away to score under the posts.

Roosters lead Roosters 14 - 0 Dragons
20min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Dragons give the Roosters a piggyback upfield off their own line,.

19min

Vaughan attempts an offload and it hits Friend, who then falls on it.

18min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Roosters defenders offside. Dragons start their set 30m from the Roosters line.

17min

Hunt with another grubber, again early in the set, and again it was blocked and dived upon by the Roosters.

15min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Ferguson goes up to diffuse the bomb, but knocks on, just 10m from his own line.

14min

Hunt attempts a grubber behind the Roosters line on the fourth and it was easily blocked by the Roosters defence.

13min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Roosters offside. Dragons on the Roosters line now

12min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Dufty tackled high

12min

Cronk's kick for Mitchell is too deep and the Dragons get a 7 tackle set. Dufty then takes off and gets to the Roosters 30m line.

11min

Keary was away, but an ankle tap from Hunt brings him down.

10min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell converts from almost in front.

Roosters lead Roosters 10 - 0 Dragons
10min

Try: Roosters
Scored by James Tedesco. Kick to come.

Four tackles after the restart, Manu finds space down the right sideline again, then kicks infield. Tedesco regathers the ball and scores near the posts.

Roosters lead Roosters 8 - 0 Dragons
8min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Latrell Mitchell.

Mitchell from the left sideline, just pushes it across the face of the goal.

Roosters lead Roosters 4 - 0 Dragons
7min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.

Mitchell decides to take on Aitken, burrows down low and barges over for a stunning try, despite three defenders trying to stop him.

Roosters lead Roosters 4 - 0 Dragons
7min

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Hunt throws a pass that no one was expecting. Graham threw a hand out to try and catch it, but he knocked on, right on halfway.

6min

Tedesco made a half break, linked with Manu who then passed to Ferguson. He was tackled just 5 mins shy of the line.

5min

Hunt kicks early, aiming for a 40/20 but the bounce favours the Roosters.

3min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Radley drops the ball and the Dragons clean up

3min

Friend a woeful grubber from dummy half, but Vaughan can't hang onto it and Friend recovers. Six again.

2min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Cronk draws a penalty and then takes a quick tap. Roosters with a full set inside the Dragons half.

1min

Both sides making good metres and ending sets with good long kicks.

Dragons kick off

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ashley Klein, Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Chris Butler, Nick Beashel

Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Luke Patten

SYDNEY ROOSTERS (36)
Tries: Latrell Mitchell (3), James Tedesco (2), Cooper Cronk, Blake Ferguson
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (4/7)
Penalty Goals:

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (18)
Tries: Ben Hunt (2), Tariq Sims
Field Goals:
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (3/3)
Penalty Goals: