FULL TIME - The Roosters have taken a 42-12 victory over the Knights
Mitchell Pearce initially knocks the ball backwards but then a second touch sends it forward
Starford To'a chases through but can't get to the ball off the kick but the Knights do get a repeat set
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Roosters penalised for being offside after referee Klein played an advantage
Roosters go through the middle again but Kyle Flanagan puts the ball down
Kyle Flanagan again has no issues as he puts his seventh conversion over
Straight through the middle it goes from Jake Friend to James Tedesco on to Luke Keary and the Roosters just do it easily
UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: Knights challenging the call of Ashley Klein who said that the ball wasn't played backwards - The ball rolls forward off Tex Hoy's foot...
Game really just in a holding pattern at the moment as neither side can really break through despite the Roosters making good metres in attack
James Tedesco puts the ball down after a good tackle from the Knights after Morris charged through from an SBW offload
NO TRY: That's left everyone confused because Nat Butcher has been ruled to have obstructed the Knights defensive line despite the fact he played the ball and didn't move off the mark.
BUNKER: Lindsay Collins goes through to score the try but Ashley Klein says NO TRY as he believes that Nat Butcher interfered in the play after playing the ball
NO TRY: Jared Maxwell rules that Sitili Tupouniua knocked the ball on which is what the live decision was what Ashley Klein had ruled live with his live decision.
BUNKER: Brett Morris claims a try but looks like Sitili Tupouniua knocked on in the lead up which is what Ashley Klein rules onfield after a knocked-back initially by Edrick Lee
PENALTY ROOSTERS: Josh Morris again gets treatment for his neck as the Knights and Mitchell Pearce in particular is penalised for pressure on the neck.
CHALLENGE SUCCESSFUL: So it becomes a mutual infringement and Nat Butcher has to replay the ball and it's tackle 2 all over again
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Roosters challenging the call from Ashley Klein of a knock-on whether Angus Crichton has knocked on.
OUT ON THE FULL... AGAIN - Mason Lino's kick-off this time is too deep and goes out on the full; The kick for touch only goes out because Edrick Lee got a touch on it
Kyle Flanagan has a massive smile on his face as he slots another conversion from wide out
Daniel Tupou scores in the corner after the Roosters bring out the quickfire passing yet again
OUT ON THE FULL - Mason Lino puts the ball over the boundary rope on the sideline which would be a good thing in summer but not here tonight as his kick is out on the full.
SECOND HALF IS GO! The Knights using the ball first as they charge in from the Paddington end... wrong sport - They're defending the Paddington end
HALF TIME @ the SCG with the Roosters leading 30-12 at the break after leading 24-0 at one stage
Kyle Flanagan converts the try for the Roosters
The Roosters get back on the board as the Roosters swing right and eventually Flanagan kicks back to the middle for Tedesco who's onside and grounds it
The Knights kicks are no troubling the Roosters as they regather another kick before Edrick Lee's second kick goes way too deep and the Roosters get an easy out of their own half
SBW on the field for the Roosters as the momentum is slightly swinging towards the Knights
Mason Lino with no issues as he converts from right in front
TIDE IS TURNING - Gehamat Shibasaki gets a gift of a try as the ball goes over the top of Aidan Guerra and Josh Morris and Shibasaki is the first man on the scene to ground the ball
Mason Lino from the left sideline kicks it absolutely perfectly through the middle of the uprights
GREEN LIGHTS: Against the run of play, Mitchell Pearce put the ball in the air and Edrick Lee flew through the air, knocks it backwards and Tuala gets the first try against the run of play
BUNKER: Enari Tuala has crossed after Edrick Lee flies high and taps the ball backwards at least that's what the officials are saying in the live decision before Tuala ended up with it
NO TRY: So despite the touch by the Knights, Boyd Cordner knocked it on trying to ground it and head slamming into the ground
BUNKER: Boyd Cordner crosses but it doesn't look like a try even though there is a live decision of TRY from Ashley Klein
Kyle Flanagan has no issues converting his fourth attempt which comes from just to the right of the uprights
Joey Manu gets his way over the line as he runs back on the inside off a Jake Friend pass and goes through the soft middle of the Knights
Knights turn over posession on their own 20 after surviving the previous raid
Brett Morris is forced to throw the ball back in after Morris accelerated down the touchline before Tex Hoy did enough push Morris towards the sideline
Kyle Flanagan has no issues to convert the Roosters third try as they try and race the clock
This game feels like it's being played on Foveaux Street just down the road from the SCG which is one-way because at the moment it's just one-way traffic as they again go down the short side and somehow Tedesco juggles a poor pass and turns it back into Tedesco to score
Kyle Flanagan from the same spot as his last kick hits the conversion less to the Right and it's through the middle of the uprights
Luke Keary out of dummy half goes down the short side and finds Daniel Tupou who uses Tex Hoy as a speed bump more than a defensive opponent
A nothing play on the last from the Roosters is seen off by the Knights who are under the pump at the moment from the Roosters
SET RESTART: Knights get tangled up in the tackle and slow it down enough that Ashley Klein signals six more
Knights try the crash play but a poor pass to Aidan Guerra is put down
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Josh Morris takes a good catch on the cross-field kick but it looked a little too easy and Ashley Klein says there was an escort in the lead up
James Tedesco chases through the high ball from Luke Keary but can't take it cleanly and knocks on
Daniel Tupou flies through the air and makes metres as he hangs in the air as nobody contests the high kick other than Tupou
Brett Morris staying down with concern for his neck; An awkward tackle but nothing more coming from the officials
Kyle Flanagan from about three metres in from the sideline starts his conversion right and it has enough fade to hit the post and bounce back through the posts
Josh Morris gets over the line although Ashley Klein didn't like the grounding. It wasn't the cleanest grounding but the bunker approves it
GAME ON! Ashley Klein calls time on and we are underway at the SCG - The Roosters have the first use of the ball
A moment silence for Joel Dark, cousin of Boyd Cordner who passed away during the week after a Rugby League game last weekend
The SCG plays host to an all top 8 battle as the Roosters take on the Knights who are under-strength
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Chris Butler, Chris Sutton
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Beau Scott
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (42)
Tries: Josh Morris, Daniel Tupou (2), Luke Keary (2), Joseph Manu, James Tedesco
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (7/7)
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (12)
Tries: Enari Tuala, Gehamat Shibasaki
Conversions: Mason Lino (2/2)