Knights let off there, A penalty to the home side will again get them into attacking territory 40 metres out, The Roosters are just too good right now and the Knights cannot stop them. It’s soon made to look paltry though when Tupou makes a bust and offloads for Keary to send the Roosters beyond halfway. 55 mins: 24 completions to 14 tells its own tale, but those impressive numbers hide the potency of those two-dozen Roosters sets. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. When. Chris Randall, ❤️“I never could’ve dreamed of having a career like this” Aidan Guerra #NRL pic.twitter.com/suVwin0mtc. The Roosters really should be more than 18-points ahead after racing out of the blocks but Newcastle grew into the game and through Pearce’s kicking game have kept themselves afloat. Shortly before, and for the duration of, the minute’s silence, the Fox camera was trained on Boyd Cordner, who was clearly welling up. More pressure from the Chooks and with a simple play-the-ball through the middle with a couple of dummy runners, Friend selects Manu to carve his way through a paper-thin defensive line. What an option. Round Seventeen Thursday, Sep 3 STADIUM (NETWORK) EST LOCAL. The Roosters are away. Sydney Roosters tries achieved by: Kobe Rugless 36'. That number doesn’t become 25 when Tedesco uncharacteristically loses control in contact. Powerful down the middle - and now with Crichton and SBW on the field replete with offloads - dangerous from dummy half, and blistering out side. Isaac Liu 9. Imagine the bragging rights. Watch the brand new season of Younger now on Stan. 20 metre tap for the home side, CONVERSION! The Sydney Roosters host the Newcastle Knights in Round 18 of the NRL. Sydney Roosters vs Canberra Raiders Tips, Teams and Odds – NRL 2020 Round 10 By Michael Nicholls + on 16/07/2020 at 9:00 am Filled in: Featured , NRL News I wonder if he’ll see more than 13 minutes in his second outing on his return to the NRL? With the co-captain no stranger to concussions, the Roosters will have a difficult balancing act to play with such an important figure in the coming weeks. You wouldn’t put it past either to cause an upset, but hard to see them backing it up a second time. SBW is at the heart, taking the ball at first receiver then spinning a superb pass to Manu as contact approached. This time Collins is the forward to pound into Newcastle’s defence, and he busts through and crosses! Roosters 24-12 Knights (Shibasaki, 34), Sydney up to third with dominant performance. 27 mins: In the process of diving on the ball in his chip chase Cordner’s head smashed into the SCG turf. Flanagan makes it 18-0 after 18 minutes, The Roosters left edge is on fire and they produce their 3rd try of the night and it comes from Tupou who gets a nice pass from Morris to get him down the wing, he passes inside for Tedesco who does well to take it and he puts it on the chest of Keary who races away and scores. That means he’s off for his HIA and Aubusson is on for his record-equalling appearance. Julian Vella previews this Saturday night clash between two side bound for finals football in season 2020. 52 mins: SBW has impressed so far tonight, much more controlled than his return against Canberra, operating almost as a massive second hooker. Jake Friend 10. The Roosters then rebound at pace, Keary kicking early in the set for Brett Morris to claim on the full, then chip ahead only for Hoy to turn on the afterburners and palm the ball dead. It’s 60/40 - but the Roosters have 400m more run metres! That sets up the Roosters for an attack ending with a bomb of their own, but this one ends with Tedesco knocking on. … Toala was front and square - to use AFL parlance - and he picked up the pieces, darted around the melee and over in the left corner. Cordner, Josh Morris and Tupou earned the hard yards on the touchline, then Tedesco was alert in support for the pass back inside. ... Knights will have "the game of the round… Roosters vs Knights - Summary - National Rugby League 2020 - 12 Sep, 2020 - ESPN. The try goes to Tupou, who earned it by steaming through Hoy like Jonah Lomu running over Tony Underwood in the 1995 rugby world cup, but it was created by Keary. Enari Tuala 4. Josh Morris 4. Elsewhere, skipper Jake Friend returns from a week off nursing a head knock, which means understudy Freddy Lussick misses out. Their two tries both came against the run of play courtesy of deft kicking from Mitchell Pearce. Hand over, Newcastle again finishing their set in their own half. It doesn't bear thinking about. Kalyn Ponga doesn’t feature tonight, but he has been central to the week’s major talking point after being battered by Chad Townsend. Pearce has lost the ball and Williams comes away with it and he then gives it to Flanagan who is tackled on the 1st 40 metres out, Flanagan kicks early in the count looking for Tupouniua but he has knocked on in the in goal under pressure from Lee, Set restart for the Roosters with Tedesco held down by Lee in the tackle and the attack will just keep on coming for the home side, Exciting play from the Roosters again with Tupou batting back the kick to Tedesco who then tries a pass out to Morris but the defence has done just enough to deny the winger, Keary looked to have made a mistake by passing to Crichton when he didn't need to but the captain's challenge is used well by the home side with no knock on coming from Crichton as it's come off his shoulder and the Roosters will continue to have possession, Lino's kick off has too much on it and it's been caught by Tedesco with his boot over the dead ball line and that's a penalty for the home side on halfway, CONVERSION! This is looming as a statement performance from the Roosters already. The Knights will play host to Cronulla at McDonald Jones Stadium in Round 17 before playing the Roosters at the Sydney Cricket Ground the following week. TRY! The money move shapes from the middle, through hands, to the right edge, but just when some magic was required Flanagan can’t catch and pass quickly enough and Lee steps out of the line to knock-on in the process of attempting an intercept. 48 mins: The punishment almost arrives though. Captain Jake Friend is set to make his return to the line-up in Round 18, while Freddy Lussick comes out of the 17 and into the reserves. Get match statistics of the Roosters vs Knights National Rugby League 2020 rugby match. Joseph Manu 5. Eventually the ball spins to the right but Newcastle’s defensive is alert and snuffs out the danger. The veteran winger has looked proppy since the second set and continues to grimace off the ball. Lee, not for the first time, wins the chase, but his second nibble through is much too heavy and the ball goes dead. Joseph Manu 5. #NRLRoostersKnights #TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/i76hPo6AAH. It felt horribly intrusive to me. Roosters scrum 10 metres out from their own line, Morris rises highest to take the kick but there's a penalty going to the Knights with the chasers being obstructed and this is the first chance here for the away side, Keary's kick is a great one as it gives Tedesco the chance to take it but he and Flanagan get in each other's way and it's knocked on. Tedesco joins the try-fest #NRLRoostersKnights #TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/aL38hISwzH. Match: Roosters v Knights Round 18 - Round 18 - … The Roosters are in their familiar tricolour uniform tonight. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. The kick doesn’t threaten though and the Knights can catch their breath with a solid set through the middle. Roosters to start their first set of the half near halfway, HALF TIME - ROOSTERS 30 KNIGHTS 12 - A high scoring first half with seven tries scored and it's the Roosters who lead it by 18 points. Jacob Saifiti. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Bosh! Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the NRL Round 3 clash between the Newcastle Knights and the Wests Tigers. Roosters scrum 40 metres from their own line, Hoy's play the ball is a bad one as he hasn't rolled it back and the Knights captain's challenge is lost, Flanagan's offside taking the kick which didn't get through the line. Sun goes down at the SCG, we're not far away from Saturday night footy! Brilliant again from the Roosters, and again it’s down the short-side on the left wing. Flanagan's kick hits the post and goes over. Daniel Tupou 3. Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of another NRL blockbuster. Flanagan makes it six from six with a ripper from the whitewash. Keary gets himself try number ✌#NRLRoostersKnights #TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/oDA7KKIgaG. Kurt Mann 15. Kayo is your ticket to the 2020 NRL Telstra Premiership. The Queenslander announced his retirement earlier this week, ahead of what promises to be his final outing against the side with whom he won a premiership in 2013. First published on Sat 12 Sep 2020 09.51 BST. Aubusson has been out with a wrist injury since round 14 and has already announced he will retire at the end of the season. Brilliant rugby league from the premiers, CONVERSION! David Klemmer 9. 2 mins: Sydney return the kick-off with a mediocre set that ends with them kicking from inside their own half. NRL 2020 - Round 18 Sydney Roosters v Newcastle Knights Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park Saturday 12 September 2020 Kickoff 7:35pm - Fox 1. Thanks for joining me tonight, let’s do this again soon. (Daniel Tupou) 10-0 Roosters, Great metres made in the set there by the Roosters and they are only just stopped short a couple of metres out from the line. His dart into Newcastle territory sets up an unstoppable wave of momentum. The 30-point margin flattered Newcastle, who came in undermanned and looked likely to concede with every Sydney sortie. I think ourselves and the Raiders could match it with the three (at least be competitive) on a particular day, but not three games in succession. The Knights had no answers and looked out of the game already but credit to them, they got back in the game and got two converted tries of their own to stay in the game, but at 18 points down, they face a steep test in the 2nd half to overhaul that lead. Having said that I hope I'm wrong. When they decide to play, the Roosters, they really turn it on. The Roosters look sharp and hungry tonight. On the last tackle there’s a set restart, from which Sydney flood left and SBW is again instrumental, drawing players towards him at first receiver then spinning a beautiful deep pass that precedes three glorious passes - Keary to Morris to Tedesco to Tupou - all in a flash with soft hands, putting the left-winger over in the corner. 46 mins: Whatever the Knights planned at the break is not working. Knights ball 30 metres out from their own line. Lindsay Collins 17. It should be a great game ahead. The Roosters are coming home with a wet sail and as their injury list eases they’re only going to become more formidable. 30 mins: That Knights try does nothing to sting the Roosters. Coach Adam O'Brien - brought to you by Allara Learning - has decided to rest Kalyn Ponga for the match at the SCG, which has opened the door for Hoy. No need for the Chooks to take any risks with their co-captain given the circumstances. ... have lost just one game in the 2020 NRL season. 24-12, Pearce puts his kick on the last into a great area and the kick is contested by Morris and Guerra and the ball misses them both and Shibasaki is there to take the loose ball and he will score untouched under the posts, TRY KNIGHTS! The Sydney Roosters host the Newcastle Knights in Round 18 of the NRL. Roosters will just look to continue what they are doing, The Roosters attack produces another brilliant try and it comes from Manu who steps on the inside and gets an offload away to Flanagan who swings around and puts his kick inside and Tedesco is there backing up as always and he gets a hand to the ball in the in goal to score, TRY ROOSTERS! 6 mins: The Knights defend the next Roosters set much more securely, and even force Brett Morris to require the attention of trainers after Klemmer’s forceful intervention. 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