Roosters too good
The Roosters beat the Knights 38–24 at Allianz Stadium in front of 22,409 in Round 7. They came from behind, trailing 12–24 at the break. It was their 3rd straight win.
Fletcher Hunt scored 3 tries and Hugo Savala scored 2 tries and Mark Nawaqanitawase scored 2 tries. James Tedesco (Roosters) was the standout with 97 fantasy points, 271 run metres, 16 tackle breaks and 1 try. The Roosters won the metres battle 1,864 to 1,243.
Our Final Tip had the Roosters at 70% (a Banker) and got it right.
Roosters
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Knights
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Game flow
Roosters · above
Knights · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2' | Roosters | Siua Wong | Try | 4–0 |
| 3' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 9' | Knights | Fletcher Hunt | Try | 6–4 |
| 10' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 6–6 |
| 13' | Roosters | Hugo Savala | Try | 10–6 |
| 14' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 12–6 |
| 17' | Knights | Trey Mooney | Try | 12–10 |
| 19' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 12–12 |
| 20' | Knights | Fletcher Hunt | Try | 12–16 |
| 22' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 12–18 |
| 27' | Knights | Fletcher Hunt | Try | 12–22 |
| 29' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 12–24 |
| 43' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Try | 16–24 |
| 44' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 18–24 |
| 50' | Roosters | Hugo Savala | Try | 22–24 |
| 51' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 24–24 |
| 55' | Roosters | James Tedesco | Try | 28–24 |
| 57' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 30–24 |
| 60' | Roosters | Mark Nawaqanitawase | Try | 34–24 |
| 68' | Roosters | Mark Nawaqanitawase | Try | 38–24 |
Team stats
Better on the day
RoostersKnights
56%
Possession
44%
75%
Completion rate
86%
1,864
Run metres
1,243
590
Post-contact metres
312
6
Line breaks
4
49
Tackle breaks
16
11
Offloads
11
453
Kick metres
651
89.7%
Effective tackle %
84.1%
16
Missed tackles
49
16
Errors
8
3
Penalties conceded
3
| SYD | NEW | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Other | ||
| Total | 6 | 6 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
SYD 97-25
Tedesco
Sharpe
271
Run metres
113
74
Kick return metres
31
16
Tackle breaks
4
3
Line breaks
0
Halves
SYD 110-78
Cherry-Evans, Walker
Smith, Brown
3
Try assists
2
4
Line-break assists
3
426
Kick metres
562
2
Errors
1
Hookers
SYD 43-39
Robson
Crossland
34
Tackles
46
78
Run metres
6
96
Passes
66
1
Errors
0
Middles
NEW 113-92
Whyte, Collins, Radley
Saifiti, Mooney, Croker
278
Run metres
250
104
Post-contact metres
69
63
Tackles
76
3
Missed tackles
8
Back row
SYD 108-33
Crichton, Wong
McEwen
221
Run metres
99
5
Tackle breaks
0
66
Tackles
33
1
Missed tackles
4
Outside backs
SYD 156-129
Tupou, Savala, Toia, Nawaqanitawase
Young, Gagai, Hunt, Marzhew
545
Run metres
341
3
Line breaks
1
4
Tries
3
9
Errors
4
Best performers
SYD
James Tedesco
97
NEW
Fletcher Hunt
71
SYD
Siua Wong
62
SYD
Nat Butcher
58
SYD
Daly Cherry-Evans
57
NEW
Trey Mooney
54
SYD
Sam Walker
53
SYD
Mark Nawaqanitawase
49
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Tedesco | Roosters | 97 | 271 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Fletcher Hunt | Knights | 71 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Siua Wong | Roosters | 62 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| Nat Butcher | Roosters | 58 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Daly Cherry-Evans | Roosters | 57 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Trey Mooney | Knights | 54 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Sam Walker | Roosters | 53 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Mark Nawaqanitawase | Roosters | 49 | 225 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head
2025 R15Knights home
SYD
12
8
NEW
Roosters by 4
2024 R6Knights home
SYD
22
20
NEW
Roosters by 2
2023 R16Knights home
SYD
18
16
NEW
Roosters by 2
2022 R19Knights home
SYD
42
12
NEW
Roosters by 30
2022 R1Roosters home
SYD
6
20
NEW
Knights by 14
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 05:16:14 UTC