The Sydney Roosters recorded a dominant 34-12 victory over the Parramatta Eels at CommBank Stadium on Friday night to claim the prestigious Jack Gibson Cup.
James Tedesco and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii both crossed the stripe twice to help the Tricolours' points tally, while Luke Keary produced a hat-trick of try assists to his team well and truly on the front foot.
Bone rattling tackles from Victor Radley, Lindsay Collins and Brandon Smith kept the Eels to just two converted tries in an impressive outing by the entire forward pack, who stepped up to bring the intensity in the absence of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.
Round 25 Match Highlights: Roosters vs Eels
Point Scorers
- Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 18 Points (two tries, five goals)
- James Tedesco: 8 Points (two tries)
- Siua Wong: 4 Points (one try)
- Nat Butcher: 4 Points (one try)
Most Run Metres
- Daniel Tupou: 233 metres (17 runs)
- James Tedesco: 176 metres (14 runs)
- Lindsay Collins: 164 metres (16 runs)
- Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 160 metres (17 runs)
- Joseph Manu: 158 metres (18 runs)
- Nat Butcher: 131 metres (13 runs)
- Drew Hutchison: 127 metres (16 runs)
- Terrell May: 127 metres (12 runs)
- Victor Radley: 118 metres (14 runs)
- Billy Smith: 108 metres (8 runs)
Post Contact Metres
- Daniel Tupou: 82 metres
- Lindsay Collins: 56 metres
- Terrell May: 51 metres
- Billy Smith: 45 metres
- Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 38 metres
- Nat Butcher: 38 metres
- James Tedesco: 37 metres
- Joseph Manu: 36 metres
- Victor Radley: 36 metres
- Fletcher Baker: 33 metres
Top Tacklers
- Victor Radley: 39 tackles
- Brandon Smith: 37 tackles
- Nat Butcher: 36 tackles
- Lindsay Collins: 34 tackles
- Drew Hutchsion: 33 tackles
- Siua Wong: 26 tackles
Most Tackle Breaks
- James Tedesco: 10
- Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 6
- Joseph Manu: 6
- Terrell May: 5
- Nat Butcher: 4
Offloads
- Joseph Manu: 3
- Terrell May: 3
- James Tedesco: 1
- Brandon Smith: 1
- Lindsay Collins: 1
- Siua Wong: 1
- Victor Radley: 1
- Fletcher Baker: 1
- Angus Crichton: 1
Line Breaks
- Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 3
- James Tedesco: 2
- Daniel Tupou: 2
- Nat Butcher: 2
- Siua Wong: 1
Try Assists
- Luke Keary: 3
- James Tedesco: 1
- Joseph Manu: 1
- Sandon Smith: 1
Robinson & Keary: Round 25 Press Conference
Overall Match Statistics
| Statistics | Roosters | Eels |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 52% | 48% |
| Completion Rate | 75% (30/40) | 70% (29/41) |
| All Run Metres | 1,941 | 1,708 |
| Post Contact Metres | 576 | 534 |
| Line Breaks | 10 | 4 |
| Tackle Breaks | 52 | 24 |
| Average Set Distance | 48.53 | 41.66 |
| Offloads | 13 | 21 |
| Total Passes | 248 | 236 |
| Kick Metres | 553 | 415 |
| Forced Drop Outs | 1 | 0 |
| Tackles Made | 335 | 327 |
