Josh Addo-Carr loses possession and the Roosters are into the GF!
Cronk kicks the ball into touch to send the Roosters to the promised land.
Melbourne come up with an error that will seal their fate.
Keary kicks the ball into touch.
Sandor Earl comes up with a knock on.
The Storm will pack a scrum inside the Roosters' half.
Tedesco with a try-saving effort.
Brandon Smith is held up over the line.
The Storm get a repeat set.
Keary goes high and Earl draws a penalty.
Sam Verrills is collected on the last tackle.
Sandor Earl is on for Melbourne.
The Roosters will make the GF! What a beautiful kick.
Ryan Papenhuyzen is down after clashing with Kenny Bromwich during that try.
That try was as a result of Cronk taking on the line - that involvement will likely be the difference tonight.
The Roosters will almost surely have a chance to defend their title.
James Tedesco is claiming a try that should get the Roosters into the GF.
Cronk is tackled short of the try line,
Tupou makes a nice kick return from a Scott grubber.
Cooper Cronk fires a forward pass on halfway.
Latrell Mitchell is battling to get up.
Mitchell Aubusson has failed his HIA test.
Papenhuyzen kicks long.
Jahrome Hughes comes up with an inspired kick return.
Cordner is collected just short of the try line.
Max King loses the ball just shy of halfway.
Brett Morris comes up with a great kick return.
Daniel Tupou with a try-saving tackle on Curtis Scott.
Ken Bromwich is tackled a metre short of the line.
The Roosters have knocked on a Hughes bomb.
Hughes goes high as Tupou is collected by the Storm defence.
Crichton has been hit in a head clash with Kenny Bromwich.
The bunker has ruled James Tedesco knocked on in the lead up.
Joey Manu is claiming a try.
Crichton is hit in a solid tackle.
The Roosters get a seven tackle set.
Tedesco comes up with a poor error on halfway.
Munster goes high, Hughes catches the kick, but the Roosters lock up the man with the ball.
Cronk goes long and kicks directly to Papenhuyzen.
Aubusson is off with a HIA. Lindsay Collins gets his first football of the evening.
Tedesco does well to defuse an attacking raid from Chambers.
Smith puts the visitors back in the match.
NAS scores The Genesis of a Melbourne fightback with the first try after Halftime.
Hughes is into space.
The Storm get a much-needed penalty.
Jesse Bromwich is off the field.
Papenhuyzen manages to stay in the field of play.
Jesse Bromwich is receiving attention after clashing heads with Brandon Smith.
The Roosters get a penalty inside the Storm's half.
Angus Crichton makes a tremendous break over halfway.
The Roosters get a penalty coming out of their own end.
The Roosters look to have the Storm's measure in defence.
Olam is cut down a metre short of the line.
Smith puts in a lovely grubber to force a line drop out.
Cameron Smith forces a repeat set.
Zane Tetevano is penalised for a high shot.
Papenhuzen is slow to his feet.
Boyd Corner takes the Roosters out for their final 40 minutes at the SCG this season.
The Storm are back onto the field.
Ryan Papenhuyzen is tackled as the halftime siren sounds.
Felise Kaufusi has been ruled out after failing his HIA.
Munster bombs and regathers, but Butcher and Morris do wonderfully to lock the Melbourne playmaker up close to the try line.
Olam pops a nice offload to his fullback.
Tedesco's pass, intended for Morris, goes into touch.
Jahrome Hughes kicks out on the full. Melbourne are not with it at the moment.
Mitchell drives the ball downfield where Papenhuyzen is collected 10 metres out from his own line.
Mitchell puts the Roosters out beyond a converted try.
The Roosters get a penalty and will look to push out to an 8-0 lead.
Tedesco takes on the line, but the Storm hold the Roosters #1 up.
The Roosters get a repeat set.
Cordner makes a great run over halfway.
Finucane loses possession inside the Roosters' half.
The Storm get a penalty coming out of trouble.
Tupou drops Tedesco's pass with the try line in sight.
Tui Kamikamica is on for Felise Kaufusi.
The Roosters get another penalty.
Papenhuyzen fires a wayward pass into touch.
Kaufusi has been sent to the HIA.
Luke Keary has pulled at Felise Kaufusi's hair and collected the second rower around the head.
Melbourne get a penalty.
Mitchell Aubusson has come up with an error.
Boyd Cordner makes an inspirational charge coming out of his own end.
Brandon Smith comes up with a strip inside the Roosters half.
Cameron Smith kicks the ball dead. The Roosters will get a seven tackle set.
Brandon Smith makes his first run of the night.
Hughes goes high, but Tupou has no issues defusing the situation.
Chambers makes a nice kick return.
Tedesco manages to defuse an attacking kick from Munster.
The Roosters lose possession from the kick off.
Mitchell pushes the kick wide.
Cordner gets the opening try for the home side.
Tupou did wonderfully to field a Keary bomb and offload to his captain for what should be the opening try.
Cordner is claiming a try.
Latrell Mitchell does brilliantly to catch a Melbourne high ball in goal.
Ryan Papenhuyzen makes a sensational run.
Mitchell loses the ball inside his own half.
Siosiua Taukeiaho takes a run into the Melbourne defence.
The Roosters get another penalty.
Taukieaho and Asofa-Solomona are back on the field.
The Roosters get a penalty and find a set on halfway.
Munster goes high, but Tedesco is up to the task.
Cameron Smith is on the spot to defuse a Cooper Cronk grubber.
Curtis Scott comes up with a terrific tackle to shut down an attacking raid.
The Roosters come up with possession after an attacking chance by the Storm on halfway.
Sam Verrills fires off a cut out pass that doesn't quite come off.
Joseph Manu is collected in a high tackle.
Brett Morris does tremendously to field an attacking kick from the Storm.
Chambers loses the ball, but gets a penalty coming out of his own end.
Keary goes long and finds Papenhuyzen close to his own line.
Mitchell gives the home side the lead.
The Roosters will look to open the scoring with a penalty goal.
NAS joins Taukeiaho back in the sheds for 10 minutes.
Taukieaho has been sent to the sin bin in record time for striking.
NAS and Siosiua Taukeiaho have clashed.
We have a fracas!
Nelson Asofa-Solomona takes the first carry of the night.
We have kick off.
Boyd Cordner takes the Sydney Roosters out to rapturous applause.
Cameron Smith leads the Melbourne Storm onto the SCG turf for the first time.
Kick-off is only moments away, the stage is set.
Both teams have won one apiece this season - a Latrell Mitchell field goal saw the Roosters win in Melbourne on Good Friday, while a penalty goal saw the Storm prevail in Adelaide after Origin II.
The Storm have been rocked by the loss of Suliasi Vunivalu with injury. As a result Will Chambers comes onto the wing, while Sandor Earl comes onto the bench.
The Roosters will line up as per program with Lindsay Collins coming into the squad in place of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (suspension).
The equation could not be simpler - win and face the Canberra Raiders in the Grand Final next Sunday, lose and the season is over.
Welcome to League Unlimited's coverage of Preliminary Final rugby league between the Sydney Roosters and the Melbourne Storm from the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Nick Beashel
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (14)
Tries: Boyd Cordner, James Tedesco
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (2/2)
MELBOURNE STORM (6)
Tries: Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Smith (1/1)
Penalty Goals: