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6
Sydney Roosters
24
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Newcastle Knights
Sydney Roosters
H1
0
12

    Newcastle Knights Events

    Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters Events

  • 18 mins - Try, J.Manu
  • 19 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon
  • 32 mins - Try, M.Gordon
  • 33 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon
H2
6
12

    Newcastle Knights Events

  • 45 mins - Try, K.Sio
  • 46 mins - Conversion, T.Hodkinson

    Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters Events

  • 63 mins - Try, L.Keary
  • 65 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon
  • 73 mins - Try, M.Pearce
  • 74 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon
ET
0
0

    Newcastle Knights Events

    Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters Events

Scorers

Newcastle Knights
Sydney Roosters
Goal Scorers Newcastle Knights Sydney Roosters
Tries Sio (1) Manu (1), Gordon (1), Keary (1), Pearce (1)
Conversions Hodkinson (1/1) Gordon (4/4)
Penalty Goals
Field Goals

Team Statistics

Newcastle Knights
Sydney Roosters

Statistics

Newcastle Knights Sydney Roosters
Tries 1 4
Conversions 1 4
Penalty Goals 0 0
Field Goals 0 0
Newcastle KnightsGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
M.Barnett 6 40 0 0 0 0 37 4 0 2
B.Elliot 13 108 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0
D.Gagai 16 133 3 0 1 0 18 1 0 4
T.Hodkinson 2 10 0 0 0 2 24 1 0 0
B.Lamb 6 32 0 0 0 13 18 5 1 0
D.Levi 5 46 1 0 0 0 32 2 0 0
P.Mata'utia 16 134 3 0 0 3 13 3 0 0
S.Mata'utia 13 104 1 0 0 1 43 3 0 1
N.Ross 22 204 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
D.Saifiti 11 89 0 0 0 0 26 1 0 0
J.Saifiti 7 50 0 0 0 0 17 3 0 0
K.Sio 22 207 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
J.Starling 8 68 0 0 0 0 28 6 0 1
J.Stockwell 4 34 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0
S.Stone 5 35 0 0 0 0 36 1 0 0
J.Wardle 5 40 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
L.Yates 3 29 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 1
Sydney RoostersGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
M.Aubusson 8 76 0 0 1 0 35 0 0 1
P.Carter 6 78 1 0 0 0 22 4 0 0
B.Cordner 16 181 0 1 0 0 36 1 0 0
B.Ferguson 22 201 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
J.Friend 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 2 0
M.Gordon 11 121 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 2
A.Guerra 13 126 1 0 0 0 33 1 1 0
L.Keary 7 90 0 1 0 10 17 5 0 1
S.Kenny-Dowall 11 104 1 0 0 0 19 1 1 1
I.Liu 9 94 1 0 0 0 25 1 0 0
J.Manu 6 72 1 1 0 0 9 5 0 3
R.Matterson 6 67 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
M.Pearce 5 45 2 1 1 18 23 0 0 1
S.Taukeiaho 11 133 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 0
Z.Tetevano 8 97 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 0
D.Tupou 15 111 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
J.Waerea-Hargreaves 13 139 2 0 0 0 29 5 0 0

Match Details

Newcastle Knights
Sydney Roosters
START TIME
6:00PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
McDonald Jones Stadium
Referees
Adam Reid, Ben Galea, Chris James, Gavin Badger, Jared Maxwell, Jon Stone
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Sydney Roosters overcome Newcastle Knights fightback to regain their attacking mojo

Newcastle suffered their fifth consecutive defeat as the Roosters regained form and confidence with a 24-6 win at McDonald Jones Stadium on Friday night.

The Knights competed hard, and once again threatened to stage a second-half revival, but the result leaves the two-time wooden spooners on the bottom of the ladder, while the Roosters climbed to third after five wins from seven games. 

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Roosters rebound from back-to-back loses

The Sydney Roosters have rebounded from back-to-back loses with a 24-6 win over the Newcastle Knights.

Desperate to bounce back from consecutive losses to Manly and Brisbane, the Roosters led 12-0 after a torrid first half.

But the visitors certainly did not have it all their own way.

The Knights appealed for a try in the ninth minute when lock Mitch Barnett scrambled to ground a Brock Lamb grubber kick, only to be denied when the video referee detected a knock-on.

That setback followed three no-try rulings in Newcastle's 22-12 loss to Canterbury a week earlier.

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The Roosters eventually opened the scoring in the 18th minute when offloads from prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and hooker Paul Carter allowed them to keep the ball alive. It passed through several sets of hands before right-side centre Joseph Manu stepped into space and dived over for the first try of his NRL career.

Eight minutes before half-time, Roosters fullback Michael Gordon burst onto a short ball from half Mitch Pearce to score next to the posts.

Gordon converted both tries. 

Already without senior forward Jamie Buhrer, who fractured a bone in his foot at training on Thursday, Newcastle's cause was not helped by the loss of hooker Danny Levi (head knock) and prop Josh Starling (back) before half-time.

But as they have done so often this season, Newcastle hit back after the break.

They reduced the deficit to 12-6 in the 44th minute when in-form centre Dane Gagai flicked a pass for winger Ken Sio to score in the corner, and then skipper Trent Hodkinson landed a superb conversion from the sideline. 

Newcastle came within inches of a second try in the 55th minute when centre Peter Mata'utia popped a pass and winger Nathan Ross was stopped just short of the line.

A minute later, Gagai got just as close with a dummy-half dart.

But the Roosters weathered the storm and gave themselves some breathing space in the 63rd minute when five-eighth Luke Keary dummied and speared through for his third try since joining the Roosters this season.

Gordon steered the conversion through the posts to give his team a 12-point buffer.

A Pearce try through the centre of the ruck in the 73rd minute killed off any chance of a Newcastle comeback.