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Message: [QUOTE="Broncoman, post: 2704468, member: 7803"] [B]2013 Qualifying Final, Sydney Roosters V Manly Sea Eagles, September 14th 2013, Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney [/B]After the drama of the Sharks V Cowboys the Roosters and Manly meet in the 2nd round of the double header. After a titanic 80 minute battle the Roosters prevailed by 4-0 in the lowest scoring finals game since St George beat Illawarra 4-0 in a week 3 finals match in 1992. [B]What was going on before the game? [/B] After 2 disappointing seasons after making the Grand Final which the Roosters finished 11th and 13th respectively, the Roosters under Trent Robinson transformed into an awesomely efficient side and in 2013 claimed the minor premiership for the first time since 2004 and recorded the best attack and defense of any team. Manly under Geoff Toovey continued the club's run of finals appearances going back to 2005 with another strong season which they finished 4th. [B]1st half[/B] Strong running, collisions and tackles dominated the first 10 minutes as it was obvious this game was going to be a battle. The Roosters thanks to Maloney opened the scoring in the 10th minute as Maloney put through a grubber into the Manly in goal, the ball was dived on by RTS and after being reviewed by the video ref the try was awarded and RTS got a well earned try which was fitting as he drove Taufua into touch which gave the Roosters the chance to score. Maloney's kick hit the post and the score remained 4-0. Manly began to fightht back and DCE bombed a try after Jamie Lyon drew the Roosters defence superbly and sent Williams away but DCE took his eyes of the ball at the last moment. Lyon continued to give the Roosters trouble but scrambling defense was always meet when Manly got into the quarter. Manly had a great chance to level as a grubber by Foran was almost grounded by Horo but he failed to and Pearce was there to save the day. There was no change to the score and the RTS remained the difference. [B]2nd half[/B] The brutality of the game didn't wane after the break and both sides continued ripping into each other and strived for the crucial score, Both sides forced line drop outs in the first few minutes but to no avail. The game continued at a fast pace but desperate defense continued to deny points and some sloppy mistakes started to come into play. The game began to get sloppy as mistakes were becoming the norm and denied points after defense was the dominant factor early. Manly mounted pressure in the last 20 minutes but the Roosters awesome defense just couldn't be broken and they held on for a gripping 4-0 victory sending them through to week 3 of the finals. [B] Match summary: [/B]A finals game for the purists. Hard hitting, tight, low scoring and hard fought from start to finish. Was captivating to watch, you don't need a glut load of points to have a great game and this game showed it as it was the best match of week 1 of the finals that year. It died of a bit after halftime though as the Roosters went off in attack and didn't really look like conjuring much after the break after looking good in the first half but dug deep and defense won the day for them. [B]Sydney Roosters 4; [/B]Try by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck [B]Manly Sea Eagles 0[/B] [B]Notes [/B] - The Roosters held a team scoreless for the 6th time in a season in this game, previous teams held to nil by the Roosters that year were the Broncos, Eels, Bulldogs, Dragons and Sharks - It was a bruising game as players went down with injuries but got themselves back into it - LOL Martin Kennedy was such a joke player I've got no idea why anybody was so excited by him coming here and why anyone rated him at all. He is the Richard Villasanti of today - The Roosters defensive effort was very good but not as good as I remembered it. It was a great effort as Manly had close to 40 tackles inside their 20 but the Roosters were helped by some poor options Manly made in the second half (passes to nobody etc) but definitely good though but not even close to our effort against the Storm this year or the Blues in Origin 1 last year. [B]Peta Hiku won the MOM award, should he have won it? [/B] Hiku won the MOM award after filling in for B.Stewart at fullback. Whilst he did play very well and showed experience beyond his years I personally feel it should've gone to James Maloney. Maloney kicked very well all night, provided the only score of the game and defended solidly after copping a hit early on. Considering how low scoring the game was that should've been enough to get him the award. If you absolutely had to pick a Sea Eagle I would've given the award to Jamie Lyon who was outstanding in both attack and defense all night and was easily Manly's best player. [B]Sydney Roosters [/B] 1: Anthony Minichiello (Captain) 2: Daniel Tupou 3: Michael Jennings 4: Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5: Roger Tuivasa-Shek 6: James Maloney 7: Mitchell Pearce 10: Sam Moa 9: Jake Friend 18: Luke O'Donnell 12: Sonny Bill Williams 15: Aiden Guerra 13: Frank Paul-Nu'uausala 11: Mitch Aubusson 14: Daniel Mortimer 17: Dylan Napa 18: Martin Kennedy Coach: Trent Robinson [B]Manly Sea Eagles [/B]19: Peta Hiku 2: Jorge Taufua 3: Jamie Lyon (Captain) 4: Steve Matai 5: David Williams 6: Kieran Foran 7: Daly Cherry-Evans 8: Brenton Lawrence 9: Matt Ballin 10: Brent Kite 11: Anthony Watmough 12: Justin Horo 13: Glenn Stewart 14: Richie Fa'aosa 15: Tom Symonds 17: George Rose 20: Jamie Buhrer Coach: Geoff Toovey [/QUOTE]

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