Walker from out wide on the left side and nails the goal.
Egan Butcher with a behind the back flick pass, finds Suaalii, who stepped inside the two cover defenders and then dived over to score.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch 15m from the Dragons line
Walker from almost in front adds another goal.
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.
Lomax from wide on the left converts
Eisenhuth receives a long cut-out pass from Lomax and he strolls in for an easy try.
Set Restart Dragons
Set restart Dragons
PENALTY DRAGONS - They'll take the tap 10m from the Roosters line
Set restart Dragons
SCRUM DRAGONS - on halfway
Walker from in front converts again
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.
Walker from the sideline converts
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.
Walker converts
Keary takes on the line, the line doesn't take him on and he gets through and scores.
Another Dragons drop out. They go short and Roosters eventually claim the ball.
Dragons drop out and they go long again #OldSchool
Lomax converts
De Belin runs onto a crash ball , steps at the line and then scores against the upright.
Roosters drop out. They go short and Dragons get the ball.
Set restart Dragons.
SCRUM DRAGONS - Smith makes a 1-on-1 strip but he loses the ball forward in the process. Dragons 10m from the Roosters line
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
Lomax with a dropped ball. Dragons challenging
PENALTY DRAGONS - They start their set 15m from the Roosters line
Part 2 begins
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.
Walker from almost in front, converts
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.
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
Great kick return from Sloan, takes the bomb cleanly under pressure and then runs 35 metres and almost gets to halfway
Walker converts from in front.
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.
Dragons drop out - they go long again and it goes 65m
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.
Walker converts again.
Walker with a chip over the top, Manu follows through and plants the rolling ball in the Dragons in-goal for a brilliant try.
PENALTY DRAGONS - They find touch 6 metres shy of halfway
Walker converts
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.
Drop out Dragons - And they boot it long
PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch on halfway.
Walker from the right sideline and nails the kick
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
PENALTY ROOSTERS - 10m from the Dragons line
Roosters challenging that Young was taken out by an escort. Apparently he never requested any such services....sorry
Lomax converts
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.
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: