TALE OF TWO HALVES!!! Can the Sydney Roosters Defeat the Canberra Raiders on Rugby League Live 4

hello everyone and fantastic to have you company as we welcome you to today's clash between the Sydney roosters and the Cambra Raiders I'm Andrew Voss and alongside me today dressed in a beat shirt it's Eddie hemings Aloha fantastic conditions for afternoon football both teams love playing on a dry track and I expect to see the ball pushed wide more than you normally would the Wingers are going to be kept busy that means defense is really going to be the key today and I'm really looking forward to this well that's the feeling of a lot of people that we're going to see some bright open attack lot of speed out wide across both teams here so there is plenty to anticipate and to look forward to I missed the old days of the sandboy putting the ball out for the kickoff play Begins the kickoff we're underway well the fans are Overjoyed to have this man on the squad a former Australian school boy representative tedesco's 2012 deut was forgettable with an injury ending his season just as it started keep an eye on him in this match superb tackle Radley driving forward this is committed defense Walker he charges through backup is coming butcher carrying Defenders with him inside the 10 m line the Raiders are looking shaky a Snappy pass play on camra are off the hook they just got a bit too excited there I reckon they had a good opportunity to put points on the board but they blew it I think the trainer ran out the signal there to go for the two points successful with a kick the roosters the homid is still in front kicks long Tedesco there to field the kick wrapped up on the 20 M line Ki passes They Come Away with a loose ball and they seize him Walker with momentum does well there's an offload there's the tackle there's an offload he's got a lot of skill that's careless High tackle be interesting to see what the ref does here that ball is over the sideline Smith restarts the play with a tap boom chug Luger gets the ball and runs Kon feeds the short ball Kiri this pass is long and wide knocks him off his feet great defense here Smith butcher surges forward in the tackle a reach tackle three Walker three letters Four Points that's a try and there we have it first try of the match as the late Elvis Presley sings home is where the heart is there's two to be had here with this conversion never looked like missing the roosters lead 8 nil here Smith marks the ball Walker he surges forward Walker blocks his run butcher has a look and passes long beat a man wrapped up no way through Tedesco nice step there's support there they're closing in look at it he fancied his chances and he's come up with the try they're off to a very good start here they'll want to continue putting the pressure on Sydney have gone the distance in scoring that try Andrew this team have the skill to attack from anywhere and are very dangerous when they're in this kind of mood absolutely stunning play you'd like all his shots to be this easy machine like as he kicks that one the Sydney roosters have been outstanding this afternoon they haven't given their opponents any opportunities it's been a joy to watch so far the roosters lead 4 nil goes long he's well positioned to take that kick manages to get through the tackle bar storming run good tackle young surges forward in the tackle butcher High tackle here this will be a penalty penalty dangerous tackle yet another and there's the warning for both sides the next Cara's tackle will result in ascending off he'll look to find the line from this penalty over the sideline it goes restarting play with a tap butcher look at the acceleration they managed to wrap him up just short of the 10 m line oh nice work short pass Kiri ref says four with a short ball butcher looking to send his man through a hole Kiri whoa this ball is going up and with a step he gets away from the defense the camber Raiders cook flicks a short pass wow driven back in the tackle classic tackle horberg Twan tackle is a strong one Levi senses a chance out of dummy half look at this guy brushing through the tackle whad look out out of my way he says whad carrying Defenders with him wow that's tackle four five tackles with a torpedo pant repped up on the 20 M line butcher he's tackled Watson and they rattle his back teeth in that tackle butcher that's the fourth Ki cutting out his teammates keeps going Jennings surges forward in the tackle a going him that's fifth tackle in my book Ki he punts it good positional play he's there for the kick running backwards now there's a tactic he goes straight through they have the numbers cook out of my way here say just powering down the field what an athlete that's a high tackle and a bad one in my book dear me I think he's taking his eye off the target it's turned ugly and into touch it goes Levi restarts play shrugs off the tackle Levi out of dummy half defense zero in it's a big tack in open pasture now arms are free and there's the offload defense on their own goal line that is tackle number three Loops a pass Savage overpowered in the tackle still a couple of tackles left here great vision passes long Tony look at him waiting through the defense just Galloping along they're just meters away from the line that's tackle five good ball a little kick over the top some of the home fans are choking on their hot dogs after that triy the fans are on their feet after this effort Andrew nicely executed he'd probably kick a hundred of these in practice let's see if he can do it now and a way to the right it goes the Sydney roosters lead 144 here decides the Deep kick is the way to go and he's right in position to field the kick good burst this one nice work brushes off the defense he looks for backup good burst this one FS off the defense rapana puts him away with a fend repped up no way through they roll forward again brushes off the defense just one to go in the Z there's pressure on this kick Tesco under the bomb and cool under pressure superb tackle butcher driving forwards that is strong met by the defense Kon tries a pile driver tackle stretches his legs here's trouble can he get there look at the local fans they love it come will be very disappointed with themselves in letting that try through there was no real urgency to wrap up the ball some fantastic passing at the end of that set and a well-deserved try so right in front it's a goal the coach will be over the moon with this performance so far but there's still a long way to go the Sydney roosters the home team are leading cook restarts play Smith with a good catch good good burst this one just short of the 30 Walker they chase they look to scramble in defense that's the halftime Huda with a terrific run blow the whistle it's a try backto back tries that's two in a row with a try and the roosters extend their lead another try scored here they need to get their act together Andrew conversion attempt just guides that one over easy as you like the CRA Raiders will be starting to feel the pressure now the homide can be hard to stop when they get on a roll like this at home we know from history