Full Time
80:00
4:00pm Thu April 25, 2024
Round 8 - Allianz Stadium, Moore Park / Gadigal - Crowd: 40727
76min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from out wide on the left side and nails the goal.

Roosters lead Dragons 18 - 60 Roosters
75min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii. Kick to come.

Egan Butcher with a behind the back flick pass, finds Suaalii, who stepped inside the two cover defenders and then dived over to score.

Roosters lead Dragons 18 - 58 Roosters
73min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch 15m from the Dragons line

73min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from almost in front adds another goal.

Roosters lead Dragons 18 - 54 Roosters
71min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Nat Butcher. Kick to come.

Walker on the last, close to the Dragons line, grubbered through and Butcher took it cleanly in the Dragons ingoal and he scored a clever try.

Roosters lead Dragons 18 - 52 Roosters
67min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax from wide on the left converts

Roosters lead Dragons 18 - 48 Roosters
67min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Tom Eisenhuth. Kick to come.

Eisenhuth receives a long cut-out pass from Lomax and he strolls in for an easy try.

Roosters lead Dragons 16 - 48 Roosters
66min

Set Restart Dragons

65min

Set restart Dragons

65min

PENALTY DRAGONS - They'll take the tap 10m from the Roosters line

64min

Set restart Dragons

64min

SCRUM DRAGONS - on halfway

64min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from in front converts again

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 48 Roosters
62min

Try: Roosters
Scored by James Tedesco. Kick to come.

And now Tedesco runs one in. Watson at dummy half ran to the line and then offloaded to Crichton who broke through, drew the fullback and turned the ball inside to Tedesco in support and he scored.

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 46 Roosters
61min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from the sideline converts

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 42 Roosters
59min

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

A kick goes up from Walker, two Dragons collide, the ball is loose, Manu cleans up and strolls around and does a somersault as he scores.

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 40 Roosters
56min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker converts

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 36 Roosters
55min

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

Keary takes on the line, the line doesn't take him on and he gets through and scores.

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 34 Roosters
54min

Another Dragons drop out. They go short and Roosters eventually claim the ball.

52min

Dragons drop out and they go long again #OldSchool

50min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax converts

Roosters lead Dragons 12 - 30 Roosters
49min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Jack de Belin. Kick to come.

De Belin runs onto a crash ball , steps at the line and then scores against the upright.

Roosters lead Dragons 10 - 30 Roosters
47min

Roosters drop out. They go short and Dragons get the ball.

46min

Set restart Dragons.

46min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Smith makes a 1-on-1 strip but he loses the ball forward in the process. Dragons 10m from the Roosters line

45min

Successful challenge. PENALTY DRAGONS - The kick didn't find touch as Young batted it back infield, but he knocked it forward. Dragons start their set on halfway

45min

Lomax with a dropped ball. Dragons challenging

41min

PENALTY DRAGONS - They start their set 15m from the Roosters line

40min

Part 2 begins

40min

Dragons fell away hard and fast in that first half. They really need to inject some starch into their defence and energy into their attack if they are going to make a contest of this match.

37min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from almost in front, converts

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 30 Roosters
36min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Nat Butcher. Kick to come.

Keary kicks cross-field and Manu taps it back to Nat Butcher, who then gets between two defenders and he slams the ball down for a try.

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 28 Roosters
35min

Dragons deciding against an attacking play on the last, opting to pass the ball to people not wanting the ball and who are standing still. Roosters shut them down. Turnover

34min

Great kick return from Sloan, takes the bomb cleanly under pressure and then runs 35 metres and almost gets to halfway

32min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker converts from in front.

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 24 Roosters
32min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Sam Walker. Kick to come.

Walker grubbers through and as he chases the ball, Nu Brown ankle tapped him. Walker just gets his hand on the ball and very nearly grounds it. The Bunker awarded a penalty try.

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 22 Roosters
32min

Dragons drop out - they go long again and it goes 65m

31min

Dragons had the ball. But then decided that the Roosters tries were so entertaining that they want to see if they can score another one, so they gave it back.

29min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker converts again.

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 18 Roosters
27min

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

Walker with a chip over the top, Manu follows through and plants the rolling ball in the Dragons in-goal for a brilliant try.

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 16 Roosters
22min

PENALTY DRAGONS - They find touch 6 metres shy of halfway

17min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker converts

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 12 Roosters
16min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Angus Crichton. Kick to come.

Lomax offloaded near his own line to Hunt, who dropped the ball, Jennings cleaned up and passed it to Chrichton who strolled in for a soft try.

Roosters lead Dragons 6 - 10 Roosters
14min

Drop out Dragons - And they boot it long

13min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch on halfway.

12min

Conversion: Roosters
Kicked by Sam Walker.

Walker from the right sideline and nails the kick

Tied up at Dragons 6 - 6 Roosters
11min

Try: Roosters
Scored by Dominic Young. Kick to come.

Young is taken down by a legs tackle, but he isn't ruled to be held and he gets up and crawls over the line, slamming the ball down for a try

Dragons lead Dragons 6 - 4 Roosters
10min

PENALTY ROOSTERS - 10m from the Dragons line

9min

Roosters challenging that Young was taken out by an escort. Apparently he never requested any such services....sorry

6min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax converts

Dragons lead Dragons 6 - 0 Roosters
5min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Jaydn Su'A. Kick to come.

Lomax with a great flick to Sloan who wrapped around and raced down the wing, chipped , the ball evaded everyone, Hunt regathered, passed back inside to Bird who quickly passed to Su'A who was tackled, the defender dropped off, he got back up and slammed the ball down for a spectacular try.

Dragons lead Dragons 4 - 0 Roosters
4min

Liddle groggy after being run over by Collins.

First run and JWH runs it back at Suli and the latter is knocked out. head clash with the Roosters prop. 13 seconds has elapsed

Dragons get us started

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Adam Gee

Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Belinda Sharpe

Video Referee: Ashley Klein

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (18)
Tries: Jaydn Su'A, Jack de Belin, Tom Eisenhuth
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Zac Lomax (3/3)
Penalty Goals:

SYDNEY ROOSTERS (60)
Tries: Dominic Young, Sam Walker, Angus Crichton, Joseph Manu (2), Nat Butcher (2), Luke Keary, James Tedesco, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Sam Walker (10/10)
Penalty Goals: