Full Time
80:00
7:35pm Sat September 19, 2020
Round 19 - Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park / Gadigal - Crowd: 6398
80min

FULL TIME at the SCG and the Roosters have taken a 34-18 victory over an injury hit Cronulla Sharks

76min

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

74min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan has no issues for putting the ball through the sticks from right in front

Roosters lead Roosters 34 - 18 Sharks
74min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Joseph Manu. Kick to come.

Joey Manu shows desperation, strength and gets his way to the line and puts the ball down on the line

Roosters lead Roosters 32 - 18 Sharks
72min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Sione Katoa.

Sione Katoa takes over the kicking duties and his first is a good one as he slots the conversion

Roosters lead Roosters 28 - 18 Sharks
71min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Braden Hamlin-Uele. Kick to come.

The stoppage doesn't blunt the Sharks attack as Braden Hamlin-Uele goes through after SBW missed the tackle on the Sharks big man

Roosters lead Roosters 28 - 16 Sharks
64min

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

61min

Joey Manu flies high over Dugan but puts it down and eventually it roles touch-ingoal for a 20m restart

59min

Brailey tries to kick towards the corner but it rolls way too far and ends up in Fox Studios by the time it stopped

59min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan slips as he tries to convert from the eastern touchline but it's not good

Roosters lead Roosters 28 - 12 Sharks
57min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Luke Keary. Kick to come.

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

Roosters lead Roosters 28 - 12 Sharks
54min

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE - Sharks get their challenge right after Ben Cummins call of knock-on is incorrect with the ball knocked out by Sitili Tupouniua

51min

Fox Sports reporting that Shaun Johnson has snapped his achilles

50min

Andrew Fifita yelling at Ben Cummins for a penalty for a ruck infringement despite the man in Yellow already giving six again

49min

Another repeat set for the Sharks after Tupou is forced to run the ball dead

48min

Cronulla back in attack after getting a penalty for the Roosters being offside when Johnson fell and lost the ball and injured himself

48min

Medicab on the field now for Shaun Johnson - No pressure being put on the injured foot

48min

TROUBLE FOR CRONULLA - Shaun Johnson just stumbles out of nowhere and is down clutching his ankle

47min

Kyle Flanagan's kick is bad... very bad as it's a good metre over the sideline on the full

46min

Sharks go nowhere on last tackle with plenty of indecision and Brailey's kick is cleaned up easily by Manu

45min

None of the Sharks chasers really reading that the kick was coming from Shaun Johnson but they still force a dropout nonetheless

44min

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

41min

PENALTY SHARKS: JWH penalised for the Roosters after he gave Sione Katoa a shove as he tried to play the ball

40min

SECOND HALF IS GO! Roosters lead by 12 as Kyle Flanagan restarts things with his boots towards the Paddington end

40min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Shaun Johnson uses the let upright to get the ball through the uprights on the stroke of HT

Roosters lead Roosters 24 - 12 Sharks
38min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Ronaldo Mulitalo. Kick to come.

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

Roosters lead Roosters 24 - 10 Sharks
37min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan pushes his conversion right and it stays well right

Roosters lead Roosters 24 - 6 Sharks
35min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Mitchell Aubusson. Kick to come.

Mitchell Aubusson has a double after the bunker said that Mitch Aubusson retained possession and grounded it despite there looking like a knock-on

Roosters lead Roosters 24 - 6 Sharks
34min

Siosifa Talakai juggles the ball and thought regathered cleanly but Ben Cummins says it hit a Roosters defender in the process

30min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan puts the conversion through the uprights for his fourth conversion of the night

Roosters lead Roosters 20 - 6 Sharks
29min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Luke Keary. Kick to come.

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

Roosters lead Roosters 18 - 6 Sharks
23min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan's conversion is always left of the black dot but gets through the uprights with no issues

Roosters lead Roosters 14 - 6 Sharks
22min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Daniel Tupou. Kick to come.

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

Roosters lead Roosters 12 - 6 Sharks
21min

Will Kennedy gets across just before Josh Morris can get to the kick in behind from Luke Keary

20min

Josh Dugan gets a pass slightly behind him and puts it down on half-way

17min

Penalty Goal: Roosters
Kicked by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan takes his time but unsurprisingly has no issues putting the ball through the uprights from in front

Roosters lead Roosters 8 - 6 Sharks
16min

PENALTY ROOSTERS: Briton Nikora the man penalised for being inside the 10 according to Ben Cummins

16min

Roosters making good metres through the middle after getting the ball back off a Sharks error

12min

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

11min

PENALTY SHARKS: Ben Cummins penalises the Roosters for being up inside the 10; Sharks start the ensuing set from just inside the Roosters half

10min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Shaun Johnson converted from close range

Tied up at Roosters 6 - 6 Sharks
8min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Siosifa Talakai. Kick to come.

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

Roosters lead Roosters 6 - 4 Sharks
7min

Coming out of their own end, the Roosters cough up the ball with an uncharacteristic error

7min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan hits the conversion beautifully and splits the uprights

Roosters lead Roosters 6 - 0 Sharks
5min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Mitchell Aubusson. Kick to come.

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

Roosters lead Roosters 4 - 0 Sharks
4min

INTO TOUCH - Brett Morris charges towards the corner and then gets pushed into touch before he can get there

3min

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.

1min

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)