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Set restart Souths on the first tackle.

PENALTY RABBITOHS - They find touch 25m from the Roosters line. Meanwhile Wighton is limping badly

Havili runs onto the ball, expecting it to be passed to hands, but instead it was sent to his ear. Roosters back on the attack.

Mitchell is back on the field.

The Souths coaching staff will be very unhappy. I wonder what the collective noun is for a group of unhappy accountants - A Perturburance of Accountants?

PENALTY SOUTHS - They find touch 10m from their own line

SCRUM ROOSTERS - 10m from their own line

Souths looked like they were about to score, but Cody Walker's pass was ruled forward

Set restart Souths 10m from the Roosters line

Tupou loses the ball in the tackle ever so casually.

PENALTY ROOSTERS

Sandon Smith with a lovely long ball to Tupou who kicks back in field and the ball rolls dead while the two fullbacks battle to get to the ball. Going to the bunker for a review.

Johnston makes a mini-break but he's tackled by Tedesco. On the next play Hawkins kicked across field and it misses all the Souths players and ends up in Tupou's arms.

Wrapping some sticky tape around his head and he's good to go.

Play stopped so that Brandon Smith can admire his bloodied head on the big screen

Set Restart Roosters inside the Bunnies half

Brandon Smith makes amends by performing a 1-on-1 strip.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Bandon Smith with a knock-on. Souths will start this set 10m from their own line

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Burgess slips up. Roosters start their set 32m from the Bunnies line

Mitchell links with Johnston and they made a break down the sideline before Johnston kicked in field but Tatola dropped the ball.

SCRUM RABBITOHS - 30m from their own line

Walker ruled out with a Category 1 concussion.

PENALTY SOUTHS - High tackle.

Souths get a fresh set inside the Roosters 10m

Another absolutely nothing kick by Souths.

Walker looks to be fine but is coming off for an HIA

Play stopped as Sam Walker cops a stray elbow from Jack Wighton to the back of his head as Walker went in for a tackle.

Young trying to make sure everyone gets a chance to tackle him on that run

and on the second tackle, Keaon Koloamatangi drops the ball.

Roosters get the second session going

SCRUM SOUTHS - but they never set the scrum

PENALTY SOUTHS - They start the set 25m from the Roosters line

Smith not looking well in backplay, holding his arm

PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch 30m from their own line

And they immediately turn it over. when Mitchell fires a hard flat ball to Walker in the line, who loses it, 10m from the Roosters line

Set Restart Souths

Stunning run by Keaon Koloamatangi

Demetriou and Associates preparing for their halftime tax assessments

SCRUM ROOSTERS - 12m inside the Roosters half. And yet again, just as the Bunnies look to build a bit of momentum, they turn it over.

The Roosters kick have spiders on them.

Souths defence on kicks is about as committed as a bunch of accountants defending kicks

Roosters with a kick and the Bunnies just watch it and Smith chasing his own kick drops it cold and uncontested, 15m from the Bunnies line.

SCRUM ROOSTERS

Jason Demetriou looks like my accountant

Knock-on Host in the play the ball, 5m from the Roosters line.

Set Restart Souths - on the Roosters line still

Walker with a nice grubber forces a Roosters drop-out

Set Restart Souths and Murray very nearly scores himself

SCRUM SOUTHS - 10m inside the Roosters half. Souths first genuine chance so far

An almost perfect long kick by the Roosters just clipped the dead ball line in the Souths in goal.

Smith with a weaving run almost gets through the Souths line.

Hawkins with a rather average kick thats neither high enough or shallow enough to be useful and Manu catches it unchallenged in the Roosters in-goal. 7 tackle set

Big kick by Latrell and Young runs it back and then throws a random pass as he's about to get tackle. Tupou got a favourable bounce and set off down the left sideline, then passed it inside to Tedesco who knocked it on.

Bunnies get the ball back from the short drop out

Roosters bomb is allowed to bounce and Wighton bats it dead. Souths drop out.

Murray with a great run and offload but there wasn't a Souths player in sight and JWH intercepted.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii tackles Milne who is still in the air catching a bomb. Souths start their set 20m from halfway

SCRUM ROOSTERS - Milne with a knock on when a ball ricochets into his hand. 10m from the Bunnies line

PENALTY ROOSTERS - Successful challenge. Roosters find touch 15m shy of halfway

First tackle and Roosters turn it over via a Collins spill. Roosters challenge