Full Time
80:00
7:35pm Sat April 2, 2022
Round 4 - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 17929
78min

Drop out Roosters - Feldt's grubber is collected in goal by Tedesco, but he slips

76min

Watson with a grubber from dummy half and he kicks it like he's trying to get a 40/20. Bunker looking at obstruction.

75min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Cowboys offside. Roosters take the tap 10m from the Cowboys line.

74min

Radley makes a break on halfway, through the middle and links with Tedesco, who very nearly gets to the Cowboys line.

74min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by James Tedesco.

Tedesco lining up the conversion attempt from the sideline and it missed by a very long distance.

Roosters lead Cowboys 4 - 28 Roosters
73min

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

Tedesco at first receiver on the left side, throws a lovely cut-out ball to Tupou in space and he dives over in the corner.

Roosters lead Cowboys 4 - 28 Roosters
72min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Townsend with a sloppy pea hearted high tackle. It was almost as if he wanted to concede a penalty but not hurt anyone. He's been binned.

72min

Taulagi looked to have scored, but the ball bounced forward off Holmes in the leadup.

70min

Drop Out Cowboys - Tualagi with a hitup and he's driven back 4.7kms and back into his own ingoal

69min

Butcher puts down a tough pass in the line, 5m from the Cowboys line.

66min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from the sideline, just misses the conversion

Roosters lead Cowboys 4 - 24 Roosters
65min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Murray Taulagi. Kick to come.

From the back of the scrum, the Cowboys went left to Dearden who spun to avoid the defender who rushed up, then got a great ball to Taulagi, who stepped inside the cover defence and slammed the ball down for a try in the corner.

Roosters lead Cowboys 4 - 24 Roosters
64min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Keary with a 1-on-1 strip on Luki, but he loses the ball in the process, 10m from the Roosters line.

62min

Feldt tried to grubber back in field on the last, but Tupou blocked it with his foot, he then dived forward to collect the loose ball but he dived into touch in the process.

61min

SCRUM COWBOYS - A nothing passing play with stationary bodies results in a knock on, 15m from the Roosters line.

59min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Illegal strip on Holmes. Cowboys with another set inside the Roosters 30m

57min

PENALTY COWBOYS - High Tackle. Cowboys find touch inside the Roosters 30m

56min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Walker puts in a wobbly old grubber behind the posts, which evaded Townsend and Keary trailing behind, plants the ball down with both hands for a try. The Bunker reviewed it and disallowed the try after finding an obstruction in the leadup.

55min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Nanai with a high tackle on Tedesco

53min

Granville attempted to regather his own grubber from dummy half but Keary snapped it up

53min

Tedesco with a long bull that was intercepted by Taulagi close to the Cowboys line.

51min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Neame with a late hit on Keary

49min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Crusher tackle on Tedesco

43min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Sam Walker.

Walker from the right side misses the conversion.

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 24 Roosters
42min

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

Keary kicks to the right side where Manu takes it between two Cowboys defenders and then forces his way between the defence to reach out and score a brilliant try.

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 24 Roosters
41min

Watson makes a break and links with Tedesco in support and he races another 30m. Roosters make their way to the Cowboys 20m line

40min

Set restart Cowboys - on halfway

35min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from the right sideline with a great kick, adds the extras

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 20 Roosters
34min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Kevin Naiqama. Kick to come.

Manu on the right side gets between the two edge defenders and then flicks a ball out to the unmarked Naiqama who strolls in to score a good try.

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 18 Roosters
34min

Quick passing by the Roosters left side sees Tupou make a 25m run down the sideline.

33min

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Holmes very nearly got outside Manu, but the big centre pushed him into touch 2m shy of the tryline.

33min

Holmes with a dribbling short restart and he regathers the ball.

33min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker nails the conversion

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 14 Roosters
32min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Victor Radley. Kick to come.

Manu at first receiver on the left side, drifted left and then hit Radley running back towards the left, and he hit an outside shoulder, broke through the line and crashed over to score

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 12 Roosters
31min

Dearden destroyed Naiqama, denying him a try

31min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Roosters now with another full set 35m from the Cowboys line

30min

Tabuai-Fidow very nearly breaks through the middle. Holmes lost the ball on the next play on halfway.

28min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Sam Walker.

Walker unable to convert from out wide.

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 8 Roosters
26min

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

Keary received the ball on the right side and quickly got it on to Tedesco, which he had to catch above his head and in the defensive line, yet he somehow caught and passed it with both hands above his head. The pass was perfect to Manu and he had a clear run to the tryline.

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 8 Roosters
25min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - High contact. Keary finds touch 30m from the Cowboys line

22min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Siosiua Taukeiaho drops the ball as he attempts a hit up close to the Cowboys line

21min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Gilbert binned for pushing Keary out of play, off the ball.

20min

Tedesco and Walker have a collision contesting to catch a kick. Walker has come up off with a leg injury, likely a cork. Tedesco carried on as if he'd had Chad Townsend try and tackle him.

18min

Keary kicked for Tupou but Feldt took it comfortably. In fact, if it had've been any more comfortable he would've landed in an armchair.

17min

DROPOUT COWBOYS - JWH and Cotter seeking each other out all night

15min

The Cowboys haven't had to work the ball out of their own half yet. Everytime they have to, the Roosters concede a penalty.

14min

PENALTY COWBOYS - They will start this set 5m from halfway

14min

Sitili Tupouniua drops the ball in a tackle by Robson. Townsend will get credited with a tackle there, but he was basically brushing some grass off Sitili's jumper.

13min

Set restart Roosters

12min

Dearden's kick finds Momirovski while all of the Cowboys players watched the Roosters centre take the catch.

10min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Siosiua Taukeiaho pinged for an illegal strip on Cotter

9min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Roosters defence were offside. Townsend finds touch 15m from halfway

8min

Tabuai-Fidow slips after taking the bomb and the Roosters defence wraps him up 5m from his own line.

7min

Conversion: Roosters
Attempted by Sam Walker.

Walker from wide on the left side misses

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Roosters
7min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Paul Momirovski. Kick to come.

Walker kicks to the left corner where Tupou taps it back to Momirovski who dives over the line to score.

Roosters lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Roosters
5min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Tedesco takes a quick tap.

4min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Keary finds touch 17m from halfway

3min

McLean almost made a McMess of that pass.

2min

PENALTY COWBOYS - The will start their set on halfway

1min

Strong defensive set by the Cowboys.

Cowboys kick off

The last time the Cowboys beat the Roosters, Australian's had no idea about lockdowns, zoom meetings or panic buying of toilet paper.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton

Touch Judges: Tyson Brough, Michael Wise

Video Referee: Grant Atkins

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (4)
Tries: Murray Taulagi
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (0/1)

SYDNEY ROOSTERS (28)
Tries: Paul Momirovski, Joseph Manu (2), Victor Radley, Kevin Naiqama, Daniel Tupou
Conversions: Sam Walker (2/5), James Tedesco (0/1)