NRL 2018 | Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters | Full Match Replay | Round 23

now the Viking clap [Music] Josh Hodson taking them out as Captain these days in the absence of Jared kroer Jared of course out still with Jack whiteon and Aiden Caesar he's a wonderful player this man Josh Hudson uh we we keep talking about s bur as being maybe the best Englishman never to come down here and of course you get into an argument immediately about Malcolm really but this blow he's not not far behind and that's one of the reasons that that camber have had such a a mongel of a season huge reason missed 14 weeks came back in round 15 against the Tigers and that first game he came back you can see he was Head and Shoulders the best player on the field if he plays every game this year without doubt they're in the top eight some player it's n° here in CRA and CRA running left to right with the roosters online to take a big step towards that minor Premiership that I'm talking about Dylan NAA with the first Carry of the day he'll play the ball back on his own 20 M line and Blake Ferguson returns to GI Stadium today after being here for 60 games during 11 12 and 13 30 m away from their own line then and T yo backing it up backing it up and making meters as he does friend away then for cordner and cordner he has Radley with him but he takes the tackle and a hard tackle it was too from tarini so the kick at the end of the set and they they're going to have trouble these fullbacks and Wingers today this is Abby he did well well he did well to stay away from Dylan NAA Dylan NAA launched had the young fullback then and if you hit him snap him in half so camra then now to try and work their way through their opening set of the day Elliot Whitehead playing in the centers with that first Carry and out to the 40 m line then come the Raiders and a run from D half by rer thought he wasner at one stage but he suddenly become rener and this ball towed down into the corner where Tedesco uses Daniel tupo and Daniel of course with Latrell Mitchell got the job of handling Le P become commonly known Joey Le Lana or Joey leel Le and Jordan Ren up five tries in the last fortnite be between them Leu he'll play it on the 30 m line Center Corridor of the ground and friend goes on and T Aro is there for another carry friend to run from dummy half and Manu was there with Madison Cordon has got the ball cord pulled down and tackled by big Shannon Boyd so Cooper puts a high kick down into the end goal but it's going to be a a seven set away from the CER of the 20 M line so I take it that that breeze is quite strong coming from the back of Cooper kon's team the roosters and this is cotri he's really had a meteoric rise C to the point that I think Brad fitler had him on a short list with with Andrew um for for origin kick out then tpy kicked out I don't think it was deliberate well I'm sure it wasn't deliver it got the Mitchell on the head we'll go back to it Boyd here it is here it's not a good look okay we're on side at all now there's pressure on the roosters oh and it's knocked on there by leel Le into an opposing a scrumble was tackle four we out on the field in the pregame myself and Darren loia I couldn't work out where the wind was coming I think he's blowing from the West should people hand that would be blowing from the bottom of the screen to the top straight across the field but it feels like it hits the grandstand here in swirls well Darren's on the sideline and that's part of that's part of your portfolio Loy afternoon Ray yeah the wind is a west southwest about 35 km so it's actually favoring The Roosters a little bit coer CR put one dead there or they it in goal so it's behind the roosters just on the temperature men it's 8.8 but it feels like 1.8 on the weather app it's fresh certainly is cloud creeping over shutting down whatever whatever Sun we were getting earlier in the day here's NAA with the ball playing back for friend a dummy half and then Radley takes it up towards the halfway mark so they're aiming for six wins in a row today the roosters Tesco running off friend and he'll play the ball James Tesco on a beautifully prepared pitch here at Gio and Kon puts another kick in not as deep this time and cotri over on the left sng for CRA takes it safely Abby is with the ball now met with Savage defense down there by Radley and Calo CRA just inside their 20 M line and a run for Boyd and he's able to punch about a 6 or seven meter hole in them now for papali gets it out the back and away for hson so Hodson he'll play at 8 m short of halfway and the penalty goes to CRA that's a bad one tackle [Applause] five they've done well after the kick Chase to get through five tackles but that will bring the Raiders right down into their territory in a tile of wo for CRA this year as we mentioned earlier losing five games by two points or less and that certainly hasn't helped their cause and then of course we talked about Hodson we've talked about whiteon and now almost a bust there for papali he was able to break the tackle and papali very much alive at the moment 10 m out from the line you can see they're in Center ground CRA goes left side Williams shaped to go in and the penalty Again The Roosters offside do it's see Williams's pet play he gets the ball he'll look out and he'll straighten the attack have an inside Runner but he pretty much always dummies backs himself to get through the line well no thought of no thought of two points here at the moment it look like they're going to keep going do Jos looks like a half H he talking about the cloud coming over I'll tell you what cloud Down The Roosters in is getting very dark now this is dunamus Louie get a shot of that for you shortly this is too important here right now though Williams getting the ball away tapini playing the ball just 8 m away from the line Looks like dunamus Louie playing the ball just short of the line again Hudson got a pass off that's [Applause] papali so Josh plays the ball and boy it is running it but running into that reliable right shoulder of Radley five gone for Cambra they're up against the best defensive team in the comp at the moment and here is a little kick over the top and it's been battered by Ferguson touching go it's going to be a line drop out punched the ball across the touch and goal well he wasn't going to have any part of a contest for the ball the fact that he was in goal and he knocks It Forward regardless of where it goes out into touch but you just saw Blake puts a little one over the top here and he says I'm not going to have any part of a contest there I'll just knock it out of the way and we'll back our defense to go again never looked under stress then defensively The Roosters just watching James Tesco Around The Rock how well is organizing his forwards defensively talk a lot about his attack but a lot of great work defensively James Tesa well that's a massive Dropout from Mitchell oh get Louie taken by Napper and Radley I think the latter was the man at the front of the defense Victor rley let's have a look and see whether it was NAA or redley oh there a there's a split inine at but it looks like Napa on reflection the main hitter Williams gets it away Abby joined in there a try coming in yes ring up dives into the corner first points of the