FULL TIME at ANZ Stadium and the Roosters have won the JJ Giltinan Shield with a big 44-10 win over the Parramatta Eels
Parra try to go down the short side but the Roosters defence muscles up and sends French into touch
Time out as Luke Keary has hurt a leg... Latrell gets a boot from Keary and one of the Eels players is off for a HIA
Latrell converts from right in front
Tedesco backs up a pass from Cronk after Jake Friend takes a dart from dummy half
If they weren't already - the flood gates are OPEN.... Tedesco backs up on a pass from Cronk after Friend went out from dummy half
Latrell hits the ball nowhere near as well as he wanted
Latrell has his third... the Eels defence has numbers there but again they misread the Roosters and they get ANOTHER four pointer and jump into provisional first place
Boyd Cordner gets a penalty takes the quick tap and Michael Jennings makes contact with Cordner and as Moses comes back, Jennings goes for 10
Latrell Mitchell corrects his radar after two misses from the same spot and converts his own try
The Roosters get their third try within ten minutes now as Latrell Mitchell strolls over out wide where the Eels were two players short
The Roosters AGAIN expose the right hand defence of the Eels as Tedesco gets his whole body over the line but he grounds it in the field of play/
Latrell's radar from the left hand side is off the mark as another conversion goes across the face of the posts
Again the Roosters exploit the left and go down the short side and Latrell Mitchell is too strong and gets over the line
Latrell Mitchell puts the conversion across the face of the posts
The Roosters use the extra number and Daniel Tupou has spaces over on the right touchline
Mitch Moses takes out a Roosters support player with a shove in the back and Mitch Moses bookends the season with sin bins
Mitch Moses misses the conversion from out wide with the attempt going across the face of the goals
Cooper Cronk throws a pass intended for Keary which is knocked back by Cordner and French scoops it up and races 80m to score
The conversion from Latrell scrapes the left upright as it goes through the uprights
The Parra left defence miles in-field and Keary throws a lovely floated pass out to Ferguson who strolls over with a nice swan dive at the end
Blake Ferguson goes straight through poor defence and in the end finds Keary who find Tedesco who slips and loses it
Second half underway at ANZ Stadium
HALF TIME at ANZ Stadium and the Roosters head into the break with a 14-6 lead
Mitch Moses converts from right in front
Nnneeaoowww - David Gower gets through the middle of some soft defence and finds Hayne who scores under the posts
Pretty mundane end to end stuff at the back end of this half
Hayne loses the ball behind him and then gets a big hit from Radley as a result
The Eels get the ball back off a loose Roosters offload but jeez the set its a bludger and put the ball to a forward on tackle 6
Latrell Mitchell from the sideline hits the ball straight through the uprights
Too easy - The Parramatta defence charges in and then some good catch pass play from the Eels finds Ferguson unmarked who strolls to the line
Mitchell Moses puts a bomb in the air but the sideline commentators are the ones who are in danger off it - Roosters start the set on halfway
The Eels send the ball into touch and the Roosters will get a scrum 10m from their own line
Eels go side to side with no direction in attack and the Roosters just stand there and get the ball back easily
Another full set on the Roosters line for the Eels after an offload is knocked down by the Roosters
SIX AGAIN - The Eels have a full set of six on the Roosters line after the Roosters can't handle a Norman kick
Great tap back from Manu finds JWH who throws a no look pass out to Ferguson who drops the ball
Simple shot for Latrell as he puts the penalty goal through from right in front.
Another penalty goes the way of the Roosters and they will take the two from in front
PENALTY ROOSTERS: Ferguson gets a catch in-goal then two plays later the Eels are penalised for a slow ruck
After a prolonged build-up where he was insistent on removing all the sideline advertising bolsters from the area, Mitchell moves in, strikes the ball... and nails it from touch!
Plenty of metres in the set and numbers down the right from 30m out sees Manu score the opener.
A Norman grubber *just* trickles dead, well shepherded over the dead ball line by James Tedesco. 20m restart Roosters.
Penalty Eels and they go deep on the attack. Good early test for the Tricolours defence.
Fergo drops it early against the club he'll line up for next year. Eels scrum 40m from the Roosters line.
We're underway at ANZ with the Eels getting first use. They're wearing their predominantly blue home jumper with white shorts, the Roosters in their mostly white kit with navy shorts.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Jon Stone, Gavin Reynolds
Touch Judges: Clayton Sharpe, Nick Beashel
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea
PARRAMATTA EELS (10)
Tries: Jarryd Hayne, Bevan French
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (44)
Tries: Joseph Manu, Latrell Mitchell (3), Blake Ferguson (2), Daniel Tupou, James Tedesco
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (5/8)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (1/1)