Match Centre

And that's all she wrote. Roosters get a week off while the Sharks will be back next week to take on Penrith.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Cronk finds touch 25m from the Sharks line

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Woods gives away a penalty on his own line.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Sharks with the short restart but it's too short.

Townsend with a great grubber and Lewis flies through and gets a lovely bounce but is tackled as he catches it and as he falls over the line for the try, the ball comes loose.

Sharks mounting serious pressure on the Roosters line. Roosters defending well and hanging on.

Sharks starting to get some second phase play going.

SCRUM ROOSTERS - They're 10m from their own line.

Moylan drops a sitter of a pass, 10m out from the Roosters line, right in front of the posts. AN opportunity goes begging.

PENALTY SHARKS - Roosters interfere in the play-the-ball late in the set on their own line.

Moylan stepping and creating gaps, finds Woods who makes a half break but has no support. Game looks like it might start opening up. Still anyones contest.

Holmes makes a break, gets to Tedesco and gets a good ball to Dugan, but he drops it. Nice play by the Sharks from nowhere though.

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Townsend with a great double play, stops Cordner one-on-one and then he hits Friend from dummy half to prevent a try being scored down the left side.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Tedesco's kick return is ended by a good tackle by Lewis, however he holds him down too long. Roosters start their set inside the Sharks half.

PENALTY SHARKS - Another sloppy crusher tackle by the Roosters.

Townsend puts up a bomb and Leutele taps it to Moylan who looked to score, but the ball from Leutele went forward.

DROP OUT ROOSTERS - Holmes slid left showing the ball before putting in a gentle grubber which Tedesco knocked on and then forced in his own in-goal.

PENALTY SHARKS - Dugan caught in a crusher tackled. Looked accidental. Sharks find touch 10m inside the Roosters half.

Roosters get the second half back udnerway.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Lee offside on the Roosters last tackle. Sharks get a warning. Roosters with another set on the Sharks line.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - 10m from the Sharks line.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Tedesco takes a quick tap. Roosters on the Sharks line.

Sharks with some good play down the left side, keeping the ball alive, but Sorensen drops it 20m from the Roosters line.

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

Roosters testing the edges. No luck out there yet

Roosters kicking game not at its best so far.

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Sharks went left side and again they created the opportunity however this time Leutele's pass is a shocker and goes behind Feki's head and into touch.

PENALTY SHARKS - Roosters trying to slow down the play-the-ball again. Sharks 20m out from the Roosters line.

PENALTY SHARKS - Right in front and 15m out. Gallen points to the posts. Sharks will go for the equaliser.

SCRUM SHARKS - This was unexpected. Townsend with a long kick and Tupou and Tedesco run toward the ball, baulk and let it bounce. The ball bounces into Tupou's hands and goes forward

This game, unsurprisingly, is being played predominantly through the middle. Very little ball movement.

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Moylan grubbers down the short side and finds touch 10m from the Roosters line.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - And they take the quick tap through Cronk. Roosters are 30m from the Sharks line.

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Dugan runs interference on the kick chance. ROosters with a full set 10m from the Sharks line

Dugan with a useless kick, it rebounds off the Roosters defence and Townsend bats it back and Sharks get another set.

PENALTY SHARKS - Friend slowed down the play the ball too much

SCRUM SHARKS - 10m inside the Roosters half.

After all the fireworks, there's more smoke hanging around than at the front row of an 80's pub rock band.

This big match is underway, Sharks kick off.