A brave performance by the Sydney Roosters wasn't enough to overcome the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park on Friday evening.
Lindsay Collins, Terrell May, James Tedesco and Victor Radley led by example, all stepping up at crucial moments in the match to give the Tricolours a boost.
May and Radley were among the highest performers statistically, making a combined total of 83 tackles and each tallying over 130 run metres.
Semi Final Match Highlights: Roosters vs Storm
Point Scorers
- Sam Walker: 5 points (two goals, one field goal)
- Brandon Smith: 4 points (one try)
- Lindsay Collins 4 points (one try)
Most Run Metres
- James Tedesco: 234 metres (24 runs)
- Victor Radley: 199 metres (22 runs)
- Terrell May: 131 metres (18 runs)
- Fetalaiga Pauga: 131 metres (15 runs)
- Lindsay Collins: 122 metres (14 runs)
- Jaxson Paulo: 121 metres (15 runs)
- Luke Keary: 114 metres (15 runs)
Post Contact Metres
- Victor Radley: 56 metres
- James Tedesco: 49 metres
- Nat Butcher: 48 metres
- Jaxson Paulo: 40 metres
- Terrell May: 39 metres
- Lindsay Collins: 37 metres
Top Tacklers
- Terrell May: 45 tackles (0 missed)
- Nat Butcher: 43 tackles
- Victor Radley: 38 tackles
- Lindsay Collins: 32 tackles
- Brandon Smith: 29 tackles
- Siua Wong: 28 tackles
Most Tackle Breaks
- Corey Allan: 9
- James Tedesco: 6
- Terrell May: 6
- Fetalaiga Pauga: 5
- Paul Momirovski: 3
- Brandon Smith: 3
Offloads
- Terrell May: 4
- Nat Butcher: 3
- James Tedesco: 3
- Fletcher Baker: 2
- Paul Momirovski: 2
- Fetalaiga Pauga: 1
- Corey Allan: 1
Line Breaks
- Fetalaiga Pauga: 1
- Corey Allan: 1
- Brandon Smith: 1
- Lindsay Collins: 1
- Sandon Smith: 1
Try Assists
- Sandon Smith: 1
Robinson & Tedesco: Semi Final Press Conference
Overall Match Statistics
| Statistics | Roosters | Storm |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 49% | 51% |
| Completion Rate | 75% (31/41) | 80% (32/40) |
| All Run Metres | 1,591 | 1,593 |
| Post Contact Metres | 420 | 483 |
| Line Breaks | 5 | 3 |
| Tackle Breaks | 43 | 32 |
| Average Set Distance | 38.81 | 39.84 |
| Offloads | 16 | 8 |
| Total Passes | 235 | 223 |
| Kick Metres | 559 | 666 |
| Forced Drop Outs | 1 | 0 |
| Tackles Made | 364 | 321 |
