Roosters too good
The Roosters beat the Sea Eagles 33–16 at 4 Pines Park in front of 16,082 in Round 4. They came from behind, trailing 8–10 at the break.
Tom Trbojevic scored 2 tries and Mark Nawaqanitawase scored 2 tries and Robert Toia scored 2 tries. Connor Watson (Roosters) was the standout with 69 fantasy points, 152 run metres, 3 tackle breaks and 1 try. The Roosters won the metres battle 2,094 to 1,763 and made fewer errors (5 to 13).
Our Final Tip had the Roosters at 57% (a coin flip) and got it right.
Sea Eagles
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Roosters
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Game flow
Sea Eagles · above
Roosters · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0' | Sea Eagles | Tom Trbojevic | Try | 4–0 |
| 1' | Sea Eagles | Jamal Fogarty | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 6' | Roosters | Mark Nawaqanitawase | Try | 6–4 |
| 17' | Roosters | Mark Nawaqanitawase | Try | 6–8 |
| 28' | Sea Eagles | Tolutau Koula | Try | 10–8 |
| 51' | Roosters | Robert Toia | Try | 10–12 |
| 52' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 10–14 |
| 54' | Roosters | Connor Watson | Try | 10–18 |
| 55' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 10–20 |
| 56' | Roosters | Daniel Tupou | Try | 10–24 |
| 57' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 10–26 |
| 65' | Sea Eagles | Tom Trbojevic | Try | 14–26 |
| 66' | Sea Eagles | Jamal Fogarty | Conversion | 16–26 |
| 76' | Roosters | Robert Toia | Try | 16–30 |
| 76' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 16–32 |
Team stats
Better on the day
Sea EaglesRoosters
42%
Possession
58%
75%
Completion rate
96%
1,763
Run metres
2,094
495
Post-contact metres
711
4
Line breaks
4
32
Tackle breaks
37
4
Offloads
10
580
Kick metres
840
88.9%
Effective tackle %
86.5%
37
Missed tackles
32
13
Errors
5
4
Penalties conceded
0
| MAN | SYD | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Escorts | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Total | 7 | 3 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
MAN 55-26
Trbojevic
Tedesco
215
Run metres
229
42
Kick return metres
84
4
Tackle breaks
2
0
Line breaks
0
Halves
SYD 106-83
Brooks, Fogarty
Cherry-Evans, Walker
0
Try assists
1
0
Line-break assists
1
534
Kick metres
802
2
Errors
2
Hookers
SYD 40-37
Simpkin
Robson
41
Tackles
37
38
Run metres
28
58
Passes
131
0
Errors
0
Middles
MAN 123-103
Paseka, Hetherington, Trbojevic
Whyte, Collins, Butcher
184
Run metres
282
72
Post-contact metres
103
108
Tackles
49
5
Missed tackles
0
Back row
MAN 103-97
Olakau'atu, Trbojevic
Crichton, Wong
234
Run metres
312
6
Tackle breaks
5
78
Tackles
61
5
Missed tackles
12
Outside backs
SYD 183-160
Saab, Koula, Garrick, Hopoate
Tupou, Smith, Toia, Nawaqanitawase
787
Run metres
611
4
Line breaks
3
1
Tries
5
6
Errors
0
Best performers
SYD
Connor Watson
69
SYD
Mark Nawaqanitawase
68
SYD
Daly Cherry-Evans
64
MAN
Kobe Hetherington
63
SYD
Naufahu Whyte
61
MAN
Tolutau Koula
60
SYD
Siua Wong
59
SYD
Robert Toia
57
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Watson | Roosters | 69 | 152 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| Mark Nawaqanitawase | Roosters | 68 | 229 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Daly Cherry-Evans | Roosters | 64 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Kobe Hetherington | Sea Eagles | 63 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Naufahu Whyte | Roosters | 61 | 170 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Tolutau Koula | Sea Eagles | 60 | 242 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Siua Wong | Roosters | 59 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Robert Toia | Roosters | 57 | 130 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
Head-to-head
2025 R22Sea Eagles home
MAN
4
20
SYD
Roosters by 16
2024 FW2Roosters home
MAN
16
40
SYD
Roosters by 24
2024 R21Roosters home
MAN
30
34
SYD
Roosters by 4
2024 R2Sea Eagles home
MAN
21
14
SYD
Sea Eagles by 7
2023 R23Roosters home
MAN
16
26
SYD
Roosters by 10
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Roosters · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:06 UTC