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FULL TIME! Tedesco takes the desperation chip kick, and ROOSTERS ARE INTO THE GRAND FINAL!

PENALTY RABBITOHS! Sutton surges down the middle, tries to play it quick and gets the whistle.

Souths finally found some joy on the edges, Campbell Graham tumbles one inside for Taukeiaho to tap dead.

Reynolds pilots another kick right into the pack, Tedesco comes up trumps though. Roosters ruck it out, doing the hard yards with time ticking down.

Big play again from Cam Murray. He strips it again! Souths back on the attack.

Short kick-off and Souths have it back!

BUNKER TIME! Second time tonight, for the Roosters! Checking who touched it.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! Cronk was destroyed miles after passing it, Tevita Tatola crushed him and gives away the whistle.

Whoops! Cook got his hands mixed up from dummy-half and hands it right to Momirovski.

Reynolds puts up a wicked bomb, it floated more than a Modest Mouse song.. Tupou wanted no part in the catch, luckily for him, it missed him and went dead.

Right from the scrum, Souths try a set piece, Johnston got outside his defender but Manu recovered, and then a series of Roosters bundle Johnston over. HUGE Defense from the Chooks.

Repeat the sequence again. Cody Walker is collared right near the line, by a swarm of defenders. Again, Souths try to grubber through, the Roosters play at it and give up six more.

The Rabbitohs are surging. Joe Manu loses it trying to take the kick, but the whole set was a sequence of the Roosters having to deny them point-blank.

..now a second PENALTY as the Rabbitohs mime for ten.

Knock ons everywhere! Roosters spill it in their own end, then playing the advantage, Souths try something which sees them lose it as well. Souths ball still. PENALTY.

That was a frantic end of the set. Cronk is hammered again, as he kicks, hits it right into Tetevano. Manu won the race, as the referee still keeps the count at five, the youngster dies with the ball. Souths right on the attack.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! Aggressive defense by Inglis, he clipped Momirovski high.

Some enterprising play from the Roosters, Keary onto Tedesco, the latter's pass is deflected on the way to Tupou, the winger screams to the heavens, he knew it was a chance.

Keary is steeping up now, he takes on the line and almost pokes through. Late in the count, he grubbers one through for a repeat set.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! Reynolds kicks it into the pack, Ferguson spoils it backwards for a Rooster to claim . Keary takes over kicking duties for touch, Cronk is in big trouble.

Wayward kick from Cronk. The star half's arm is just hanging by his side as the ball sailed over the touchline.

Caught your breath? Get ready! We have forty minutes.. of one of these team's seasons! So we're set for a battle. To add some further spice, Cronk looks to have a injured shoulder. Here we go again, Roosters with first use.

Once again, the Roosters tried to exploit the left-side. This time though, Souths rushed them and forced, an ill-advised at best, pass from Cordner.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! A massive kick from Reynolds, retrieves what was a meh set from the Rabbitohs that Tedesco gathered on the line. A few tackles later, the Roosters get the whistle.

PENALTY RABBITOHS! Now, the cardinal and myrtle have a piggyback penalty.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! Some strong charges from the Roosters, and they force the Souths defenders to slow the ptb down too much.

PENALTY RABBITOHS! Nothing doing that set, Rabbitohs are bailed out out by an offside penalty. Reynolds to shoot for two, again.

It is a tale as old as time. Sam Burgess with a huge charge, found his feet quickly, gave Cook room to move and the dynamic hooker to force the repeat set.

There's some life in Souths! It started from the dancing feet of Walker, he tossed it back for Inglis to spy the overlap, but the final pass went forward.

PENALTY RABBITOHS! Defender holding on too long. Rabbitohs chance to respond.

After the nerves, the game has settled into a rhythm. Both sides got to their final kick then Blake Ferguson makes a mockery of that, spilling it cold, deep in Rabbitohs territory. Steaming after the incident, Friend lifts Inglis into a dangerous position. PENALTY.. two points coming up.

Reynolds again, is on point with his last tackle option, Tedesco fumbled, bumbled then it fell into Keary's hands for the Goal-line dropout. Maybe not! The video footage helped, Gagai knocks on. 7 tackle set.

PENALTY RABBITOHS! Now, Souths have a penalty! Roosters sloppy straight from the scrum, were caught offside.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! First whistle of the contest, Roosters way! Boyd Corder piloted onto a short ball, taken well by Gagai, who has a second effort.

Much like last week, George Burgess is in the wars early! He is clutching at his ribs, while Adam Reynolds found the backs with his first kick.

KICK-OFF! Here we go! Roosters kick it high into the still Sydney sky and we're ready to battle!

The familiar strains of 'Glory, Glory' leads out the Rabbitohs. Coming off their 13-12 victory against the Saints, they looked pumped for the game in their traditional cardinal and myrtle. Next out, is the Roosters, in tri-colours, jeered slightly by the partisan crowd! Everyone is lined up, let's go! RUGBY LEAGUE!

Well done, Sydney! The game is sold out, and we're sending out the old girl, Sydney Football Stadium out on a bright note. These two opened the stadium, now they may knock it down with their battle for the Grand Final spot.

Here it is! Two traditional rivals, a sudden death contest where only one can advance, to the big dance! It's the Roosters, littered with their stars, albeit, missing their electric centre, Latrell Mitchell. Paul Momiroski, only in his second NRL game steps into the void. He will have to deal with the trio of Burgess boys and a fired up Souths side, looking to once again, step over the Roosters otw to a Grand Final appearance. It all kicks off soon, sit back, crack a cold one and get ready for action! Kick-off is soon!