Penrith are three wins clear at the top of the NRL ladder after coming from behind to beat the Roosters 26-18
Looks like that 10 minutes of defending with 12 men is starting to catch up with the Chooks as they somehow keep scrambling to deny them.
A fine grubber from Nathan Cleary has the home side looking likely again, only a desperate grounding by Walker saves the try.And now we swing back the other way! Penrith come down their left again and isolate Tupouniua - this is when that unfamiliar position gets tough after the hour-mark.A tense few minutes for James Tedesco as Roosters captain too. Had a lengthy exchange with referee Gerard Sutton over wanting to register a captain’s challenge the previous set.
Some five minutes just now for Egan Butcher – who Andrew Johns has given a fair rap in commentary too – he set up Taukeiaho’s try with a nice flat ball and just forced a drop-out with a decent nudge off the boot.If the Roosters can knock off the premiers - and there’s a long way to go yet, it’ll be a well-earned win to say the leastOne for the front-rowers, big bad Siosiua Taukeiaho adds another of those bustling runs to his tally and finishes with a try.
Charges onto a short ball from Egan Butcher after the Chooks enjoy a few repeat sets, suddenly we’ve got a two-point ball-game.Back under way at Penrith and Joey Manu gives the Chooks an early chance with a lovely little dink in behind the line, forces an error out of Edwards. And an ominous David Middleton special courtesy of the Channel Nine crew - Penrith have won their past 49 straight when leading at halftime. 49!
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