day and the Raiders lead 40 it a pretty stock standard play every team uses the same shape and the roosters very earily Get Fooled by this but on this occasion they were caught coming up and in but a little little bit slower than normal and Brad ab's able to pick out r with a beautifully timed pass here just straight out the back three on two they were caught a little flat footed there they came up a certain way but then stopped and that allows Abby the opportunity to pick out the three on two and just get it to his Winger yeah normally Latrell Mitchell's a lot more aggressive with his defense tupo following follow him in normally he's up crunching ABY Abby right there as he pass the ball but L troll Mitchell as just said Gus flat footed locky yeah they were just too passive then the roosters in defense they had the numbers camra but that you know the roosters Defenders just committed to the man in front of them they sort of didn't realize there was an extra man and Mitchell had to come in it was a great selection to pass and rapana doesn't miss from there we talk about combinations in attack always talking about combinations in attack but defensively that's where sometimes you get put under the most pressure and Ry Madison he's defending alongside the troll Mitchell I don't know how much communication was between Madison and Latrell there but someone had to see the threat coming and what shape and what threat was coming and normally they defend really aggressive there LR Mitchell would be up and in closing it down but really flat footed is that bank of cloud working its way up from the the southern end of the ground if it rains it will come down as ice cubes I promise so the kick successful [Music] okay what's it time on Sunday afternoon at the football on nine where it's live and free and it's a long kickoff from Mitchell and CRA bring it back from the Ino to play the ball on tackle one 10 m out out now for solola just inside the 20 Hodson working it to the middle to Williams to go to Boyd so Shannon plays the ball and Hodson and no look P finding papy he got buckled a little bit got it back to Hodson and Hodson runs into traffic almost Peak out traffic there were red white and blue jumpers everywhere and now leel le put a little shimmy into his work and he'll play the ball a meter into Rooster's area they haven't won here since 20110 The Roosters it's early days to press the panic button I know but they're down 6 nothing to the Raiders at this point in time we've had 12 minutes of the match go Daniel tupo he's going to play the ball on the 30 m line nice low tack by Louie we got Louie for canra and Lee U for the roosters play by Napa lights have been turned on here for probably since the start of the game really it's got very dark hasn't it and this is [Music] Manu Ferguson dummy half Kon gets a kick away it's going down towards Abby and he's stationed just outside his 10 m line it's a good good run by Abby he's improved the position out to about 22 M from his line cotri is there cotri plays left side whiteheads over there with him so now rer brings the ball outside the 30 m line you get used to calling somebody by a name and then all of a sudden they tell me no it's been changed while you were missing here he is again rer and he'll play the ball 35 M out from the roosters line a grubbing kick from Hodson roosters losing it backwards 20 M out from their own TR line now played by cordner to es go Darren on the sideline it's just under the rain so this fast track might get a bit slippery I think field position will be a key now it's not uh not quite ice cubes but not far off it'll be ice cubes don't worry about that jaho getting a pass away rather Wild wildly to Leu play back for friend on the halfway line NAA standing still got it to Madison Madison drives it down over the head of Abby and it's gone way out into the crowd almost it's gone to [Applause] Fishwick Fishwick he doesn't know where Fishwick is he's got no idea got no idea where Fishwick is I'd have said Goin but they just look a little bit non-plus the moment at the roosters what the Raiders are doing is controlling the ball they're giving them nothing lot of it's one out running but they're controlling the ball really well denying The Roosters any good field position and the roosters just a little bit out of sorts at the moment looks a bit heavier now that rain earlier result today and the Bulldogs have pulled off an upset win over the Warriors 2726 and there's a half Break made by the number six for the Raiders Blake Austin now down inside the 40 m line it's with papali Austin at six Sam Williams at seven and here it is with Williams now and it's a penalty it's a penalty to the Raiders in front of you what's this penalty for tackled off the ball yeah player tackled off the ball yeah but if a halfback leads a player into the line like Mark that so we'll take a break and be back at camber in just a moment so the replay of this penalty which Andrew was talking about he's totally unsighted here Boyd cordner and he's tackled uh he's tackled Louie on suspicion basically and the P I understand it's been i' take that back that's a penalty it's a penalty for sure but I'm just making the point that but he's blind there he can't see the ball yet absolutely blind yeah absolutely so Sam Williams taking the kick from right in front put another two on the board it's 8 nothing in favor of the Raiders at Gio stadium in canra this is relaxed and as composed as I've seen the Raiders all year they just really playing within themselves going along nice and calm Ricky Stewart's shown his commitment he's going to sit in the rain not only sit down on the bench he's going to sit there in the rain and said boys I'm with you that's commitment so Mitchell puts it high he doesn't get the length on it this time and cick it is with the ball he'll play it 15 M out from the corner post tackled down there by solola gets it out to the 20 tackle number two for CRA on this set now for Williams he goes short into the belly there of Boyd just inside the 30 m line8 nothing in Sunday football live and three on nine now tapy play the ball almost up to the halfway Hodson getting it off to leel Le goes cross the ground looking to find a gap and step off his left foot but eventually he's he's pulled down by Leu and by Kon now back from Blake Austin he puts it high it hits the breeze comes down and Ferguson did well he put a little bit of a Juggle into his act but it was an awful thing doing all sorts of things and hit the breeze and he did very well Blake oh little bit of juggling from Blake Ferguson completed sets five well it's perfect 10 sets for the Raiders five for the roosters and they both completed what whatever they've had a handle on and of course that would mean that the time in possession is very much in favor of the Raiders played by maton they're on the halfway they're in Center ground and kro he puts up a towering kick and Abby doesn't get there in time it bounces it comes away here to Rena and Rena is able to swerve around Manu and he's pulled down over there by Ferguson played on the 30 m line the balls with the fullback Abby and he'll play it on the 40 8 n in favor of camber the 17 is out there Junior Junior Paulo is there now bound to go back to parameter next year soola with a run then