



UNSUCCESSFUL - ROOSTERS WIN
NEWCASTLE CHALLENGE WITH 1 SECOND TO GO!
Knights spread the ball through the hands and they hold Dane Gagai up short of the line
Newcastle make big metres and the Knights get another set after the kick came off Billy Smith into touch
PENALTY ROOSTERS: A high shot penalised against Jackson Hastings
SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: Fletcher Hunt got the touch first and knocked it on
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Tedesco ruled to have knocked on in the contest and an offside Rooster picked it up
ROOSTERS ARE IN - A kick in behind from Tedesco and Wong gets to it first but questions are about grounding
Sandon Smith converts from close range
Try confirmed - The crowd not happy and personally can see why they aren't happy because it did look like there was a touch before Wong grounded it with the forearm
Maybe rain will create something interesting
Egan Butcher FAILS his HIA
Well that two minutes of highlight has faded back to dullness
Naufahu Whyte loses the ball as the rain comes down
MOMENTUM SHIFT - The Roosters have momentum and get the ball in good field position as Kyle McCarthy didn't play the ball properly
Sandon Smith converts from close range
SOMETHING HAPPENED! Salesi Foketi creates something out of nothing with a big burst off a good ball from James Tedesco and despite a desperate try saver, Foketi gets it to ground
NO TRY: James Schiller goes over, gets up shaking his head saying he hasn't scored but for some reason Gerard Sutton awards it. One replay shows Schiller drops it and it would've been grounded on the touch line
つまらない - Might as well bring some of my duolingo into this because it's more enthralling on this; (Hint: That word describes the game... BORING)
Dane Gagai slots the penalty goal to push the lead to 8-0
PENALTY KNIGHTS: The Knights get a penalty as Egan Butcher bizarrely runs a kick chaser who had no chance of getting to the ball off the ball 20m away... Knights to shoot for 2
Wow... that was an attacking masterclass from the Knights; Went nowhere in back-to-back sets and did nothing
SET RESTART: More shouty man action...
SET RESTART: Shouty man makes an appearance as the Roosters were inside the 10
Roosters driven into touch as they get a rare attacking set
Fletcher Hunt loses the ball and then is a sitting duck as Billy Smith comes in
SOMETHING ALMOST HAPPENED! - Dylan Lucas makes a half break but there was nobody backing up and he couldn't get the pass away. Then Knights last tackle kick is meh
Victor Radley has failed his HIA, which would have to increase questions about his future career
SECOND HALF IS GO! Surely it can't be as bad as the first half as the Knights start with the ball
James Schiller loses the ball and the Roosters get 46 seconds to do something
Greg Marzhew drops the ball.. and the excitement levels barely get past mild
Newcastle fans booing thinking Siua Wong was offside when he took the loose ball - Maybe they could boo at HT and make things more exciting in the second
Roosters shift the ball and make some good metres but an offload finds the ground and the play dies out as they shift left on last and get tackled
Full credit to Adam Gee not even bothering to try and say Nawaqanitawase because if I didn't have the ability to double click his name in our system, I'd not be bother typing like Adam Gee doesn't wanna say it
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Knights challenging a 20m restart call and it's successful as "Mark" sticks his foot out to play at it and it comes off him going dead.
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Probably a pretty good milking effort from Gagai but it was there as Billy Smith failed to release
So anyone got anything positive to say right now?
Now the Knights give away the ball inside their own end with a big forward pass from Jayden Brailey to Jack Cogger
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Roosters too fast off their line and penalised
Roosters survive as the grubber kick is knocked oy the Knights first into James Tedesco
Strange option from Brailey to grubber from dummy half but he gets a result as Whyte knocks on at his feet
Sandon Smith juggles the ball and ruins his timing so the pass goes forward deep in his own end
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Egan Butcher probably lucky that he didn't go to the sin bin, Knights last tackle option was a mess but the pass was grabbed at by Egan Butcher who hadn't left the ground
Roosters again try to push the risky offload and this time it's Mark Nawaqanitawase who offloads forward
Roosters try to force the issue, get lucky with the White offload but the last one isn't good
PENALTY ROOSTERS: First one of the night goes to the Roosters with the Knights markers being caught not square
Big set after points for the Knights as the Roosters are struggling to work it out of their own 30
Dane Gagai bends the conversion back perfectly from out wide
Too easy for the Knights - Dylan Lucas through the middle splits the Roosters defence. Next play, the numbers are with the Knights and Cogger goes into the line, times the pass to McCarthy
Marzhew takes a catch then loses the ball coming to ground but it goes backwards
GAME ON! Roosters have first use of the ball as Gerard Sutton calls time on
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Kasey Badger, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Adam Gee
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (8)
Tries: Kyle McCarthy
Conversions: Dane Gagai (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Dane Gagai (1/1)
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (12)
Tries: Salesi Foketi, Siua Wong
Conversions: Sandon Smith (2/2)