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The Sydney Roosters claimed their fifth-straight win on Saturday night, defeating the South Sydney Rabbitohs 26-12 in a fiercely-fought contest at Accor Stadium.

Sam Walker controlled Friday's proceedings, setting up Easts' first point-scoring play with a precise kick before adding the nail into South Sydney's coffin with a chip-and-chase try in the dying minutes. 

Young prop Terrell May executed a number blistering runs in his 51 minute stint, recording 177 metres with ball in-hand - 80 of those coming after initial contact.

While gritty defence from Brandon Smith and Victor Radley turned the Rabbitohs away on an number of occasions; with the hooker and lock combo making a combined total of 79 tackles. 

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Round 27 Match Highlights: Roosters vs Rabbitohs

Point Scorers

  • Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 6 points (three goals)
  • James Tedesco: 4 points (one try)
  • Fetalaiga Pauga: 4 points (one try)
  • Corey Allan: 4 points (one try)
  • Sam Walker: 4 points (one try)

Most Run Metres

  • Fetalaiga Pauga: 225 metres (22 runs)
  • James Tedesco: 201 metres (19 runs)
  • Terrell May: 177 metres (16 runs)
  • Victor Radley: 130 metres (12 runs)
  • Egan Butcher: 130 metres (10 runs)
  • Lindsay Collins: 127 metres (13 runs)
  • Billy Smith: 113 metres (11 runs)

Post Contact Metres

  • Terrell May: 80 metres
  • James Tedesco: 59 metres
  • Fetalaiga Pauga: 58 metres
  • Victor Radley: 56 metres
  • Lindsay Collins: 46 metres
  • Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 42 metres

Top Tacklers

  • Victor Radley: 40 tackles
  • Brandon Smith: 39 tackles
  • Lindsay Collins: 32 tackles
  • Terrell May: 32 tackles
  • Siua Wong: 31 tackles
  • Nat Butcher: 27 tackles

Most Tackle Breaks

  • James Tedesco: 6
  • Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 4
  • Fetalaiga Pauga: 4
  • Billy Smith: 3
  • Brandon Smith: 3
  • Egan Butcher: 3

Offloads

  • Angus Crichton: 2
  • Siua Wong: 2
  • Fletcher Baker: 1
  • Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 1
  • Luke Keary: 1
  • James Tedesco: 1

Line Breaks 

  • Billy Smith: 2
  • Fetalaiga Pauga: 2
  • Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 1
  • Egan Butcher: 1

Try Assists

  • James Tedesco: 1
  • Fetalaiga Pauga: 1
  • Sam Walker: 1

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Robinson & Tedesco: Round 27 Press Conference

Overall Match Statistics

Statistics Roosters Rabbitohs
Possession 49% 51%
Completion Rate 79% (31/39) 79% (34/43)
All Run Metres 1,726 1,650
Post Contact Metres 576 587
Line Breaks 6 3
Tackle Breaks 33 35
Average Set Distance 44.26 38.38
Offloads 8 4
Total Passes 218 235
Kick Metres 719 608
Forced Drop Outs 1 3
Tackles Made 340 336