Hodson again for Paulo puts a couple of runs together on the last three and he play the ball just outside the 30 m line Sam Williams get a kick into the corner and Daniel tupo way up above them Lea and and tarp basic waiting waiting for him to come down to tackle him they didn't even bother putting in a nomination to go into an aerial contest with tupo Bradley got it away to Liu 15 out from his own line penalty no he's in front well they needed that the roosters didn't they Raiders are winning the battle over the advantage line roosters needed this to get out of trouble try and come up with some sort of set of six down the other end of the field Craig fitzg the man sitting next to Trent Robinson he's been with the for six years now the coach and five times he's taken them to the finals and I look at the I look at the bio on Trent Robinson and I think to myself well you don't have to be a great football to be a good coach he only ever played Four top grade games as a prop I think he was but he's a very good [Applause] coach and Ferguson has got a ball underneath way to Radley continues to have a good season Blake Ferguson 25 out from the line now running to the Northern end NAA running into junior Paulo friend cron called for it Runners on his left and right and one behind him this man to death go James play the ball 8 m out from the line way to cron on the right side he puts a de little kick in Ferguson you know he can fly but so too can cotri now it's wiad on the 10 well that's why Ferguson knocked that one away from his own in goal earlier because C can get up there as well outl Ferguson there's that running the ball Jersey 14 that's a young fellow on Deo called EMR Gula he's likely looking he strong boy he's got a uh he's got a Turkish background I think I heard in the preview that his mom often supplies lunch for the Raiders and IMR Gul on Debo now that ball has come off the feet and gone away to Paulo he did well he got it away immediately and that's cotri and they're down to the 20 so it's a change over down at that point that breeze must have got stronger down there because that kick went nowhere what the breeze has done has blown all the bad weather away because to my South we can see blue skies J get up a classic cber day sometimes you come down here and warm up and it was beautiful sunny go into the sheds and run out next thing he was haing Tao giving it to cord then giving it back to TA Kaho so get up that's the the Blue Sky down to GLE South which I guess is our South as well Joey so the Roosters on the attack here and oron is out there in 16 he'll play the ball 19 away from the line 8 n in favor of CRA Sunday afternoon football cron rolls in the grubber and oh Abby did well what a great kick you got a breeze like that behind you there's the champion Cooper Kon and you got a really strong Breeze behind it the short kicking game can be really challenging CR there perfect weight great for that upright and Tesco chases through that's incredibly hard to do with a big bruise behind you might be your South but to the people in Victoria that's the north 10 seconds with a good drop out off the boot of Blake Austin taken back by T Aro this is a test for the Raiders now Ro is with a full set 30 m out NAA running at Paulo and solola now fren goes to the short side to Madison to Manu Manu off his right foot not able to get through the Gap there closed down by Whitehead Ferguson Madison Madison leeu leeu will play the ball 10 me out from the Raiders line friend has a look at them gets it to to Kaho he's down on five he's a meter short friend then behind cner it's G to CR here's a little kick for tupo H it's been caught in goal by the Raiders uh rer and then knocked on in goal said the referee well that's clock is on for set start the roosters switched their halves up 58 Ryan Madison normally plays on the left he switched to the right and see Kon over the left hand side with tesca it's where all the strike is trying to get Kon tadesco and Latrell Mitchell together he's the kick he's some Target T so the ball has gone forward or back towards the dead ball line I should say by Rapa but then it was tarini who knocked the ball [Applause] NAA playing the ball on the 30 m line the 15 is tavano three-man canra tackle stopping tavano now Leu out to CR be Williams and the referee has stopped and given a penalty for abstraction to CRA yeah little bit of a mixup here and a lot of teams have found over the weekend with this big Breeze the passes don't come as quickly and not as accurate and cooperr there Gets behind his own teammate he runs behind cordner there too much instruction actually anyway Blake Austin finding the line 10 m short of halfway Hodson using [Applause] repeating Canterbury beat the Warriors 27- 26 so the Warriors and penrith both going down over the weekend Lin Lewis with a 40 m field [Applause] goal this is Gul on the 40 m line roosters into the ground Hodson went right passed across the ru to the left and soola will play the ball 25 out from the line they pump away at The Blind Side and Austin puts a kick in and tadesco has been tackled in goal well he did he's level best to get down to the ground here Tesco he took it a yard in the field of play but just the momentum of the hit from behind he slides into the in go Blake auson with a deaf little poke in there Tesco goes down he's 2 m out but they just Jam him in there Elliot Whitehead going hard and he slides him back into the ENG go have a look at this drop out from Latrell it it went 60 M so I I'm sure that breeze is picked up I know he's a big kicker but uh that breeze I think is stronger out of the South now here's Paulo and a good effort by Junior Pao he's 22 out he's a giant of the name now papali who looks like a smaller addition of him [Applause] really Hodson with a one-handed pick up that's ghou out penalty goes against the roosters that's it penalty for offside against the [Applause] roosters so what do you do gas I'd take the two just it is so calm and controlled we'll take a break and come back theall you say teller to to 10 seconds to by Joy so we're back at CRA the rain is gone the blue sky is peeping through and cber are going to take a further two they look really relax the Raiders today but there's no there's nothing frantic about them nor they look frantic but today very relaxed puts the kick over 10 n to the Raiders just want to highlight something close to the line especially in the Middlefield play the ball I'll notice this you see Tesco here he likes to defend in the line he can get the ball especially on this left side and bring Tedesco off the line plenty of room in behind watch the early kick next time they get in good field position see Tesco in the line there they back himself to kick him behind but it has to be on an early play play two or three got to take the punt so 10 nothing the new scoreboard ball coming out of that Northeastern corner and a surging Ro defense gaining some ground without the football now it's with [Applause] solola long ball dangerous pass really Williams to [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Paulo on the 30 m line [Applause] Hudson Scamper out gave it to Abby and Abby did well he had leel with him but he was going to sell him a dump I think Williams got a kick in but it was straight to the uh