Talagi on the last play of the game went close to scoring but Tedesco denied him at the line.
A Keary bomb is heavily contested, the ball comes loose, Collins regathers and scores. Bunker having a look and they find that there was a Roosters knock-on in the contest
SCRUM ROOSTERS - 16m shy of halfway
Walker again from out near the left sideline, converts again
Roosters on the left side, score after Walker grubbers into the Eels in-goal and Crichton regathers and plants the ball for a try
PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch 30m from the Eels line
Roosters looked set to drop out after Manu got trapped in-goal after fielding a bomb brilliantly, but the bunker found an Eels player touch the ball first. Roosters ball
SCRUM EELS - Roosters with a bad pass and knock on at halfway
Manu shuts down Brown on the last.
PENALTY EELS - They find touch 10m inside the Roosters half
Crichton throws an offload to Tupou who would've scored, but the pass was plenty forward
Set restart Roosters on the first play from the scrum
SCRUM!!! - Roosters - 20m from the Eels line
CHallenge failed. You know what that means.....
Parra challenging another knock on
Walker from the left sideline converts
Roosters with a short-side play, JWH playing as a halfback for fun, hits the trailing runner Tedesco who miraculously gets a ball to Tupou who steps inside the defender to score
SCRUM ROOSTERS - We went nearly 20 minutes without a scrum, but we've had 2 in as many minutes.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - 1 tackle after the scrum. They find touch just shy of halfway
SCRUM ROOSTERS - 20m from their own line
PENALTY EELS - Roosters make a break off the back of a few good offloads before Crichton drops the final pass. Gutherson cleans up and then drops the ball. And now we're going way back because a Roosters player was offside.
PENALTY EELS - JWH with a late low tackle. Matterson stayed down and eventually the penalty came.
PENALTY EELS - High tackle. It wasn't high, but the acting was good enough to make it appear high.
Moses nails the penalty goal
PENALTY EELS - Collins with a brilliant clean up of a grubber on his line, and then he got mouthy with the ref and penalised.
Moses from the right sideline and he narrowly misses
Penisini with a great ball to Talagi who sneaks down the narrow corridor to score
Set Restart Eels- 10m from the Roosters line
Eels successful. They keep the ball close to the Roosters line
Eels lose the ball. Parramatta challenging.
PENALTY EELS - They take a quick tap and are inside the Roosters 25m
Moses on the left side converts
Dylan Brown scoops the ball up at dummy half, 30m from the Roosters line, used his step to evade the marker, swerved back in field and beats 3 cover defenders with pace and scored a great try.
SCRUM EELS - 10m from their own line
Gutherson fielded a kick, Crichton strips it legally, the ball goes towards the Eels line, Keary grubbers it and Crichton regathers and falls over the line to score another...scrum
Going to the bunker for a possible Roosters try.
Gutherson gets the second half started
Brown with a chip and chase, Tedesco takes it and thats the end of the half.
Roosters drop out, and they launch it long
grubber on the last by the Eels and Keary cleans up easily.
PENALTY EELS - they find touch 10m from the Roosters line
Gutherson with a break this time and the Eels make huge inroads, deep into the Roosters half
Moses converts from in front
RCG finds himself in a gap and runs 35m and then passes a good ball to Moses in support who streaked away to score a good, fully clothed, try. Didn't want anyone to think Mitch went nude
Gutherson drops the bomb, but the ball goes backwards and he regathers. Play on, 10m from the Eels line
Eels go left, have the extra man, Russell dives to score in the corner and he forgets to hold the ball.
Set restart Eels again
Set restart Eels, 10m from the Roosters line
JWH sent to the bin for 10 mins
PENALTY EELS - JWH with a high tackle on a falling Lane. It looked like it was going to be just a penalty, but....
Penisini is out there throwing hospital passes around like Oprah giving away cars
For the Tigers fans, If the Roosters win by a margin of 19 points or more, the Tigers will move up one more spot on the ladder. For the Titans fans, if the Roosters win by a margin of 21 points or more, the Titans will move up to second last and the Eels will be back at last.
Walker from the left sideline nails the goal
From the scrum, Roosters went left to Tedesco, who executed a perfectly time draw and pass and Tupou went in untouched.
You get better handling from a bowl of soup
SCRUM ROOSTERS - Still 10m from the Eels line
SCRUM ROOSTERS - 10m from the Eels line
SCRUM ROOSTERS - 15m from their own line
And the Eels knock it on. This game is in danger of having more scrums than a Rugby Union game.
PENALTY EELS - They find touch on halfway
SCRUM EELS - 12m from their own line
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand its gone. Roosters turn it over on the next play.
Keary with a chargedown and he gets the ball back. Roosters back on the attack.
Roosters had the Eels on the ropes and then on the last, they've done a toilet in their place of slumber
Leniu with a big bust up through the middle.
Lane loses the ball close to the line
Set restart on top of a Set restart, both for the Eels
SCRUM EELS - Roosters with a cheap turnover early in their set, Eels back on the attack, 30m from the Roosters line
"Roosters fans, making a little bit of noise" - I see what you did there Mr Ginnane, well played - "little" wink, wink
SCRUM ROOSTERS - 10m from their own line
Eels come to their right side and Talagi is caught and rolls over to get the ball down, but the cover tackle effort from Keary forces the ball loose and denies the try.
Off to the bunker to see if the Eels have scored.
SCRUM EELS - 10m their side of halfway
Walker from the left side this time, hits the upright and is waved away.
Crichton with a great offload to Tedesco, who then draws and passes to Jennings, who dummies and then slips into a gap and strolls over for a try on the left side.
Its been an eventful opening 10 minutes - Tuilagi binned, Pauga try and I fixed the kitchen drawer and made dinner for 4 humans. And type uWu for the first time in life (second now). Anything can happen here!
SCRUM ROOSTERS - Eels spill the ball inside their own half.
Walker converts from the sideline
Set Restart Roosters - just 2 tackles after their penalty. Now camped inside the Eels 15m
Roosters go right with simple run-draw-pass until Pauga gets the ball unmarked and he strolls over to score. Parramatta's left edge is still atrocious after last weeks woeful showing against the Dogs.
Tuilagi binned for that dangerous tackle.
Eels come in for a cuddle. uWu!
PENALTY ROOSTERS - Collins dumped on the back of his neck. He's ok
Set restart Roosters - just inside the Eels half
Moses yeets the ball downfield with a good kick on the last.
Roosters put boot to ...synthetic first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Butler
Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Damian Brady
Video Referee: Kasey Badger
PARRAMATTA EELS (18)
Tries: Mitchell Moses, Dylan Brown, Blaize Talagi
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Mitchell Moses (1/1)
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (28)
Tries: Fetalaiga Pauga, Michael Jennings, Daniel Tupou (2), Angus Crichton
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Sam Walker (4/5)
Penalty Goals: