Game over. Big win for the Red White and Bluesters.
Savala misses from out wide.
WHAT DID WE JUST WITNESS? Mark Nawaqanitawase gets away down the sideline - two inside balls, Savala kicks it out to the right edge, it looks like it's going out and Billy Smith flicks it back in - Mark Nawaqanitawase is back on the scene, scoops it up, evades defenders and scores!
Duffy takes the tee and misses this one from the sideline.
The Cowboys' winger has his side's second, by a couple of blades of grass.
Murray Taulagi looks to have scored in the left corner, easy as you like... until James Tedesco scoops him up and appears to push him out. Klein sends it to the Bunker NO TRY... replays suggest it may well be a four-pointer.
A bit of ball for the Cowboys now after they appear to have stemmed the flow. They are attacking now...
Hugo Savala crashes over and it's awarded by Klein but he's dropped it in the putdown. No try.
Savala takes the tee but his first attempt smashes into that big white metal stick on the right side and away.
Tupou takes a high ball out to the left corner and dots down for his 171st NRL tries.
Smith overcomes an awkward tackle to convert Teddy's try and this game is as good as done. Sit back and enjoy, Roosters fans.
Oh boy, this is a procession now! Three quick tries have blown this game open and this one was special. Several good passes through the middle sees Sandon Smith in space, he grubbers outside for Tedesco who pounces.
Sandon Smith misses the conversion.
INTERCEPT! Too early to say game over? Mark Nawaqanitawase snaps up a poorly timed pass near halfway and the rugby union convert runs the rest to score his 10th of the season on the right edge.
Sandon's conversion stretches the lead to 20 points.
Billy has a double! Savala breaks into the backfield and ducks, weaves, finds Billy Smith who defies a first tackle attempt to lunge again and score.
No spectacular moments in the opening few minutes since the break. Both sides composing themselves and getting through their sets which is a refreshing change from the calamitous handling they each showed in the first forty.
Game on for the second half. Coen Hess takes the first hit-up for the Cowboys as his team starts this period fourteen points behind.
The Roosters have a scrum 30m from the Cowboys' line with seven seconds before the break. From the scrumbase they fluff their lines, Tedesco ends up with it near halfway and is tackled. HALFTIME.
Cowboys making good metres late in the half and have a couple of tackles inside the Roosters' 20m... until Tedesco successfully executes a 1-1 strip getting his side out of danger. About 60 seconds on the clock with the hosts deep in their own half.
Roosters now on the attack after a Cowboys error... but Ioelu drops it on the fourth tackle. Not been a great half skill-wise.
All momentum with the Cowboys in the last five or six minutes, but they haven't been able to add anything more since the Burns try.
Drinkwater is unable to convert the Burns try.
Journeyman outside back Braidon Burns gets the Cowboys on the board after some positive, metre-making footy eventually sees the visitors break the hosts' line.
In among those tries, confirmation Siua Wong won't return this afternoon, an MCL injury for the Tricolours backrower.
Sandon is 3/3 converting from in front!
Back to back tries and suddenly the game is wide open! A long range kick bounces backward in front of Robert Toia who snatches it, turns in to the Blues utility Connor Watson who runs the remaining 20 metres to score!
Sandon converts the try he set up!
Sandon Smith puts a grubber on a string for his namesake Billy Smith, the centre pouncing on it for the Tricolours' second four-pointer.
Ioelu goes close to scoring his maiden NRL try but the Cowboys' scrambling defence prevents that and it's last-tackle handover.
Roosters force a drop-out, the Cowboys nearly get a result out of it but make an error so the hosts will get a set with a fresh start.
The Tricolours go close in the corner by Mark Nawaqanitawase's pass inside is fielded by Laybutt for the Cowboys and the ball is turned over.
Time off with Roosters back rower Siua Wong injured in a tackle. He's hobbling off with the trainers now.
Errors aplenty both sides who seem unable to complete sets in the last few minutes. 9/12 and 6/9 respectively. As I type this, the Cowboys lose it again so it's 6/10 for them.
A handy penalty for the Cowboys with Angus Crichton penalised for hands on the ball in the ruck. It gets them out of their own end and a new starting on halfway.
Cowboys have dominated field position in the time since the opening try. Right now they're challenging a knock-on call in front of the Roosters sticks. The Cowboys retain their challenge due to inconclusive footage, but the call stands. Roosters ball via a scrum on their own 10m.
Sandon makes no mistake from beside the sticks.
Who had a prop as FTS? Queensland hero Lindsay Collins crashes over off a Salesi Foketi crash ball. Easy as you like the hulking forward scores beside the posts.
Murray Taulagi comes up with an error deep in Cowboys' territory - a good chance for the hosts to post first points now with a scrum inside the opposition 20m.
KICKOFF: Sydney Roosters first possession in this second annual Emergency Services match, this year paying tribute to the NSW RFS.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, David Munro
Video Referee: Chris Butler
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (42)
Tries: Lindsay Collins, Billy Smith (2), Connor Watson, Mark Nawaqanitawase (2), James Tedesco, Daniel Tupou
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Sandon Smith (5/6), Hugo Savala (0/2)
Penalty Goals:
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (8)
Tries: Braidon Burns, Murray Taulagi
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Scott Drinkwater (0/1), Thomas Duffy (0/1)
Penalty Goals: