Sydney Roosters vs St George Illawarra Dragons Match Thread

[mightyrooster]

7-6 Drags.

That Toups tackle in the air was ridiculous. Unbelievable how Cummins missed it where he was standing.

And yet we led 5-1 at one stage. And another week and 7 or less penalties received.

[milanja]

7-6 Drags.

That Toups tackle in the air was ridiculous. Unbelievable how Cummins missed it where he was standing.

I'm sure we were leading the count 5-1 in the 1st half?

[Rocky Rhodes]

Great win against the odds, no JWH, no Moa, No Jennings and a Cummings. But the biggest obstacle was the dragquuens having 3 halfs to 1.

MOTM, SKD for the Roosters, Draggoons best was the myth Pearce for his assist to half of the drags tries, without him Roosters would have won easily.

[2026]

Good win.

Someone give SKD a pay rise.

[Lydon]

Did anyone notice Dugan's knees to the back of Evans when he scored his try..
NRL is such an inconsistent rabble,week to week you don't know what to expect from them..

[2026]

I would like to see SST run that little bit wider at times.

I just had to get that off my chest.

[Guest]

Gotta say well done to the Roosters minus 3 or your stars.

I think you will be hard to beat come the finals. Suspect it is going to be you and Cowboys in the big dance.

A few years ago we bid for Pearce's services...looks as though we get them for a couple of games a year without damaging our salary cap.

Once again you were too good for us.

[Hawkeye]

How annoying was the Dragons showing the tweets up on the big screen during the match effectively covering almost half the bottom of the screen !

[Burnt Rooster]

You are a good loser snogard, but your side put in another solid performance, I for one cant believe they are so high on the ladder, its a credit to Mary's coaching. Once again Maloney gave away his ususal 3 of 4 dumb penalities, I for one wont be sorry to see the last of him

[player 1]

\. Once again Maloney gave away his ususal 3 of 4 dumb penalities, I for one wont be sorry to see the last of him

At least one of them was for nothing whatsoever.

It should be noted that St Merge were in full milking mode in the rucks last night. Plenty of voluntary tackles falling onto their knees,half getting up, crawling off mark, putting head in groin of marker and falling forward and over. Earned them quite a few penalties. Provided a splendid spectacle.

[theGman]

NYC boys missing a lot of their best players tonight, no Mitchell/Hastings/Watson/Butcher/Meehan/Lussick, no NYC side will perform missing 6 of their best players.

UPDATE
Mitchell should be good to go next wee\k in front of his home crowd.
Watson was getting about in a moon boot. Could be back next week or the following.
Butcher recovering from a shoulder op. Out indefinitely.
Meehan training with the squad. Was there last night watching his team mates. ?? return to play.
Lussick recovering from a hand injury. Could be back next week or the following.

[Vasco]

At least one of them was for nothing whatsoever.

It should be noted that St Merge were in full milking mode in the rucks last night. Plenty of voluntary tackles falling onto their knees,half getting up, crawling off mark, putting head in groin of marker and falling forward and over. Earned them quite a few penalties. Provided a splendid spectacle.

The cat Creagh was the main offender!

[Vasco]

I'm sure we were leading the count 5-1 in the 1st half?

Yeah so they duly got 6 of the next 7.

It was too good to be true.

[Johnny Tobin]

How annoying was the Dragons showing the tweets up on the big screen during the match effectively covering almost half the bottom of the screen !

Glad you noticed. I was moaning about it the whole game. It was unbearable.

[Chooky]

UPDATE
Mitchell should be good to go next wee\k in front of his home crowd.
Watson was getting about in a moon boot. Could be back next week or the following.
Butcher recovering from a shoulder op. Out indefinitely.
Meehan training with the squad. Was there last night watching his team mates. ?? return to play.
Lussick recovering from a hand injury. Could be back next week or the following.

Milne was put on report twice

Noticed as well, when the u20s receive a penalty near their try line, it takes about 5 mins to decide what they are going to do and in that time the Dragons have got their defensive line in position