Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sun July 27, 2014
Round 20 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 22618
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Now a 20m restart for the Tigers. Game winding down here.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

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Less than two minutes remain at ANZ and the Dragons have a repeat set through a line drop-out, Simona forcing it dead.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

77

Aaron Woods held up over the line. Dragons back with it now at their own end.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

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Long kick drilled into touch by Widdop. Tigers scrum on their own 10m.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

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Short kick off... Tigers ball now...

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

69

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Another assignment from the sideline for Widdop... he's missed this one.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

68

TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Brett Morris. Kick to come.

The Dragons extend their lead. Great try in the corner for "B Moz"!

St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-12

67

Dragons with the pill inside the Tigers 20m after an error from the hosts.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 24-12

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Tigers drop ball just inside the Dragons' half. Saints come back upfield now.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 24-12

63

Dragons get a full set but Beale's tackled on the last.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 24-12

60

Tigers penalty inside the Dragons' 20m. A try here could make this contest very interesting!

St. George Illawarra Dragons 24-12

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Penalty goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop adds a penalty goal after the Tigers concede plenty of metres in a set. Tigers players ruled offside.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 24-12

52

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.

Richards makes no mistake again and we have a ten-point ballgame.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-12

51

TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Robbie Farah. Kick to come.

The fightback is on - Farah barges over from dummy half and the game is alive now!

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-10

49

Tigers force a line drop out from the Dragons. Another injury for the home side as well with Sauaso Sue coming off and heading to the rooms.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-6

48

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.

Richards adds the extras from in front.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-6

46

TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Blake Austin. Kick to come.

Austin sells the dummy and sprints away from the defenders, covering 30m to score under the sticks.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-4

44

Moses and Brooks both carrying shoulder issues early in this second half - Brooks had his strapped at halftime. Galloway WON'T return.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-0

40

We're back underway for the second half. Dragons have it first up.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-0

40

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Widdop misses this one from the near touchline.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-0

40

TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.

"Gypsy" scores a great try in the corner after bouncing off defenders down the right edge.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-0

40

NO TRY - Simona's dropped it in the grounding. It went up as NO TRY and there's not enough to overturn it.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 18-0

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VIDEO REFEREE possible try for Tim Simona (Tigers).

St. George Illawarra Dragons 18-0

34

Tigers committing ridiculously bad errors inside their own half, here's another and it's a Dragons scrum inside the Tigers' 40m.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 18-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop converts to push the lead to 18 points. Completely different Tigers side to the one that trounced Canterbury last week!

St. George Illawarra Dragons 18-0

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TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Gareth Widdop. Kick to come.

Dominating Dragons! They break away to the opposite end - Rein puts a kick through which Widdop pounces on to score!

St. George Illawarra Dragons 16-0

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UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Benji Marshall makes an unforced error.

A bit of karma hits Benji after the previous kickoff, this time he's spilled it. Tigers scrum.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop makes easy pickings of the conversion.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-0

25

TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Gerard Beale. Kick to come.

Widdop puts it up cross-field and Morris bats it back - TRY for Beale!

St. George Illawarra Dragons 10-0

24

Benji's grubber on the last in that set goes dead. Dear me. INJURY UPDATE - Keith Galloway off with a shoulder problem. Could be back today.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

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The kickoff is taken... Marshall looks to have taken that dead! It's ruled out on the full though and is a Dragons penalty on halfway.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

23

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Widdop converts his own try.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 6-0

21

TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Gareth Widdop. Kick to come.

Widdop wins the race to the ball after Morris kicks it ahead after a break.

St. George Illawarra Dragons 4-0

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VIDEO REFEREE possible Dragons TRY to Gareth Widdop. Morris with the kick assist.

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Galloway is OFF - straight up the tunnel.

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Woods held up on the last for the Tigers. Dragons with the handover on their own line.

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Tigers penalty as they enter the danger zone. Pressure on the Dragons defence now.

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UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERS
Curtis Sironen makes an unforced error.

Sironen spills an Austin offload and it's a Dragons scrum. They now work it off their own line.

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Dragons grubber... and Moses has it. SPRINTS AWAY! Finds Austin! Austin makes it to 30m, finds Simona! Tackled... play on though...

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Dugan down with what looks like a leg injury. Nothing in the tackle.

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UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERS
Blake Austin makes an unforced error.

Wow, from the scrum Austin's been thrown a dud pass and has spilled it. Dragons get it back now.

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Double knock on, Tigers scrum 30m from the Dragons line.

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Dragons with a dash down the left but brough to ground. Tigers work it away now.

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Hot potato from the Tigers on the last but the eventual kick from Robbie Farah goes dead. Dragons 20m restart.

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UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Gareth Widdop makes an unforced error.

Widdop puts Mike Cooper over the tryline but it's ruled FORWARD. Tigers scrum.

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We're underway and IT'S BOUNCED OUT! Lulia's let it go into touch.... Dragons scrum 10m out!!!!

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TEAM NEWS - the Tigers lose Chris Lawrence to injury, with Bodene Thompson moving to the centres as his replacement. Dene Halatau will start in the second row while Sauaso Sue will take the vacant bench spot. For the Dragons they're 1-13, with Charly Runciman, Nathan Green and Shane Pumipi all dropping out to allow Trent Merrin to come in.

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Referees & scorers:

Referee: Matt Cecchin, Dave Munro

Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Michael Wise

Video Referee: Gavin Badger, Luke Patten

WESTS TIGERS (12)
Tries: Blake Austin, Robbie Farah
Field Goals:
Conversions: Pat Richards (2/2)
Penalty Goals:

ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (28)
Tries: Gareth Widdop (2), Gerard Beale, Jason Nightingale, Brett Morris
Field Goals:
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (3/5)
Penalty Goals: Gareth Widdop (1/1)