Roosters come home strong
The Roosters beat the Sharks 34–22 at Optus Stadium in front of 33,404 in Round 6. They came from behind, trailing 12–22 at the break.
Daniel Tupou scored 2 tries and Daly Cherry-Evans scored 2 tries. Blayke Brailey (Sharks) was the standout in a losing side with 69 fantasy points. The Roosters won the metres battle 1,835 to 1,405.
Our Final Tip had the Sharks at 55% (a coin flip) and got it wrong.
Sharks
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Roosters
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Game flow
Sharks · above
Roosters · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6' | Sharks | Jesse Colquhoun | Try | 4–0 |
| 7' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 10' | Sharks | Mawene Hiroti | Try | 10–0 |
| 11' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 12–0 |
| 24' | Sharks | Braydon Trindall | Try | 16–0 |
| 29' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Try | 16–4 |
| 30' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 16–6 |
| 33' | Sharks | Thomas Hazelton | Try | 20–6 |
| 34' | Sharks | Nicholas Hynes | Conversion | 22–6 |
| 40' | Roosters | Daniel Tupou | Try | 22–12 |
| 40' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 22–12 |
| 42' | Roosters | Daly Cherry-Evans | Try | 22–16 |
| 44' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 22–18 |
| 65' | Roosters | Daniel Tupou | Try | 22–22 |
| 69' | Roosters | Daly Cherry-Evans | Try | 22–26 |
| 70' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 22–28 |
| 76' | Roosters | Victor Radley | Try | 22–32 |
| 78' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 22–34 |
Team stats
Better on the day
SharksRoosters
45%
Possession
55%
81%
Completion rate
73%
1,405
Run metres
1,835
479
Post-contact metres
637
4
Line breaks
6
19
Tackle breaks
42
4
Offloads
7
575
Kick metres
458
87.6%
Effective tackle %
92.3%
42
Missed tackles
19
12
Errors
16
8
Penalties conceded
4
| CRO | SYD | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Flop | ||
| Hip Drop | ||
| Marker Not Square | ||
| Other | ||
| Scrum Infringement | ||
| Verbal Dissent | ||
| Total | 11 | 7 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
SYD 60-21
Kennedy
Tedesco
85
Run metres
287
8
Kick return metres
31
1
Tackle breaks
6
0
Line breaks
2
Halves
SYD 100-80
Trindall, Hynes
Cherry-Evans, Walker
1
Try assists
2
1
Line-break assists
1
535
Kick metres
423
4
Errors
3
Hookers
CRO 69-55
Brailey
Robson
46
Tackles
43
42
Run metres
54
116
Passes
101
0
Errors
0
Middles
CRO 153-102
Fonua-Blake, Rudolf, Colquhoun
Whyte, Collins, Radley
366
Run metres
247
138
Post-contact metres
107
83
Tackles
79
3
Missed tackles
6
Back row
SYD 103-47
Burns, Wilton
Crichton, Wong
107
Run metres
284
1
Tackle breaks
11
77
Tackles
60
16
Missed tackles
4
Outside backs
SYD 167-102
Katoa, Hiroti, Iro, Stonestreet
Tupou, Savala, Toia, Nawaqanitawase
523
Run metres
543
1
Line breaks
3
1
Tries
2
5
Errors
5
Best performers
CRO
Blayke Brailey
69
CRO
Jesse Colquhoun
65
SYD
James Tedesco
60
SYD
Siua Wong
56
SYD
Reece Robson
55
SYD
Sam Walker
52
SYD
Daly Cherry-Evans
48
SYD
Angus Crichton
47
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blayke Brailey | Sharks | 69 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| Jesse Colquhoun | Sharks | 65 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| James Tedesco | Roosters | 60 | 287 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Siua Wong | Roosters | 56 | 144 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Reece Robson | Roosters | 55 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Sam Walker | Roosters | 52 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Daly Cherry-Evans | Roosters | 48 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Angus Crichton | Roosters | 47 | 140 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Head-to-head
2025 R20Sharks home
CRO
31
18
SYD
Sharks by 13
2025 R12Roosters home
CRO
16
42
SYD
Roosters by 26
2024 R11Sharks home
CRO
38
30
SYD
Sharks by 8
2023 R7Sharks home
CRO
22
12
SYD
Sharks by 10
2022 R12Sharks home
CRO
16
36
SYD
Roosters by 20
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 05:16:11 UTC