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[Milky]

David Nofoaluama will add a lot to this team in the finals

 

[Guest]

Wests Tigers beat Roosters 32-18 in Holden Cup
By Wayne Cousins
Wests Tigers

Monday 19 August 2013 7:06 PM
Wests Tigers beat Roosters 32-18 in Holden Cup

Wests Tigers recorded a 32-18 victory over the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium tonight in round 23 of the Holden Cup.

The win moves Wests Tigers to 30 competition points and within shot of a top four finish.

Wests Tigers opened the scoring in the third minute when prop Nathan Brown dived under the posts for a 4-0 lead. Centre Manaia Rudolph converted the try for a 6-0 scoreline.

Two minutes later, Rudolph stretched the lead to 10-0 when he ran off a pass from five-eighth Mitchell Moses to get on the outside of Roosters lock and captain Rhyse Martin to score in the corner. He converted his own try for a 12-0 lead after eight minutes.

It became 16-0 when a grubber kick from half-back Luke Brooks saw Moses score under the posts. Rudolph converted for an 18-0 lead.

Brooks then got in on the tryscoring action himself when he backed a break down the left edge to score behind the posts. Rudolph converted for a 24-0 lead after 20 minutes.

The Roosters hit back with two quick tries to Mitch Mamary and half-back Tyler Cornish. Centre Brendan Elliot converted one of the tries to leave the Roosters trailing 24-10 after 30 minutes.

A try to Roosters forward Breaden Uele next to the posts in the 37th minute saw the visitors trail 24-14\. Elliot failed to convert the try.

2nd Half
The Roosters got back to trail 24-18 when Martin scored in the 50th minute.
Wests Tigers went to a 28-18 lead when full-back Kurtis Rowe backed up a break by forward Andrew Kazzi to score in the 70th minute. Rudolph converted the try for a 30-18 lead.

Rudolph converted a penalty goal late in the game for the 32-18 scoreline.

 

[bp_tiger]

David Nofoaluama will add a lot to this team in the finals

cant play in the 20s in the finals.

 

[system]

Good performance.

Remember though that the Roosters were missing their dominant 5/8 who played NRL centre for the Chooks last night

 

[balmain boy]

A good win, but disappointing to let a 24-0 lead after 20 come back to 24-18\. Thank god their kicker had a shocker!

Some seriously bad referring though. We scored two legit tries at the beginning for the 2nd half and both weren't given. He then repeatedly penalised us for things he would then let the Roosters get away with. Serious, serious bias being displayed. Not just a few 50/50 calls against us. These were black and white constantly going against us.

**But actually the key thing to come out of the game, other than the win was that Brooks was placed on report for a fairly late high shot and might get suspended for a week or two!**