fullback Tesco so James plays the ball Madison finds tup [Applause] tarpy is in that tackle along with Kula now it's with [Applause] tavano friend behind oron to Tesco he's gone then to Manu and he looked inside in vain Tesco was just arriving but a a fraction too late orber gets it on he gone through butcher I think that is out there now that butcher in 14 10 m out from the line a chance on going away to tupo again and this time it's gone dead might have come off the hands of tupo I'm not sure they're pointing to the the goal mouth for a line Dropout yeah rer knowing that tup would be climbing all over him just got his hands up and knocked it dead all these Wingers showing a lot of respect to each other when the ball's in the air ra no thought of catching that so I'm not going to take tupo on he's the world's tallest human being so I'll just knock it dead and we'll back our defense wor Roost is just starting to warm to their work but the Raiders defense as good as I seen it the line drop out again that's gone 60 into the breeze exactly so I I'm giving up on the breeze here's butcher 40 m out from the line solola involved in the tackle with G and baitman is out there as well now in jumper number 15 so friend for Kon and the Leu and he slithers out of the tackle as he rises he's met by Abby by Rena now for Clon and then for Madison Madison throws a big dummy oh Orson was over the line with No football it was reaching back trying to Grapple it in they've gone through the Raiders defense on both sides of the field firstly cron a de little pass onto Leu who found space and then on the very next play the ball goes out to Madison this is just a little bit of a simple show and go go straight past solala and oron catches that he scores Blake Austin allows himself to be thrown into touch so he can give his team a breather but very good work there from Madison who's playing on the right Andrew Johns pointed out they swwa sides in attack Andrew tried to sound surprised but something tells me he knew that all along Mack Mack's Thursday night football Tigers play the sea eagles at Campbell town that's at 7:30 VB Friday night football Cowboys versus eels at 1300 smile Stadium Townsville at 7:30 Saturday Night Football roosters Broncos come back at Aron Stadium penalty to canra and then Sunday next week dragons bulldogs at Jubilee oval cogra live from three so Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday four matches on nine again next weekend and the weekend after a game Friday night up in Townsville JT's last game up in Townsville what a celebration that'll be don't miss that one ball played by Sola that's bitman with the ball they got to be careful here the roosters hson he so often does he he'll dummy right and then go to a runner coming on the other side Miss tack 14 by The Roosters 11 by CRA and here's tarany on the 10 m line Hodson then waiting working out where to go with this next challenge on the defense guler has got the ball on five so hson Fires at the cross to lay L and that will be change over six Zig good defense really getting a demonstration today of what Tesco does in that defensive line was in the line 30 m out you see that yeah there a knock on here they dropped the ball well it was a one-on-one steel I think off Ferguson 10 me out now play by Hudson Williams now gula he looks likely G strong young man a South Sydney Jun played with the mascot Club oh baitman baitman put in a dangerous position by Boyd cordner anything else CH great sportsmanship shown there by the captain Boyd cordner apologizing On The Run Just Hits and drives get him in an awkward position so they're going to take the kick let me tell you let me tell you something about emay guler uh the youngster on Debo Andrew he's he's only 20 he played Juniors with South Sydney the mascot Club he's a lock or a prop he Reed New South Wales at 16s 18s and 20s and he made the junior kangaroos in 2017 there he is EMR guler yep lots of good kids coming through the system and getting their opportunities at the back end of the season which is good to see it's good for their development The Roosters are going to find themselves two converted tries behind here with that breeze at their backs look at the weather rabbits it's now a beautiful day beautiful afternoon in Camp well that's what Andrew said it's a classic canra day it I I I was here for three years in the police force I I I know a bit about the place in the what I was in the police force here for three years it's a wonder they didn't lock me up some are saying he still in the police force under [Music] cover well that's insulting there's two points for Sam Williams the take UMD 12 nil to score in favor of the Raiders what's that it's just it's the way he Dodges the words that he'd like to use when he's talking to you this is really interesting Now isn't it 12 n and the Raiders playing with a lot of control roosters can't find their Rhythm the danger is last time they down the Raiders end they split them a couple of times pretty comfortably so it's still the Raiders defense it'll be they here look at this play Andrew Junior Paul up [Music] having to hide from something like that charging at you he's as wide as he's tall he would be near impossible to tackle oneon-one he's the size of him he's built like the Queen Mary how she go she's long and wide 40 m out from the line played by goua and now for Austin to go in again to the is not the Queen Mary but but Paulo back to Austin now the ball is with guler [Applause] again 30 seconds to go time flies doesn't it when you're having a good time and Camber is having a good time here 12 nothing up the roosters haven't won here since 2010 now what they say about hudo Henry Henry stop it stop it yeah too many people in front yeah well up them the first rule of the hoodoo is to not mention the hoodoo you mentioned it three times so [Applause] Kon I'm not getting paid either by the Bondo Junction mob so I can use it here's Tesco and the siren has sounded in the background so that's the the end of the first 40 and CRA leading the Sydney Roosters by 12 to nothing Stadium here in CRA will it be is enough by now from or where it's going to isn't it for the ra they've been so relaxed and controll the second 40 minutes got to do well I love that the competition I think the and I think around the rock a combination well here's the man that way through the first half and he's made a couple [Applause] of in the defensive very very good now for bitman and he takes the second play of the first set in the second half here's Whitehead just inside the 40 m line I see have commissioned another Englishman I think his name is suton to come down here next year in play from the English Super League with canra Hodson then kicking and he's found the line yeah that's his angle right foot kick out with that breeze down to that corner I reckon hoden will back himself for 40 4020 this half that was kicked from the halfway and he just nursed it down there have a look with that breeze when he gets it up on the breeze it just flies down there he's a hell of a talent isn't he well if he plays every game this year there in the eight remember the round 15 when he came back against the West Tigers they beat the Tigers Camp town by 40 he was out of this world that game Ferguson there's something