Match Centre

Roosters are playing out the last 30 seconds of this contest as they move back into second position on the ladder. FULLTIME.

PENALTY TIGERS! Escort penalty. They need to do something now, and quick.

Marshall tries to grubber one through. It deflected off a Rooster and taken dead by Brett Morris. Chance to bring them within a score.

PENALTY TIGERS! A sloppy high shot from Mitchell. It will give them another six.

Latrell is putting on a personal circus show tonight. The ball hit the deck, swooped on by Morris then Mitchell tip-toed down the sideline before he sent it inside for an early kick. Tigers recover but the side have started to tire.

A Liddle bit of fortune has the Tigers heading upfield. Cronk tried to stab one behind but the Tigers hooker trapped it then grabbed the ball to send them the other way.

Everything is coming off the Roosters now. Cronk steered one wide for Hall but the hulking winger couldn't get there in front of Momirovski, as the latter sends it for a dropout.

Time off as Cooper Cronk was hit hard. He gets attention then we're back on. Also BUNKER TIME.

SCRUM CLOCK PENALTY! This game has had the lot. Cronk takes a breath, taps. Here we go.

Now the Roosters are on the front foot. Keary angled his kick well and it befuddled Corey Thompson enough to have him touch it then roll over the sideline.

Tigers tgry a trick play with Matterson and Brooks but it was low and coughed up.

The Tigers are feeling themselves now. Esan Marsters sliced through from a shift on their own goal-line as the evergreen Chris Lawrence has shifted to centre. We're off to the BUNKER.

Hope everyone enjoyed the break! We're back for the second stanza here at Bankwest. Roosters have jogged onto the turf, ready to kick-off. The Tigers eventually join them as well. KICK-OFF! Here we go again.

Roosters aim to pile on some more misery as Latrell Mitchell stretched the legs gave it to a rampaging Sitili Tupouniua who skittled defenders. On last, they went down the shortside and were thwarted. Halftime.

After a lengthy delay for Jennings to get treatment, the Roosters take over. The Wests winger is off for a HIA..

Missed chance for the Tigers! The set was going nowhere, Corey Thompson scooped up the ball and dashed for the line. He got to Manu at custodian, threw a dreadful pass that Jennings gathers and is taken into touch.

Probably the first mis-step from the Roosters this half. Cronk doesn't weight a kick and the Tigers have a seven-tackle set to possibly see out the half.

Keary stabs through a short kick that has to conceded by the Tigers defense. GLDO incoming.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! Joey Manu with another strong carry back. He fended off Chris Lawrence then is taken down in a crusher-style tackle.

RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! No grounding from the Roosters, Benji kneed it forward and despite his desperate lunge it went over the sideline. Roosters 7-tackle set.

BUNKER TIME! There was a lot of slipping and sliding like a Depeche Mode song but it doesn't look like a four-pointer. Checking how this will restart.

Roosters stride through as Sitili Tupouniua bent the line well. It gave the visitors a platform as they shift left, the pass is just watched like a passing car by the wide-men as it bounced out. Tigers ball.

Always beware the second kick! The Roosters backline can;t gather a huge Marshall bomb, it came back for Momirovski, who shovelled it to Farah to stab one in-goal but Manu was able to recover.

After the fervent start, the game has moved into an arm wrestle now. Both sides have favoured the longer bomb kick that has seen the contest start resembling a game of force-em-backs.

Good defensive set from the Roosters. Tigers have been substandard with their kicking game thus far, and a chargedown has given Sydney a set right on the attack.

PENALTY TIGERS! A second successive whistle for the home side. Tigers quick hands hits the ground, Robert Jennings tries to find a hole inside but the whole line was offside. Tigers shooting for two.

PENALTY TIGERS! The Roosters have straddled the line in their previous two kick chases, this one from Zane Tetevano is pinged. The forward is on report as well.

PENALTY TIGERS! A few sgtrong charges have the Tigers right on the line, now a whistle which sees them dawdle back to the ten with a fresh set.

Tigers have a chance to respond right back after Victor Radley glanced a pass forward on first tackle.

PENALTY ROOSTERS! First whistle, albeit a bit withered, goes for the visitors. Cronk shoots it to the 30 metre line. First attacking chance for Sydney.

Both sides through their first set of work. Tigers went for an early spread but the last-tackle kick from Marshall was high but easily taken.

KICK-OFF! Luke Keary feigns inside and takes the first hit-up.

Wests have the ball on halfway. Former Rooster, Paul Momirovski will take the kick after the light show subsides. Let's play some football!

Here we go! The Roosters, defending premiers, trot onto the sublime surface of Bankwest Stadium, wearing their white with blue v design ready to go. Next is the home side, through a guard of honour of former players, Wests aiming for three straight victories for the first time under Michael Maguire.

Welcome to Bankwest stadium! The return of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Luke Keary will spearhead the Roosters side aiming to regain the form of earlier season, in a shortened round. For Wests, the home side at "their jungle" have experience in Benji Marshall and Robbie Farah with an almost unchanged side. So we're set for an interesting game of rugby league! Kick-off soon!