All over! Tigers short kickoff fails and the Red V hold on - and the Tigers remain last.
COOL AS YOU LIKE! Lomax puts the Red V ahead!
CHALLENGE SUCCESSFUL. Tigers penalised for a high shot. Dragons will shoot for two to take a narrow lead in the dying stages. Asu Kepaoa is binned for the high contact.
A Tigers error gives the Dragons a break into the backfield and Lomax has been taken into touch... we're looking at a CAPTAINS CHALLENGE now, with a possible high shot. Tempers flaring with 1:43 left.
Lomax kicks the ball over the crossbar and it's 22-22.
Oh boy... this one's going to golden point, isn't it? Ford finds space on the right of the middle defence, takes advantage of Madden rushing up and the kick from Lomax will be easy enough to level scores once more.
Pressure on the Tigers line from the Dragons but so far the men in black, orange and white are up to the task.
Doueihi restores a six-point lead.
Superb solo try from Madden to put the hosts back in front and wrestle the momentum back in their favour!
Converts his own try - and brings his side level.
No denying Lomax this time. Jack Bird puts a sneaky grubber in and Lomax pounces on it to bring the margin down to two.
First play and Kepaoa loses it into the tackler. Dear oh dear.
Doueihi forces an error from Ben Hunt and the Dragons will be ruing another missed opportunity.
NO TRY. Knock on in the contest, Tigers off the hook.
TRY? Hunt puts up a high ball, Lomax gets a mit to it and juggles it... and gets it, grounds it! We're checking with the Bunker on the contest for the ball where Lomax first touched it.
Tautau Moga plucks out an intercept... but he's not got the speed! Douiehi and Naden chase him and bring him down and into touch just short of the line!
Lomax's right-hand sideline attempt fades to the left.
Back to a full compliment and the Dragons are back in the contest. Numbers to the right sideline and Moga finds space to dot down.
Much better start from the Red V. They pin Junior Pauga in-goal at the end of the set here and it's a drop-out.
We're back on, Dragons first use after the break. 1:30 into the second half, Jack Bird will re-join the play and - presuming the Dragons don't get any more players binned - bring it back to 13-a-piece.
HALFTIME. Tigers by six at the change of ends. Diabolical discipline from the Dragons in a horrid opening 40 minutes.
Sloan goes over but is held up. One last play for the Dragons from here...
Dragons with some rare footy inside the Tigers' half as the break approaches... a clever grubber from Sloan gives them another set as well.
NO TRY - review official Ashley Klein says no bueno for the Tigers. HELD UP - Tigers last tackle so its a Dragons handover.
Bunker for a possible Tigers effort from Daine Laurie. Kennedy has sent it up as NO TRY. Checking grounding.
Doueihi's strike is errant this time.
Numerical advantage mnade easier by Hunt coming up out of the line unnecessarily... Freebairn goes over untouched out wide for his second.
Jack Bird penalised for tackling Daine Laurie mid-air, then gives away 10m for dissent... keeps backchatting and Kennedy has no hestitation in sending him to the sin bin.
Some attacking footy for the Dragons but it doesn't result in anything but a handover to the Tigers. Ramsey back on now after his sin bin.
Another relatively easy shot for Doueihi and the home team leads by six.
Villain to hero - after an error ten minutes ago, Freebairn gets over for his maiden NRL try!
Doueihi levels proceedings from an easy angle.
Nu Brown goes over next to the posts on the next play after a Tigers break, Saints just couldn't cover the scramble with twelve players.
A bit of hot potato footy on the last but the Tigers ultimately cough it up through a wayward pass snatched by the Dragons.
Another SET RESTART for the Tigers. Relentless pressure on the Dragons now. Can the hosts finally crack them...?
CHALLENGE SUCCESSFUL: PENALTY Tigers. Sullivan raked the ball from Musgrove. Full set for the home team from 10m out!
Tigers ruled to have knocked on. Zane Musgrove is certain it was raked. CAPTAINS CHALLENGE...
It's all happening. The ball is charged-down of sorts by the Tigers, Doueihi first races for it with two Dragons, one of them being Ramsey who takes him out. He's binned and the Tigers get a penalty.
Set restart for the Tigers and they will have a full set on the Dragons' line. Big chance... and it's a drop ball from rookie Tom Freebairn
Tigers start to look threatening but a forward pass from Doueihi on the last ends their hopes of points. Handover.
PENALTY Tigers - the Dragons hand over possession then concede the penalty, for the same thing they got one for a minute earlier - slow peel.
PENALTY Dragons - Tigers pinged for a slow peel.
Awful low pass to Laurie and the talented fullback can't get his hands to it, fumbles. Attacking chance blown.
Dragons cough it up through McGuire - Tigers ball inside the Red V territory now.
Lomax punches it over from a difficult angle. Nice curl on that one.
The try is confirmed for Su'A - superb effort. There was some concern about the onside but the Bunker has cleared it.
TRY? A clever play down the short side and Tautau Moga puts a cheeky grubber in which Jaydn Su'A collects and he goes over a few metres in from touch. We're waiting for Bunker confirmation...
Some good throwing around of the footy from the Dragons early after a Tigers error gave them good field position - alas it comes to nothing with a poor fifth tackle option.
Liam Kennedy blows the whistle and we're underway, Ben Hunt kicking off and the Wests Tigers have possession first under the late-winter sun.
'Eye of the Tiger' echoes around the largely empty ground as the Wests Tigers trot out in their black home jersey. Ready to go.
The Dragons trot out onto a sparsely populated Commbank Stadium surface, wearing the famous Red V.
St George Illawarra have been adrift for a few weeks now, unable to make the top eight and paired with a Manly team who have had an equally disappointing 2022 season. They skipped alone to 22 points last week and will guarantee 10th place with a win today. Team news - they have no outs but have shuffled the lineup. Woods goes to the bench, de Belin prop, Bird lock, Feagai centre and Sloan comes in on the wing.
The home team - Wests Tigers - are 1-17 for today's clash and need a win to separate themselves from the Gold Coast, who are ahead of them on for-and-against on 10 competition points.
DEAD RUBBER SUNDAY! Two not-so-big clashes, let's not mince words. First up we're bringing you Tigers v Dragons from Commbank, where the only stakes are whether the Tigers will finish with the spoon.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Touch Judges: Darian Furner, Drew Oultram
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
WESTS TIGERS (22)
Tries: Fa'amanu Brown, Thomas Freebairn (2), Jock Madden
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Doueihi (3/4)
Penalty Goals:
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (24)
Tries: Jaydn Su'A, Zac Lomax, Tautau Moga, Jackson Ford
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Zac Lomax (3/4)
Penalty Goals: Zac Lomax (1/1)