this team are great at home the first half is all over well Eddie there's a lot to admire in the way they're playing cber are down by plenty at halim they'll be very disappointed with themselves and will know only too well that there's a lot of work to be done in the second half if they are to come back from this deficit let's see what they have to offer in the second half I like what I saw in that first half stay with us we'll have more after a break e e there is plenty of depth to that kickoff he snaffles that one good burst this one young and down he goes That's a clever pass tapy brushes through the tackle finally wrapped up time to shuffle that 13 he'll be wanting to show the coach why he's worthy of starting off the bench I think cook Levi runs from acting half wiad shovels It Wide round it up that's tackle four rapana good burst this one Defenders closing the chase is on a try to the visitors rapana made a jinking run to the tri line and that takes his career total to 37 tries absolutely brilliant that passage of Play Started from inside their own half this team can score from anywhere and it was perfectly demonstrated there I'll back him to get this never looked like missing the roosters lead by 16 goes long he's there to bring the kick back what a fend remind me not to get in his way gobbl him up look at this guy brushing through the tackle and that's a good tackle pass the 30 m line young he's like the me in the sandwich and that Twan tackle four and a d HFF he goes he just fends off the defense kicks this oh look at how high it is nice step good play getting it away smashes into them Collins brought down right next to the to the sideline Radley still a couple of tackles up their sleeve here with the short ball Powers forward that's tackle five with momentum proving a handful bit of an anti climax that it's a change over their completion rate is looking healthy so far with six from six a coach should be well pleased with that overpowered in a two-man tackle he gets the opportunity to come into the match a bit of a tactical change from the coach here I think push back in the tackle rapana looking to make ground out of dummy half he's got back up still trying to make meters as he's brought down after that good run running along wrapped up like a sausage there's the fourth tackle shoves his way through he finds open pasture say adios to another Defender finally taken down cook sprinting the chip stands and passes intercept well they were looking dangerous there but a laps in concentration and the pressure is off and they stop him right on the 20 M line two in the tackle and they round him up kryon surges forward in the tackle a going him Ki that one's got him right in the melon dear me I think he's taking his eye off the target it's turned ugly looking to make some ground with a kick for touch that ball is over the sideline Smith restarts play Ki trying to break up the defense a short pass and with a step he gets away from the defense wrapped up and very nearly out of play Kiri surges forward in the tackle still a couple of tackles left here Walker shows us his Pace now evades that tackle butcher Eddie look at him accelerate with an offload the defense can't put him down and the pass is away the Roosters rapana dting from dummy half pushing the defense away what a step he's proving elusive that is explosive running keeps it alive is tackled after making good meters shoving his way through dting along whad fending off the defense finally wrapped up just short of the 10 m line he heads East papali out in the open space nice work rushes off the defense and they rattle his back teeth in that tackle it's wave after wave of attack great vision passes long he fends off one a good two-man tackle there just one to go in the set good ball rapana he Shadow can't keep up with him he utilizes the chip this time oh he's the Iceman What A Catch unable to get out of the end goal out in spacers that is strong shoving off that tackle offloads the ball defense on their own goal onine the crowd go up he's grounded it it's a try the Cambra Raiders pick up their third try good try very good try some slick passing and fantastic support play in the buildup to that let's just marvel at that again on the replay now we focus on the conversion to come there's the goal the cber Raiders will take a lot of confidence from that and I'd say we'll be looking to push on important set of Six coming up now for both sides the Sydney roosters the homeid is still in front kicks long rapana able to take that catch good burst this one he's got Defenders closing he's got momentum Chris goes himself just get line breaks the line gets theend in they've got another one the CRA Raiders now have four tries in this game two for his personal Hall and his team now has four well the opposition's simply fallen asleep Andrew that's a second try conceded in almost as many minutes the captain will have to get his troops together get them focused here before it's too late he's not about to take this kick for granted the kick is good enough it is straight it is there they needed that that might just give them the edge they needed to carry on with it it's important they back this up with a good set of six now Andrew The Roosters lead by four here decides the Deep kick is the way to go rapana there to field the kick good burst this one they're closing in straight through Chris runs from dummy half good play he fends off one they might as well be at the massage parlor it's like they're covered in oil and the defense really isn't troubling them holding up a short pass superb tackle classic tackle they continue to roll forward he brushes off the tackle in open pasture now looking for support as he runs takes a peak for backup looking to send his man through a hole tries his luck with a grubber kick picks up the ball play on as a call The Roosters get a free life and a prime scoring opportunity goes begging Ki Watson they rushing in a gang tackle Kiri and with a Zep he breaks through the defense numbers they've got them he is now all on his own that's a try again the roosters have had the try awarded and that'll put more points on the board Tedesco got in good position timed his run and has reaped the reward for that good piece of play he's add it to his tally and that's 48 career trial the homeside are going absolutely Bonkers after that scintillating try the opposition were absolutely Bamboozled in defense they had no answer to that this should be points on the board conversion is successful The Roosters lead by 10 cook restarts play charges at defense Ki leaving it late to make this interchange with a quick pass collected in the tackle hasn't he got some Pace Walker this team is on a roll Walker plenty of determination in that run finally wrapped up just short of the 30 m line fulltime is the call what's your thoughts on the match Sydney have secured the win this afternoon a display of decent rugby league here has seen them come out on top well as the crowd start to leave Eddie is already gone he must have a plan to catch don't worry about saying by Eddie we'll see you next time e e e e e