something inside of me that wishes they were in the eight you know I I love watching watching them play the Raiders this combination of leel and Rina on one side they're excitement machines they're very good players then of course you got Hodson now C with carry takes it to the 40 m line it's a 10 m penalty not quick boy cner that time picked out Sam Williams and just the intensity of the Run he go straight over the top of Sam Williams K area The Roosters can play at use Cordon to get at Williams go over him get a quick play of the ball and open up the field and move the ball wide to Joseph Manu kavano to hold strong run it ends on the 20 M line and as you can see they're about 20 m in from touch as the ball Finds Its way to butcher so Matt butcher playing the ball 11 M out from the line then Cooper cro and James Tesco here's cner going in boy cner scores on that left side again well this is the same line that Isaac leun went through late in the first half cordner instead of outside in will run inside out and as the defense moves up past him Tesco see that he went to come in and then he varies veers and goes to the outside of Williams he comes in at Williams and at the last minute will check and go to the outsid of Williams little double pump there by tadesco and that really had the Raiders defense fooled yeah we'll get the high shot here and we'll show what happens defensively we just freeze the play there I just want to highlight Le here the play unfolds and when Tesco gets the ball we'll just pause it there leua only has eyes for L TR Mitchell going out there which enables the double pump from tesca and then Boyd cordner just strolls through that's the threat of Latrell Mitchell you can see he's got him worried [Music] talking of Latrell Mitchell who's um about to take this conversion attempt and he's got it [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] seconds [Applause] Joey 5 Seconds now wa up 5 Seconds Blake right time on so back at canra and that two points for Latrell Mitchell brings him within two points of the 200 he'll be the only the eighth rooster to score 200 in a season so it is a goal of some importance for the tril Mitchell I don't know where the players worry about these sort of things but that's where he's at at the moment and here it is coming across the line cord now short into Madison 35 M out from the line friend goes for a dummy half Scurry pretty much no markers there now he's circled by the green machine it's gone to Desco and James plays the ball from friend that's come across to cron he kicks he's looking for his outside jumpers Ferguson's one of them the ball goes to ground picked up by Sol but there's a knock on both ways yeah woring signs in that set of six for the Raiders they've started to sit back on their heels in defense and when they do that they become very vulnerable to hard straight running or to players with footwork the first half they're on the front foot they were getting forward but that's not a good sign just after half time out so 15 out from Their Own Line CRA with Paulo putting his hand up again and still driving with those those tree trunks 25 out from his line Hudson again basically swerves or sways away to the right and passes back across the ru to The Blind Side it's now gone to ghula IMR Gula on Deo today he looks impressive how old 20 20 years of age Sam Williams now he puts a kick in down behind to Desco goes a couple of meters out from his line outside the 10 now Williams is there to make the tackle with le le they're back on the 20 M line The Roosters but of course the scoreboard looks more healthy for them now they're 126 down in Sunday football on nine tupo wrestled down pulled down by baitman friend of dummy half this is oron and Mitch will play the ball 8 m short of halfway pulled down there by gulo it's gone now butcher Butcher takes it a couple of meters into enemy territory plays it back for friend friend to kro right foot kick and it'll sit up there for Abby and so here's Brad Abby with the ball coming back towards Center ground tries to step beats orberson taken by the second line of Defenders Austin with a good strong clearing run good run so they're getting up towards halfway with simple stuff this is codrick playb now for Rapa and he's made good Headway now they're down 25 M out gee what a good set it's been four tackles gone they go right side Williams Williams gets the ball away and uh this is [Music] tarini play back for Hodson Hodson for Austin Austin gets it in there solola he might have made it I want to start try he might have made it wow s he's on side a superhuman effort if he has well he's the most honest person in the world so he we got tackle six starting Ferguson wanted this to go dead it looked as though it had a good head of steam they're all on side this looks like it's just going to run dead Ferguson sits solala oh dear dear oh dear I'm saying no see Sol knocks the ball on in the in goal we have a decision no there's some things you you'd love to see there for uh for history for history's sake but he has knocked his ball on but he covered ground so quickly solola he just needed to let it roll or to give it a little bit of time to get closer to the ground it's hard to get it from up there down to the ground would have felt okay to him with that little touch early see live it looks terrific doesn't it [Applause] Ferguson do well to get play out to the 30 m line so now it's with tavano played back to friend and gone to cordner cordner hit by a couple of the the big men for CRA including Paulo and tapan Paulo down around the legs again putting tackles back to back friend away Leu PR to death go then Manu and Manu will play the ball 25 M out from the cber line 126 the score CRA still leading they LED 12- n at halftime Madison steps off his left foot tries to beat papali he'll played the ball on the 20 M line right in the center of the ground it's gone away to PR and he puts a deaf little kick in two po coming but canra is equal to it cont coming down with the ball is rener and again cooperon puts this inch perfect he just keeps it in the field to play but high enough for a competition with his outside backs Latrell and tupo Raven has got a jump from the field to play no midair tackle they're just competing for the ball and the Raiders have got to defend their line again 10 seconds that didn't look good on camera that's a bump rabbits okay bump in the night Austin oops and uh Kon put out a foot there took an air swing which has let this defense from CRA come way down to the 40 m line to enforce the first tackle on their opposition kavano he's a willing worker this fellow tavano he plays it aggressively but he good value now cron goes short into Liu he was looking long and went short so Leu his play the ball was delayed and cron using cordner cordner then friend punching away at that Blind Side Mitchell comes from the BL Blind Side to the open side leaving them in his way can he score now he's short he's not someone out in the process he's a Raider down in back play played by Mitchell it's gone back a deep pass to tadesco Madison little toe pooke picked up by codrick and he'll play it close to his own line baitman is the man baitman is the man that you're looking at he's so strong with TR Mitchell we got a head of steam up there he's coming