Seniors Report Round 1: Brace of Wins for Bears and Roosters

The Central Coast Roosters will kick-off their season in the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership (Open Competition) on Sunday May 1 against the Wests Tigers at Morry Breen Oval. 

Roosters Rule in Red and Black

Four of the North Sydney Bears tries were scored by Roosters representatives in the 36-24 victory over the Newcastle Knights on Sunday afternoon.

Norths began proceedings in strong fashion with wingers Tom Carr and Vuate Karawalevu dotting down in their respective corners with the first two tries of the match, before barnstorming second rower Naufahu Whyte found the line soon after. 

The locals struck back in quick succession just before the break with the Bears down a man, going into the sheds 18-12.

Newcastle would take advantage of numbers to score in the first minute on resumption to level the scores, and the sides went tit-for-tat as Carr bagged his double before the Knights returned serve, with the scoreline at 24-all heading into the final ten minutes.

But two of the Roosters' brightest young forwards stood up when it counted, as Whyte fought hard to score his double before hulking front rower Tuku Hau Tapuha barged his way to the line with five minutes remaining, sealing the result for the Bears. 

The North Sydney Bears will have the bye in Round 2, before taking on the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Round 3 at Accor Stadium before the NRL match between Roosters and Rabbitohs. 

North Sydney Bears 36 (Tom Carr 2, Naufahu Whyte 2, Vuate Karawalevu, Tuku Hau Tapuha tries; Adam Keighran 5, Tom Carr goals) def Newcastle Knights 24

Roosters Dominate Knights in Seven Try Performance

The Sydney Roosters Jersey Flegg side put the Newcastle Knights to the sword in a 36-10 victory, overcoming an early sin-binning in a seven-tries-to-two performance.

It took just four minutes for the locals to stamp their mark in the match, but it wasn't long before the Roosters were on the board through fullback Luke Knight. Despite being down a man soon after, the Tricolours only conceded one more try, taking a narrow 12-10 lead at the break.

The second stanza was one-way traffic though as Red, White and Blue washed over Cessnock Sports Ground, with second rower Jacob Preston getting on the board in the first minute upon resumption.

Four more tries including a brace for Preston saw the Roosters run away with the result, keeping their opponents scoreless in the second half in a dominant 36-10 victory. 

The Sydney Roosters will turn their attention to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles this Sunday afternoon at Leichhardt Oval, kicking off at 1:00pm. 

Sydney Roosters 36 (Jacob Preston 2, Luke Knight, Corey Ross, Moala Graham-Taufa, Jack Mossman, Ronald Volkman tries; Hugo Savala 4 goals) def Newcastle Knights 10