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Match report

NRL / Round 8

Sat 25 Apr · 4:00pm · Allianz Stadium · Crowd 40,381 Full time · HT 4-34
Dragons 16
vs
Roosters 62
Our tip Roosters Lean 68% ✓ Correct

Roosters run riot

The Roosters thrashed the Dragons 62–16 at Allianz Stadium in front of 40,381 in Round 8. They led 34–4 at half-time and never looked back. It was their 4th straight win.

Mark Nawaqanitawase scored 2 tries and Daniel Tupou scored 2 tries. Sam Walker (Roosters) was the standout with 81 fantasy points, 131 run metres and 2 tries. The Roosters won the metres battle 1,810 to 1,150 and made fewer errors (11 to 13).

Our Final Tip had the Roosters at 68% (a Lean) and got it right.

Form before this game · most recent first
Dragons LLLLL
Roosters WWWLW

Game flow

Dragons · above Roosters · below
Score 16-62 Line breaks 2·7 Errors 13·11 Penalties 5·6 Six-agains 1·2 0'10'20'30'HT50'60'70'80' 0-6 9' Try + goal 0-12 11' Try + goal 0-16 16' Try 0-22 18' Try + goal 4-22 24' Try 4-28 32' Try + goal 4-34 37' Try + goal 4-40 47' Try + goal 4-46 53' Try + goal 10-46 55' Try + goal 10-52 58' Try + goal 10-58 62' Try + goal 16-58 66' Try + goal 16-62 71' Try
Show scoring as a table
MinTeamPlayerEventScore
9'RoostersSam Walker Try0–4
10'RoostersSam Walker Conversion0–6
11'RoostersSiua Wong Try0–10
12'RoostersSam Walker Conversion0–12
16'RoostersMark Nawaqanitawase Try0–16
18'RoostersSam Walker Try0–20
20'RoostersSam Walker Conversion0–22
24'DragonsSetu Tu Try4–22
32'RoostersRobert Toia Try4–26
33'RoostersSam Walker Conversion4–28
37'RoostersMark Nawaqanitawase Try4–32
39'RoostersSam Walker Conversion4–34
47'RoostersReece Robson Try4–38
49'RoostersSam Walker Conversion4–40
53'RoostersAngus Crichton Try4–44
54'RoostersSam Walker Conversion4–46
55'DragonsTyrell Sloan Try8–46
56'DragonsValentine Holmes Conversion10–46
58'RoostersJames Tedesco Try10–50
60'RoostersSam Walker Conversion10–52
62'RoostersDaniel Tupou Try10–56
63'RoostersSam Walker Conversion10–58
66'DragonsMoses Suli Try14–58
67'DragonsValentine Holmes Conversion16–58
71'RoostersDaniel Tupou Try16–62

Team stats

Better on the day
DragonsRoosters
46% Possession 54%
68% Completion rate 81%
1,150 Run metres 1,810
373 Post-contact metres 535
2 Line breaks 7
24 Tackle breaks 30
9 Offloads 6
537 Kick metres 485
90.1% Effective tackle % 88.8%
30 Missed tackles 24
13 Errors 11
5 Penalties conceded 6
DisciplinePenalties + six-agains
SGISYD
Dangerous Tackle
Six-again (ruck)
Obstruction
Hand in the Ruck
Offside General
Other
Pressure on Kicker
Professional Foul
Total 6 8

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

SYD 70-15
Sloan Tedesco
47 Run metres 278
21 Kick return metres 87
0 Tackle breaks 5
0 Line breaks 2

Halves

SYD 114-49
Atkinson, Reed Cherry-Evans, Walker
1 Try assists 3
0 Line-break assists 1
484 Kick metres 484
3 Errors 0

Hookers

SYD 58-49
Cook Robson
40 Tackles 35
40 Run metres 74
91 Passes 102
0 Errors 0

Middles

SGI 154-73
Guler, Couchman, Stewart Whyte, Collins, Radley
307 Run metres 300
103 Post-contact metres 117
112 Tackles 70
4 Missed tackles 9

Back row

SYD 106-76
Leilua, Couchman Crichton, Wong
148 Run metres 236
6 Tackle breaks 6
67 Tackles 58
5 Missed tackles 4

Outside backs

SYD 169-111
Tu, Suli, Holmes, Feagai Tupou, Savala, Toia, Nawaqanitawase
349 Run metres 519
2 Line breaks 4
2 Tries 5
4 Errors 6

Best performers

Fantasy points
SYD Sam Walker 81
SYD James Tedesco 70
SYD Siua Wong 67
SGI Toby Couchman 61
SYD Reece Robson 58
SGI Hamish Stewart 54
SYD Robert Toia 54
SYD Mark Nawaqanitawase 51
Show performers as a table
PlayerTeamFantasyRun m Tackle breaksLine breaksTries Try assistsTackles
Sam WalkerRoosters81 1310 02 116
James TedescoRoosters70 2785 21 23
Siua WongRoosters67 1095 01 041
Toby CouchmanDragons61 1332 00 044
Reece RobsonRoosters58 743 11 035
Hamish StewartDragons54 1031 00 042
Robert ToiaRoosters54 804 01 214
Mark NawaqanitawaseRoosters51 2473 22 01

Head-to-head

Last 5 before this one · Dragons 1 - 4 Roosters
2025 R19Dragons home SGI 24 31 SYD Roosters by 7
2025 R8Roosters home SGI 18 46 SYD Roosters by 28
2024 R18Roosters home SGI 12 42 SYD Roosters by 30
2024 R8Dragons home SGI 18 60 SYD Roosters by 42
2023 R12Dragons home SGI 24 22 SYD Dragons by 2

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Roosters · right of 50% = tipped the winner

← Tipped the loser Tipped the winner → Season Final Tip 34/60 (57%) Bookies 32/60 (53%) Hot Scoring 32/60 (53%) Ladder 31/60 (52%) Power Rating 35/60 (58%) Quality Form 35/60 (58%) Recent Form 34/60 (57%) Scoring 33/60 (55%) Stat Blend 32/60 (53%) 0%25%50%75%100%

Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:29 UTC