across field and baitman comes out Line Tack to make contact and just watch what lat tril does to him here bang just brushes in aide he's so good when when you stand alongside of him Latrell Mitchell you the one thing that gets you is just how big he is I know they all big and I know relatively you look at him alongside the other players and say well it's not so special but when you just look at him in isolation he's a big man big man so hi for Luke baitman 16 comes out the Raiders Kini 126 the score and we've had 11 minutes of the second half expired time 11 minutes gone and the penalty goes to CRA hand on the ball I think was the call it was a great first charge from havil watching him in the lower grades in the under 20s for the Warriors I think when he was there they won two premierships he he played dummy half you can see powerfully built incredibly quick over 10 or 20 M so hard to [Applause] tackle so void it is that eventually gets a played the ball on and that's avivi in 16 just 21 M away from the line 52 gone Pap got a pass away and Mitchell has hammered the the ball carrier well that was the play they scored off in the first half and we said the TR Mitchell was a bit slow his shoulder here hits him in the jaw nothing illegal the process [Applause] guys it was exactly the same play they scored off in the first half and we said the TR Mitchell was a little undecided well that time he wasn't undecided that's all I got for now though if they give it to Bradley Abby around the back he's mine Bradley ABY holding his jaw he may have broken a cheekbone or a jaw here the sound you can hear it from the com box and it's the right shoulder the Traen for high tackle High tackle time on high tackle High contact high contact doesn't matter which one it [Applause] is so that's the that's the victim in all of this Brad Abby J you've got to go to Henry you know that no hesitation this time he sees Abby coming around goes bang it's a collision I don't think he means to hit him high but he gets him good and next time Bradley Abby comes around there he'll be thinking where is [Applause] he ail able to download the ball Hodson got it away to Boyd and Boyd taken around the boot lacers by cron play to Hudson decoys running everywhere Austin got a kick in oh and it's been pulled down by Manu good piece of work by Manu referee calling a Hal play without the ball it's a penalty to The Roosters well that was tackled too Blake Aon with a little rush of blood [Applause] there he felt he had to do something he wasn't happy to die with it and the roosters will play at the ball if you grab a kick and Manu comes up with a great grab just stay Cal and so the other doesn't let go of him in trying to play the ball properly chano oh and all a bit of a waste for the Raiders wasn't it tackles up there SL that's a turning point that [Applause] buter redley [Applause] [Music] cron then operating over on the Eastern side is tadesco finds a hull steps again goes to the 10 nokk friend lofted ball to cron now tavano now butcher taken by solola 5 m out from the line tackle five is with the roosters now fren puts a little kick in overson's after it but it's been scooped over the dead ball line by codrick well Tesco gets through an opening just on his own there was nothing really doing he's got such sharp footwork and he can change direction and still Sprint out of it gets back past Hodson beats the fullback eily Hodson stays alive to come up with the grab and on the last Play Jake Fen gets a deaf little kick into the in goal cotri had no choice but to knock it dead here come the roosters again looking for the leveling [Applause] score 10 runs in the game for Tesco run just over 100 m as I said at the top of the The Telecast reading a story given to the Press by Jake friend he said Val in defense to us is is minello like I think he said something like that so cordner friend oh Radley he took a big hit but it didn't seem to worry him now he steps out of another tackle and he's 32 M out he's a tough kid this Manu let's have a look at this this hit on Victor redley and he bounces off it and then he tippy toes out of another tackle just a couple of yards further down the the ground Jake friend is tidied up by leel Le they're just outside the 20 they're gone to the blind cron puts a kick in getting underneath it is Abby rake back though by tupo well back but it's gone to canra leel leis got the [Applause] ball I was watching Daniel to how he put his hands on his head just oh what have I done here whad taken by ta Aro and Ferguson Abby he's okay Brad Abby was on the end of that tackle from Latrell right in the middle of the ground now Shannon boy he's on the 40 now camra making some good ground Hodson putting it down inside the 10 tup coming down on it they're going to try and put him back no he's able to Swerve out of it still a good kick go bradle having been taken off Ferguson i' say the doctors ordered that having looked at the [Applause] replay Tesco 24 uses for the roosters they've completed all but two and the wa is perfect 2626 so that's a high quality game in in that department been a big effort by the Raiders today it's a good game really good game Taho playing it for friend C right foot kick down behind the Winger there Rena what a kick and Blake Austin no knock on brings it back outside the 10 Blake Austin's gone the fullback has [Applause] he that's just happened this is cotri so there's been a bit of bit of shuffling around out there Darren yeah Austin's back to fullback and Al Whitehead's gone into the six that's because ab's off for the [Music] ha then Bon's in the hi as well Raiders have just come up with their first error of the game rather a little adventurous after all in ball play [Applause] this is tackle one for the roosters this is Manu roosters trailing by six remember if they win this one they will go two points in front of Melbourne and South Sydney in the the race for the minor Premiership and repeating the warriors were beaten today by a point by Canterbury penth of course going down to the knights yesterday Maring 10 and a penalty is awarded to The Roosters that right on the 10 m line as you can see just off center 20 minutes to go I'd know kick the goal here because you can bring it back you might get the penalty when you need it anyway they're going to play on looking for 12 so Tayo he'll play it is held in an upright tackle put him on the rotary clo line and now they've indulged for too long the Raiders and another penalty goes to the roosters so Jake friend will make the same decision this time he goes to tetano there's the TR line they're very close they oh je was he tackled not in possession yes that's the call close to ascending here Josh too many no no no no no now's not the time to chat there are too many penalties you need to clean up get on the [Music] [Applause] line so basically a warning there for camra there's too many penalties probably the next one will go to the bin they've had three penalties and they've hit their first one up to that blade of grass every time setting up this left side so here's Radley and uh he's got the line I think he's landed on the line Panara thinks that way as well tackle two chids and he's going to give a try but sending it upstairs for examination he's a good kid this one three times they had