The Sydney Roosters have pulled off a miracle beating the Melbourne Storm 25-24 in Adelaide. A sensational game here in Adelaide – a contender for game of the season for sure – the Roosters simply phenomenal in the last few minutes of the game.
The first half started well enough for the Chooks with Mitchell Aubusson scoring a great Roosters try out wide. The Sydney-based outfit were well on top at first but some sloppy passing allowed Josh Addo-Carr to intercept and score a solo try.
Before long the Roosters defence cracked with Brodie Croft and Addo-Carr scoring after some bad defending on the Roosters’ left-hand side. 16-6 Storm at half time and they were well on top.
The second half started as the first half ended, with the Storm on top and hungry. Before long Suliasi Vinivalu had scored a cracker in the corner having the Storm 6-20 up and cruising. Enter the Roosters who, through great willpower, willed themselves back into the match.
First of all it was Latrell Mitchell scoring and converting to make it 12-20. Suddenly the Storm had a break and scored again through Jahrome Hughes. But the Roosters yet again howled their quality scoring through Daniel Topou shortly after and then through Blake Ferguson at the death, making it 24-all at full time.
The match went into golden point and there was only going to be one man to win the game for his side, with Mitchell Pearce stepping up and nailing a beauty in the 85th Minute.
Final score
Sydney Roosters 25
Melbourne Storm 24
Oingo Boingo
Guest
Gotta love a spiteful , biased , and poorly researched comment .
Tim
Guest
Thanks Chris, a Roosters fan with a soft spot for the Titans, James Maloney - but an infinite hate for Manly. The Roosters have up to 1000 games more experience than the Storm's Sat night side . It should have been a carve up. Our defensive lapses this year have been unacceptable given our last few years. With Jennings long gone, the SKD saga finished & Aiden 'Mr Piroquet' Guerra both off to the Knights, hopefully our team can now start playing for 80 minutes.
Benny
Guest
There's no point in talking about top 4 teams from last year. Judge the difficulty of the draw of this year. They will have played Storm twice, Sharks twice, Broncos twice, and Manly twice. As Mushi said, that's all of the top 5 except themselves. Considering that there seems to be a considerable gap between the current top 5 and the rest now that the Cowboys will be Thurston-less, I would say it's far from an easy draw.
Pickett
Guest
Cruel. Bit not too far off the mark.
Pickett
Guest
I agree. Nothing wrong with a draw.
ChristopherGrant
Guest
Absolutely, The storm played very well, and were the better team for 70 mins. But, outside of Chambers, the big 3 weren't injured, they were rested. That was a risk taken by the Storm. The Roosters backed their Origin players to back-up. Subsequently, the Chooks win in extra time. I am not surprised. Don't forget, the Roosters were without Cordner, Tekiarho and Evans. Congrats to both teams, and a fitting end was had, in AFL heartland
Aaron
Guest
Incorrect. They also only play the Raiders once. Roosters and Panthers have the easiest draw in the comp.
The Koomz
Guest
I expected Pearce to dominate since he was fresh from SOO after not showing for the 2nd half. They nearly lost!
Emcie
Roar Guru
is it still an achievement beating a team that has three members of its spine having only played 10 games of NRL between them? A team with close to $4 million sitting on the side line? I don't remember teams getting praised for beating the titans at the start of the year
Mushi
Guest
By the finals the only '16 top 4 team they won't have played twice is NQ and will have played all the current top 5 twice excluding themselves of course.
ChristopherGrant
Guest
Cheer up, Tim Players whom backup aren't performing at 100%, and should be congratulated for even doing so. I have no idea who you follow, or who is your bias, but a win against the ladder leader, away from home your home ground, is an achievement.
Aaron
Guest
Roosters are cruising on the easiest draw you'll see. Good on them for turning around their shocking 2016 though. It's round 16 and the Storm is the only top 4 team from last year they've played, apart from the Raiders. They'll be found out in the finals.
Hard Yards
Roar Rookie
Personally I think the Roosters have looked pretty sharp this year. Still, they should each have walked away with a point. Golden point is for pansies.
Justin Kearney
Guest
Great game and a great crowd. Well done roosters.
Oingo Boingo
Guest
It's not September, me old mucka .
Tim
Guest
It shouldn't have been a miracle win. They should have done it quite comfortably considering Melbourne had 4 rep players out. Sloppy playing will not win football matches in September.