The Roosters and Bulldogs lock horns at a soggy Central Coast Stadium in Gosford.
Earlier, the 11-try Titans have smashed an abject Warriors facet 66-6 at Robina Stadium, the largest ever rating by a Gold Coast staff within the NRL.
The NRL’s backside facet heading into Saturday afternoon’s contest, the Titans belied their lowly ladder place with a shocking obliteration of a Warriors facet that have been nothing in need of pathetic, leaving their high eight hopes in tatters.
“You do not get well from dangerous days like this,” former Queensland Origin winger Clinton Schifcofske mentioned on ABC Radio.
Later there is a top-eight conflict between the Roosters and the Bulldogs in Gosford and the day wraps up with South Sydney vs Manly on the Olympic stadium.
Comply with all of the motion in our dwell weblog.
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73′ Fetalaiga Pauga is distributed off
No different choice for Grant Atkins to be trustworthy.
It was a lazy arm, Connor Tracey stepped inside him, flawed footed him, and that is the type of “sort out’ that should not be within the recreation.
Tracey is now sitting up and he’ll stroll off beneath his personal steam.
73′ Connor Tracey has been knocked out
By a swinging arm from Fetalaiga Pauga.
That was a very dangerous one, a swinging arm from the teenager collected Tracey on the pinnacle.
This might be a ship off.
Fairly fast
What was Skelton’s time over the 100 metres within the pool Simon ?
– Previous timer
I clocked him at 11.11 down that greenish trying Gosford pool tonight.
Not dangerous for 88-odd metres.
66′ Blake Steep scores
Joey Manu crashes by a few would-be tacklers down the best.
That units up the Roosters towards a quickly tiring Bulldogs staff.
Port Macquarie Sharks product Blake Steep, the second-game participant, manages to get on the top of a Sam Walker reverse go to crash over and rating off an inside go.
Shark assault for the Roosters within the moist.
The rating is 26-8 and the sport, certainly, is protected.
58′ Josh Curran makes it a hat-trick of drops
Poor Josh Curran cannot catch a break.
Or the ball, for the time being.
For the third time on this second half, the Bulldogs lock loses the ball.
This time he had a little bit of assist, and the Bulldogs supporters are upset that the referee mentioned Sam Walker managed to brush the ball with the lace of his boot to keep away from him gifting away a knock on.
However a foul interval for the Bulldog.
I reckon the swimmers on the Trials final week have been drier than these blokes…
You may take the journo out of the Aquatic Centre however you’ll be able to’t take the Aquatic Centre out of the journo 🙂
– Mike
It’s nonetheless so moist on the market.
And the errors have began to mount, gamers shedding the ball because the fatigue units in and the rain seeps into their very souls.
There have been 4 dealing with errors on this final quarter-hour alone from the Bulldogs, by my rely.
47′ Skelton goes the size of the sphere!
The kick went up from Luke Keary, Daniel Tupou tapped it again however straight to the Bulldogs and Toby Sexton.
He launched Skelton from the traps down the best wing and he was by no means at risk of being caught.
The kick from Burton is missed.
However the Bulldogs are again in vary.
It is 20-8.
43′ The Roosters strike first within the second half!
Terrell Could picks the ball up after it pinballed round uncomfortably off the boot of Sam Walker following the Bulldogs error that put them in such a robust place.
The Bunker had a really lengthy look – however the ball did not contact his hand regardless of hitting his knee twice through a Bulldogs defender.
The kick is sweet and now the scoreline is a really wholesome 20-4.
41′ The gamers are again out
Stay* footage from Gosford under.
*Clearly not, but it surely’s nonetheless actually moist.
So moist, in truth, that Skelton has simply dropped the ball chilly because the rain continues to sheet down.
Roosters lead Bulldogs 14-4 at half-time in sodden Central Coast
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“It is a robust slog on the market,” says Sam Walker on Fox Sports activities.
Ain’t that the reality.
It’s the Roosters who’ve the higher hand although, benefiting from their area place to attain two good tries in response to Jaeman Salmon’s opener.
Ten factors in circumstances like these is an enormous hole.
Certainly
Wahoo! Go Roosters!…
– Lucille
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34′ Strive Roosters!
What a beautiful kick from Walker!
Just a bit dab by the road, dealing with a method after a depraved step, dinking it the opposite and Nat Butcher simply has to fall on the ball and, like a high-diver splashing into the pool – he does so.
That is a beautiful kick from the Roosters’ half, benefiting from the 40:20 from Smith.
Walker kicks the extras to make it 14-4.
32′ A 40:20 for Brandon Smith
We mentioned he wanted an enormous week after being suspended.
Nicely, that 40:20 was fairly large time.
A wonderfully lower ball, sliding into the 20 on the bounce.
An exquisite kick.
Oh, we have a little bit of a delay as a result of there is a cell phone on the sphere. Nicely, I believe that is the second I’ve seen every thing.
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STREAKER ON THE FIELD
We have needed to cease play as a streaker races onto the sphere.
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The gamers are seeing the humorous facet.
Why anybody would wish to be working on the market on this climate is past my comprehension to be trustworthy…
28′ The torrential rain has returned
The rain has all the time been there.
However that is extra acquainted to those that dwell within the tropics.
The TV footage appear to be dwell protection of the 1956 Olympics – fuzzy and with rolling strains throughout the display because the rain sheets down.
25′ JERAL SKELTON SMASHES FETALAIGA PAUGA!
BANG!
What a shot!
The Skelton boys are famend in Brisbane rugby union for laying hits – and Jeral has introduced that energy into the NRL.
Honest play to Pauga for holding on to the ball…
22′ Dom Younger scores!
That is a beautiful set-piece attempt from the Roosters.
Off the scrum, Sam Walker bought the ball out the again, looped round to the best facet, Joey Manu flicked the ball on splendidly shortly and Younger does the remainder.
The kick is sweet, it’s 8-4.
22′ Waerea-Hargreaves places the Roosters on his again
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves smashes Blake Wilson and dislodges the ball.
That got here simply after a 20-metre bulldozing run through which he bounced off quite a lot of tackles.
An excellent hit from the enforcer, who turns the ball over in a harmful place.
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Having a pleasant rooster curry for dinner tonight Simon- Go Bulldogs!
– KB
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