a penalty three times they set it up to that blade of grass and Radley thumps that down on the line that there touches the line Victor Radley GRS the ball on the goal line we have a decision that's as good as it gets who's got that camera angle so we're going to it's going to be even it's going to be Even Stevens with 20 to go yep they've just methodically work their way back into the [Applause] contest CES on the come on the back of the rout uh the Raiders first drop ball of the game three times they' set up in that same position to go left and on that time they just turn Radley back inside and he finds some lazy Defenders for the Raiders and they got Shannon Boyd at marker had one marker and Shannon Boyd chased Jake friend and then because of the size of shanon Boyd he couldn't stop and adjust and then the speed and the swerve and step of Victor Radley I can't understand why teams don't manipulate that more around The Rock when teams inside their own 10 met Mark will just put one marker to get the def extra defender in the line taking one way come back with speed and footwork and it puts pressure on the tight defender on the other side of the rug whenever there's one marker your dummy half has to [Applause] go so this is for 200 and he's got [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it yeah just 10 seconds right there plank right there flank all right time on well back on air in canra with I was going to say we've had uh Four Seasons in one day that Sun is setting the clouds have just got a tinge of pink about them we've had rain we we think we've had ice and Ferguson has got the ball we had a windy plane flight down too rabert wish you were with us really wish you were with us T Kayo did you drive I did all Wheels on the ground eh so here's Radley going out and picking up Madison Madison he was pulled down from behind over there by T I think it was he scored the try Victor Ry but have a look at the slot of hand and the skill here he'll get the ball he'll accelerate into the line he'll look in have a look at this the class look in they go to the line and then the no look pass out the back that takes a lot of skill to understand timing and your hand trust your hands look at that no look at the back he plays that pass probably better than any forward in the competition great understanding of space and timing when to pass where to pass a r Talent Darren some positive news for the the Raiders baitman he's passed his hi he'll be back out there in a [Applause] minute is his white [Applause] head I don't think in his Wildest Dreams Elliot thought he might finish up playing six for CRA he made the Journey Down Down Under here papali shaping to give it to Austin pulled down by orison and friend Hudson gives it to I think numbers on the Jersey mean very little these days most of the whoops that's been uh played out and charged down that should resume The Tackle count I would imagine played by Austin now for boy boy gets it inside the 20 M line 64 minutes gone it's 1212 and the e dunamas Louie he plays the ball 9 M out from the line it's gone through Williams and gone to toony he's 7 m away is it going to be the Raiders that score next Hodson held upright tackle five has been called so back now for Williams the kick end on end Ferguson's got it covered and Pap's got him covered well that was good work by papali because the rest of his teammates were sitting back waiting for a quick spread I don't think they expected the little kick and it's lucky that Falley read it look how deep they are out the back out there fal's just jogging through as a decoy Ferguson if papali wasn't there would have got himself back into the field to play it turns up being a winning play they'll get the ball back up to that point it was a pretty every set of six they weren't asking too many questions at all which is very unlike the Raiders they got plenty in their kit bag have a look at this one coming down 55 M down the ground off the boot Mitchell and that looks like baitman is back out there now he's good to go so ball going away to papali and he's 25 out he's that a big game for looks fit cra good A little chance here havil giving it back to Boyd third tackle gone so that is bitman the 15 playing the ball 9 M out four tackles gone Austin has a charge at the line he's pulled down on five by orison and Crum here's a little scoll up from the dummy half and that looks like papali mind you I am looking down he only his rump but it's papali that's all you need that's enough L that's all you need ready Cooper all I can see was a run St it looked like papal you got it right not many shots in that set of six either it was going through a difficult period the they can't put too much attack together friend giving it to Tesco and Tesco will play the ball 28 out from his own line they need mistake free football and then a good kick on the end of it orison less than 30 minutes to go and the ball is with Bradley and Taho and there was a knock on there I half imagined there was a Juggle and it's obviously hit ra yeah it was a real pressure pass he did well to grab it but I assume he's knocked it into a Raiders player which is why he's held onto it Bradley gets across throws it behind him and he just bubbles it a little bit hits tarpy tarpy Trent not not happy but I'm telling you the ruling was right got 20 seconds boys well the Raiders have lost so many of these games in the last or last couple of years really but it gets down to the last 10 minutes I think they had an extraordinary number of games this year where they LED going into the last 10 minutes and still lost well with this Breeze You' back yourself to get a field goal and then with a kicking game of your halfs or dummy half just play the ball down the roosters end baitman 35 away from the line and a penalty again it's gone for the Raiders kick the goal they'll take the two won't they well it's a chance to go to the front Jake mate yeah they're going to kick for goal we'll take a break and come [Applause] back seconds so back at canra we're just waiting for the kick at goal I'm just trying to work out what the penalty was for a hand on the ball a hand on the ball Jake friend who appealed vigorously to the main referee Henry Panara but that was turned down and Sam Williams will take this penalty shot to give them a 1412 lead with 10 minutes to go it's been kicking pretty well 80% for the [Applause] season so here comes the kick it's looking good so cra are sole leaders again 1412 talk about they lose the close ones or have lost the close ones Gus since Ricky took charge here in 2014 they've had 33 games decided by less than six points and of the 33 they've won just nine Mitchell then just uh it it almost looked like oh they've knocked on on the first play pick it up so he just got a scr aely can you believe that no I can't believe just attention to detail the ball just goes behind hav there's just concentration there from Elliot Whitehead just got to get the ball in front simple catch pass ball in front the ball goes behind look he should have caught theall the pass but put the pass in front shock is still running but you got a back R passing to a hooker they both playing out of position not that that's any excuse I me but now has a big chance now for the roosters it's a massive invitation isn't it it's