FULL TIME at the SCG and the Roosters have taken a 34-18 victory over an injury hit Cronulla Sharks
Joey Manu is off for an early shower as Ben Cummins gives him 10 for being offside after the Roosters gave 4 set restarts away in quick succession
Kyle Flanagan has no issues for putting the ball through the sticks from right in front
Joey Manu shows desperation, strength and gets his way to the line and puts the ball down on the line
Sione Katoa takes over the kicking duties and his first is a good one as he slots the conversion
The stoppage doesn't blunt the Sharks attack as Braden Hamlin-Uele goes through after SBW missed the tackle on the Sharks big man
Luke Keary goes for the Rainbow pass out to Daniel Tupou who jumps as high as he can and it still goes over his head
Joey Manu flies high over Dugan but puts it down and eventually it roles touch-ingoal for a 20m restart
Brailey tries to kick towards the corner but it rolls way too far and ends up in Fox Studios by the time it stopped
Kyle Flanagan slips as he tries to convert from the eastern touchline but it's not good
Sharks not happy as Ben Cummins lets play go on after Josh Dugan is injured on the ground but some great work from Brett Morris to keep his feet in before throwing a one-handed pass away to Keary for a double
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE - Sharks get their challenge right after Ben Cummins call of knock-on is incorrect with the ball knocked out by Sitili Tupouniua
Fox Sports reporting that Shaun Johnson has snapped his achilles
Andrew Fifita yelling at Ben Cummins for a penalty for a ruck infringement despite the man in Yellow already giving six again
Another repeat set for the Sharks after Tupou is forced to run the ball dead
Cronulla back in attack after getting a penalty for the Roosters being offside when Johnson fell and lost the ball and injured himself
Medicab on the field now for Shaun Johnson - No pressure being put on the injured foot
TROUBLE FOR CRONULLA - Shaun Johnson just stumbles out of nowhere and is down clutching his ankle
Kyle Flanagan's kick is bad... very bad as it's a good metre over the sideline on the full
Sharks go nowhere on last tackle with plenty of indecision and Brailey's kick is cleaned up easily by Manu
None of the Sharks chasers really reading that the kick was coming from Shaun Johnson but they still force a dropout nonetheless
PENALTY SHARKS: The play initially allowed to go on with Ben Cummins ruling knock on but a tip from Belinda Sharpe on the sideline sees the strip so Cummins blows the penalty
PENALTY SHARKS: JWH penalised for the Roosters after he gave Sione Katoa a shove as he tried to play the ball
SECOND HALF IS GO! Roosters lead by 12 as Kyle Flanagan restarts things with his boots towards the Paddington end
Shaun Johnson uses the let upright to get the ball through the uprights on the stroke of HT
Ronaldo Mulitalo with a phenomenal dive scores in the corner after the Sharks got into attack 2 plays before thanks to a Katoa burst through the middle
Kyle Flanagan pushes his conversion right and it stays well right
Mitchell Aubusson has a double after the bunker said that Mitch Aubusson retained possession and grounded it despite there looking like a knock-on
Siosifa Talakai juggles the ball and thought regathered cleanly but Ben Cummins says it hit a Roosters defender in the process
Kyle Flanagan puts the conversion through the uprights for his fourth conversion of the night
THROUGH THE MIDDLE - Isaac Liu runs through the middle of the Sharks defence puts on the footwork which leaves the Sharks defence in all sorts and then Liu finds Keary who's in support to score
Kyle Flanagan's conversion is always left of the black dot but gets through the uprights with no issues
The Roosters use their dangerous left hand side and the Sharks defence were up and in before regrouping... Katoa almost holds Tupou up but the Roosters winger has too much strength
Will Kennedy gets across just before Josh Morris can get to the kick in behind from Luke Keary
Josh Dugan gets a pass slightly behind him and puts it down on half-way
Kyle Flanagan takes his time but unsurprisingly has no issues putting the ball through the uprights from in front
PENALTY ROOSTERS: Briton Nikora the man penalised for being inside the 10 according to Ben Cummins
Roosters making good metres through the middle after getting the ball back off a Sharks error
REPEAT SET - Shaun Johnson kicks in behind the line and finds the in-goal and despite Brett Morris acting as a shepherd Joey Manu is still brought down
PENALTY SHARKS: Ben Cummins penalises the Roosters for being up inside the 10; Sharks start the ensuing set from just inside the Roosters half
Shaun Johnson converted from close range
Just like that the Sharks hit back - Johnson throws a ball flat across the 10m line and finds Talakai who has open space in front of him to score
Coming out of their own end, the Roosters cough up the ball with an uncharacteristic error
Kyle Flanagan hits the conversion beautifully and splits the uprights
Mitch Aubusson runs a strong angled line off a short Joey Manu pass and soft defence from Cronulla are no match for the 303 game veteran
INTO TOUCH - Brett Morris charges towards the corner and then gets pushed into touch before he can get there
Sione Katoa looks up at the he open space ahead of him and puts the ball down as the Sharks try the expansive play deep in their own end.
Roosters make big metres in the first set of the game and the Sharks have to work it off their own line
Roosters players creating a guard of honour for Mitch Aubusson who plays Roosters game 303 for a club record
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Belinda Sharpe
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (34)
Tries: Mitchell Aubusson (2), Daniel Tupou, Luke Keary (2), Joseph Manu
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (4/6)
Penalty Goals: Kyle Flanagan (1/1)
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (18)
Tries: Siosifa Talakai, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Braden Hamlin-Uele
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (2/2), Sione Katoa (1/1)