The NRL Round 5 Match Thread

Dogs activate 18th man Toby Sextant, because Taaffe ruled out HIA from foul play.

1 minute ago, Futtocks said:

Both teams have activated their 18th man - is this a first?

Both teams also have a player returning from extended drug ban

Now Josh Curran goes HIA after a head clash with the Cheese in a tackle.

40th min: Sam Hughes scores his first NRL try

Burton goal

HT:   Dogs 26  Chooks  0

46min: Egan Butcher try off a Keary linebreak from 20m out

Sualii goal

Chooks 6 - 26

Sam Hughes on report for making a hard tackle.

... and Suaalii off for HIA

50min: Naufahu Whyte try

Keary goal

Roosters 12 - 26

Kayo Sports falling behind again. Must be the rain stopping all those internet waves or something

Egan Butcher again? Ref sent it to bunker as No Try for some reason.  TRY!!!!

Keary missed the goal

Chooks  16 - 26

Only 10 points in it now! Mad game.

58min: Manu try? I thought there was a second movement but bunker doesn't think so

Another Keary miss

Chooks 20 - 26

60min: Harrison Edwards possible neck injury waiting for stretcher

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Both teams have activated their 18th man - is this a first?

Might be a first game with a Crichton v Crichton where they're not brothers.

65min: Doggies finally remembered how to score as Burton crosses.

Burton missed the goal

2 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

Might be a first game with a Crichton v Crichton where they're not brothers.

Actually, no. That was 2019

I'm no trainer or physio but I can't understand how that tape on Kikau could solve anything.

Victor Radley gets 10 in the bin for hip-drop-adjacent tackle.

Radley binned.

Wow. Roosters playing with 11 for the rest of the game but remarkably they score again and are still within striking distance with 5 to play.

Six points in it!

Tupou try + Suaalii goal  =  Chooks 26 - 30 with 3 minutes left

FT:   Canterbury  30  Roosters  26

I'll save the Knights game to watch later.

2 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

I'll save the Knights game to watch later.

It will have to be quite something to top what we just watched.

Zac Lomax just produced a beauty of a pass to send Hunt over for the Dragons' second try.

Absolutely chucking it down.

They just cut to a shot of a fan with a snorkel!

The Knights are pushing ahead as the Dragons make error after error in the wet.

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