Roosters crow as they open Allianz Stadium burning the Dragons

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Sydney Roosters v St George Illawarra Dragons

The Sydney Roosters have put on a show to open Allianz Stadium with a 34-6 victory which saw the home side run in 5 unanswered second half tries.

The opening half was an even contest with both sides having plenty of chances to score and it was Monalisa Soliola who will go down in history as the first ever try scorer at the new Allianz Stadium when she was able to get over in the corner. A pinpoint sideline conversion from Rachael Pearson gave the Dragons a 6-0 lead.

A pinpoint kick from Raecene McGregor got the Roosters over for their first when a cross-field kick found Leianne Tufuga perfectly after putting Tegan Berry into two minds about contesting it. Temara had her own perfect conversion to level the scores at 6-6.

Both sides had multiple chances to score in the first half but couldn't take advantage unlike the second half where the Roosters hit top gear. Despite having most of the possession, the Dragons attack struggled to find any fluidity and it was Jocelyn Kelleher who gave the Roosters the lead when she was able to spot a gap in the tiring Dragons defence to score.

The momentum had well and truly turned in favour of the Tricolours when Destiny Brill got over but had her claims denied losing the ball, but a penalty to the Roosters gave them more attacking opportunity which was taken when Zahara Temara chased through a kick from Raecene McGregor to score.

The Roosters continued their dominance when Sam Bremner used her experience to lurk out the back when Olivia Kernick ran a decoy that attracted the Dragons defence and Bremner went through to score. The tricolours again added points in quick succession when Otesa Pule was able to get her first NRLW try when Raecene McGregor went short with a no look pass to score.

Sam Bremner played a big part in the Roosters last try when she made a break on the play before the Roosters were able to create a massive overlap to score out wide when Jocelyn Kelleher scored in the corner for her second.

Next weekend, the Roosters have a tough battle when they have to take on the Knights meanwhile the Dragons have a tough task as well when they take on the Broncos.