Stats Wrap: Round 23

The Sydney Roosters held off the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in Round 23 to retain the Gotcha4Life Cup with a 26-16 win at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 

The Tricolours back-line were a forced to be reckoned with on Thursday evening, all running for more than 120 metres and piling on five tries, while Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii kicked three goals.

In his first NRL start, Siua Wong was dominant in defence, making a game-high 55 tackles for an efficiency rating of 94.83%.

Point Scorers

• Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 10 Points (one try, three goals)
• Daniel Tupou: 8 Points (two tries)
• Joseph Manu: 4 Points (one try)
• Billy Smith: 4 Points (one try)

Most Run Metres

• Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 194 metres (20 runs)
• James Tedesco: 167 metres (17 runs)
• Daniel Tupou: 157 metres (16 runs)
• Joseph Manu: 155 metres (18 runs)
• Lindsay Collins: 140 metres (16 runs)
• Billy Smith: 137 metres (11 runs)
• Jared Waerea-Hargreaves: 116 metres (13 runs)
• Nat Butcher: 113 metres (15 runs)

Post Contact Metres

• Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 50 metres
• Lindsay Collins: 50 metres
• Nat Butcher: 40 metres
• Daniel Tupou: 38 metres
• James Tedesco: 35 metres
• Joseph Manu: 34 metres
• Jared Waerea-Hargreaves: 34 metres

Top Tacklers

• Siua Wong: 55 tackles
• Lindsay Collins: 39 tackles
• Jared Waerea-Hargreaves: 32 tackles
• Nat Butcher: 31 tackles
• Victor Radley: 28 tackles
• Brandon Smith: 26 tackles

Most Tackle Breaks

• Joseph Manu: 10
• James Tedesco: 6
• Daniel Tupou: 3
• Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 3
• Siua Wong: 2
• Drew Hutchison: 2

Offloads

• Billy Smith: 3
• Joseph Manu: 3
• Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 2
• James Tedesco: 1
• Nat Butcher: 1
• Drew Hutchison: 1
• Terrell May: 1

Linebreaks

• Daniel Tupou: 2
• James Tedesco: 1
• Billy Smith: 1
• Joseph Manu: 1
• Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii: 1

Try Assists

• James Tedesco: 1
• Billy Smith: 1
• Luke Keary: 1

Overall Match Statistics