Sydney beat Manly 40-16 in a semi-final to set up a clash with Melbourne as their captain finishes with two tries at Allianz Stadium
Sydney Roosters have thumped Manly Sea Eagles 40-16 in their NRL semi-final at Allianz Stadium as captain James Tedesco ran in two tries.Sydney Roosters have thumped Manly Sea Eagles 40-16 in their NRL semi-final at Allianz Stadium as captain James Tedesco ran in two tries.through the finals, knocking Manly out with a 40-16 win at Allianz Stadium. In a brutal Saturday night showing, the Roosters battered and bruised the Sea Eagles to set up a preliminary final against Melbourne at AAMI Park.
But Tedesco showed on Saturday night he can still lift the Tricolours to being a premiership threat, in their best showing of the past month ahead of next Friday’s preliminary final. The No 1 had his fingerprints all over the Roosters’ win, finishing with two tries, two assists and 181 metres. Tedesco then scored his second shortly after, stepping and charging his way to the line after a Joey Manu offload. Manu also had a good night providing strike on the left, busting five tackles and passing for Dom Young to score late after a Keary kick.
For Manly, they were always going to need things to go their way to beat the highly-fancied Roosters. But after the back-to-back blows early and the absence of Koula at centre, it was always going to be tough.Olakau’atu landed several bone-rattling hits on Lindsay Collins, but the Sea Eagles’ defence was otherwise picked apart too easily.
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