gone away to cron there was a decoy went through and now it's Tesco and that's the 10 m line friend using Napa so they take it to the center of the ground TR line on your screen friend and this is Radley got the try that brought them to level pull down over there by havil now it's Taho and he's backing up towards the try line let's see four tackles gone then for the roosters friend away to pron and cron is manhandled the ground well tackled by Whitehead five gone a grubber kick from friend and can they get back no they're going to be forced in go so they're going to give it back to them to where cord near got a pce of this was a coordinate that raced outside in I think it was Tesco Tesco Tesco he's fired out of a cannon comes away he was so close to getting a piece of that good initial tackle there from Ryan Madison leua gets the ball Tesco goes through have a look at this first up hit from Ryan Madison bang it's never easy for the Raiders where's Ricky he's still down there throws him to death there's the drop out from CRA and Mitchell gives it to Taho to take it back it's only 7 and A2 to go 31 m out from the line and there's Ricky he's now he's pacing [Applause] nervously Frozen but pacing nervously and here's crunk getting the short ball away to Radley did he play the ball properly F goes to cordner cordner goes to Mitchell Mitchell is five away from the corner post and now from tupo it's come back cordner gives it away Bradley goes on Tron now with orberson orberson gets the ball to Manu Manu is taken into a touch I believe well that's so soal is defending at left Center well he was a left Center in his younger days he was a former rooster actually used to love SE I still love him but he's defending at left Center he did plenty of this in his younger days and he gets right across gets around Manu and just slide him towards the sideline was a lovely tackle yeah he was a great kid he's grown into a great man good work there by the Raiders that those two sets of six on their line have been some of their best so turning back the clock this is made for Sam Williams now we got to get up there though mate well six well as a half pack this is where you earn your money here up by two 6 and 1/2 minutes to go you just don't get tackled you rally your forwards any quick play of the ball you just kick long so played by papali that's uh Louie to Hodson leel Joy will play the ball 15 short of halfway playing the fifth at the moment it's down to Tesco on his 20 com to Hodson beats him taken by Whitehead under six minutes Kon to Ferguson Ferguson a ring of green around him he tries to slide through does well Mitchells with the ball Mitchell got away from one but now he's hell so Latrell 45 away from the line they're down by two the Sydney roosters whoops trying to get back to win this game and go two points clear in the run to the minor Premiership fren back to Tao they lost a lot of ground there a in 16 lofted ball over the head of NAA to Radley Radley to cner cner to Mitchell and Mitchell is put down hard on the 30 m line his tackle they lure the tackle up here they come to the boot of cro he goes High plenty of Hang Time for his Runners and it's been put down knocked on by The Roosters is the call change drop the ball turn over he's saying Tesco got to this got a grab on it Blake Austin Tesco got it then the ball comes loose coming down good call might be the last one to see Blake sees today he's not adep of playing fullback and again they've just got to get up the middle of the field here and give Hodson well Sam Williams a shot of the 4020 down that right hand side let's take a comment from Darren yeah Abby pass his ha is coming back on so that'll be a reshuffle uh Austin will go back to the uh back to 58 and might add to the centers so Austin he draws well I thought he'd draw the P penalty but referee said no play it and so papali it is that runs the ball put down by friend and Radley they're back on their own 30 m line siola 14 to 12 in favor of the Raiders a weekend of upsets is another one about to unfold ball bouncing down to the TR line area than Tesco comes back and he's taken by rapana great SA put down 10 m out from the line tupo he was devoid of somebody with him to give it to now there's three and a half to go 1412 the Raiders Ferguson crunk ball now out to Leu good tackle whated three minutes to go in the game gron gets the ball away to tadesco he comes back after going left he's come back to go right Whitehead has got him 40 m out from his own line it's with pron again he's gone out to Mitchell he puts a grubber kick through and rapana puts his body on the line brilliant brilliant so here's Abby back into the game put down by Manu two and a half to go so Melbourne and South at the moment look like they're going to be still on the same line as the Sydney roosters that's cotri no dummy half here he is now for papaly and up to the 30 m line so we've got two minutes of the game to go and he punches it Sam Williams over the sideline yeah I'll take this two minutes left roers are there they're almost number of times we've been here Ricky is seeking and we've lost him can we fall over the line with this one let's get six in there they should just start the game here every week two minutes to go and two in front 20 seconds make sure we got six there that's where the game begins I tell you what it's been an entertaining game this terrific game high quality great completion R from both sides Raiders have defended the best I've seen them all year Aras are still a chance there coming they're really still a [Applause] chance so the roosters with cordner minute and a half to go right on the halfway line now and here is Radley giving it away to konen now to Toco he's given it to Manu Manu close to the sideline again he's down on the 30 m line tackle three 78 minutes and 49 seconds gone as the ball Finds Its way to Leu tackle four just outside the 20 fren now from for Radley Radley art knocked on by The Roosters knocked on by The Roosters that should get canra home it should absolutely it should okay repeating the beat the Warriors earlier today you know the results from yesterday another massive upset here in the nation's capital but I probably shouldn't say that cuz the roosters haven't won here since 2010 see you Josh B tight we need you all to bind tight okay I'll let you know 36 seconds left listen to them well it's certainly warmed up a very cold afternoon hasn't it terrific Sunday afternoon match Raiders have just got to survive 30 more seconds they'll take about 10 seconds to play each play of the ball they'll get up rubbing their heads and they'll have cramps and S [Applause] and his whad 15 to go he's got a sore head yep his head's aching Raa Rapa tucks it under Serinda you'll have a [Music] CR here it comes there's the siren the camber Raiders have won good start and you got to congratulate the bottom eight teams this late in the competition I mean the top eight was pretty much decided a few weeks ago other than West tigers making a late surge but they've all aimed up they keep aiming up every weekend and they're making it very very tough for the top eight teams as well the roosters before this weekend the number one team in the competition and they've been dusted by the Raiders down here in camera and the hudo Contin news