Roosters too good
The Roosters beat the Broncos 38–24 at Allianz Stadium in front of 25,239 in Round 9. They led 24–0 at half-time and never looked back. It was their 5th straight win.
Patrick Carrigan (Broncos) was the standout in a losing side with 73 fantasy points, 121 run metres, 3 tackle breaks and 1 try. The Roosters won the metres battle 1,508 to 1,024.
Our Final Tip had the Roosters at 63% (a Lean) and got it right.
Roosters
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Broncos
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Game flow
Roosters · above
Broncos · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2' | Roosters | Daly Cherry-Evans | Try | 4–0 |
| 4' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 6' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Penalty goal | 8–0 |
| 18' | Roosters | Daniel Tupou | Try | 12–0 |
| 32' | Roosters | Hugo Savala | Try | 16–0 |
| 33' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 18–0 |
| 39' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Try | 22–0 |
| 39' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 24–0 |
| 42' | Roosters | Nat Butcher | Try | 28–0 |
| 43' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 30–0 |
| 50' | Broncos | Reece Walsh | Try | 30–4 |
| 52' | Broncos | Thomas Duffy | Conversion | 30–6 |
| 58' | Broncos | Xavier Willison | Try | 30–10 |
| 59' | Broncos | Thomas Duffy | Conversion | 30–12 |
| 60' | Broncos | Patrick Carrigan | Try | 30–16 |
| 62' | Broncos | Thomas Duffy | Conversion | 30–18 |
| 65' | Broncos | Jordan Riki | Try | 30–22 |
| 67' | Broncos | Thomas Duffy | Conversion | 30–24 |
| 72' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Penalty goal | 32–24 |
| 74' | Roosters | Reece Robson | Try | 36–24 |
| 76' | Roosters | Sam Walker | Conversion | 38–24 |
Team stats
Better on the day
RoostersBroncos
57%
Possession
43%
80%
Completion rate
79%
1,508
Run metres
1,024
568
Post-contact metres
319
5
Line breaks
5
15
Tackle breaks
14
8
Offloads
3
319
Kick metres
483
92.9%
Effective tackle %
92.7%
14
Missed tackles
15
12
Errors
9
5
Penalties conceded
9
| SYD | BRI | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Hip Drop | ||
| Crowding | ||
| Escorts | ||
| Late Tackle | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Other | ||
| Scrum Infringement | ||
| Slow Peel | ||
| Total | 8 | 15 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
BRI 58-51
Tedesco
Walsh
190
Run metres
114
31
Kick return metres
0
4
Tackle breaks
5
0
Line breaks
1
Halves
SYD 99-37
Cherry-Evans, Walker
Mam, Reynolds
1
Try assists
0
0
Line-break assists
0
307
Kick metres
223
1
Errors
1
Hookers
SYD 47-44
Robson
Paix
28
Tackles
44
55
Run metres
2
99
Passes
94
1
Errors
0
Middles
BRI 149-75
Whyte, Collins, Radley
Talty, Gosiewski, Carrigan
292
Run metres
228
142
Post-contact metres
68
56
Tackles
113
1
Missed tackles
2
Back row
BRI 99-70
Crichton, Wong
Willison, Riki
184
Run metres
230
2
Tackle breaks
1
51
Tackles
62
2
Missed tackles
1
Outside backs
SYD 97-38
Tupou, Savala, Toia, Nawaqanitawase
Karapani, Staggs, Shibasaki, Mariner
324
Run metres
200
2
Line breaks
1
2
Tries
0
4
Errors
3
Best performers
BRI
Patrick Carrigan
73
SYD
Nat Butcher
61
BRI
Reece Walsh
58
SYD
Daly Cherry-Evans
58
SYD
James Tedesco
51
BRI
Jordan Riki
50
BRI
Xavier Willison
49
SYD
Reece Robson
47
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Carrigan | Broncos | 73 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Nat Butcher | Roosters | 61 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Reece Walsh | Broncos | 58 | 114 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Daly Cherry-Evans | Roosters | 58 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| James Tedesco | Roosters | 51 | 190 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jordan Riki | Broncos | 50 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| Xavier Willison | Broncos | 49 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Reece Robson | Roosters | 47 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
Head-to-head
2025 R6Broncos home
SYD
26
16
BRI
Roosters by 10
2025 R1Roosters home
SYD
14
50
BRI
Broncos by 36
2024 R9Broncos home
SYD
40
18
BRI
Roosters by 22
2024 R1Roosters home
SYD
20
10
BRI
Roosters by 10
2023 R22Broncos home
SYD
10
32
BRI
Broncos by 22
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 05:16:51 UTC