The Roosters are 70 minutes away from going through the regular season unbeaten for the second successive year.<\/p>\n
With wins in 28 of their past 29 matches, the Roosters have become the benchmark by which all sides are measured – but a loss in last year’s grand final still haunts them.<\/p>\n
John Strange’s team kicks off Round 11 with one eye on going 11-0, but also a clear focus on what’s to come in the finals and a shot at redemption on October 4.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs enter the round in ninth position and will need a huge lift in intensity if they are to spring an upset in Brayden Wiliame’s last game as coach.<\/p>\n
Follow all the action from Round 11 of the NRLW Telstra Premiership on NRL.com’s live blog.<\/p>\n
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Roosters v Bulldogs at Allianz Stadium<\/p>\n
56th min: The Roosters go back-to-back with they have a 13 on 12 advantage, with Taina Naividi going over on the far left. Kelleher can’t convert from the far sideline, so the score stays 20-12.\u00a0<\/p>\n
53rd min: The Roosters get the lead back with Millie Elliott finishing off the good work of her captain Isabelle Kelly who runs back in against the grain, busts through some tackles and offloads to to her prop who hurdles over defenders to score next to the posts. Kelleher slots the conversion for a 16-12 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
48th min:\u00a0Bulldogs back Monica Tagoai goes in report and is sent to the sin bin for a hip drop tackle on Tarryn Aiken.\u00a0<\/p>\n
36th min: Injury update –\u00a0 Bulldogs fullback Shanthie Lui is also off for a HIA, the rookie is on her NRLW debut. Update – Lui is good to continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
35th min: Injury update – Roosters fullback Corban Baxter has failed her HIA and is ruled out for the rest of the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Half-time:\u00a0The ladder-leading Roosters go into the sheds trailing for only the third time in the season, with the Bulldogs having a well-deserved 12-10 lead. The Bulldogs have had 56 percent of the possession, completing at 81 percent (13\/15), while the Roosters are at 73 percent (11\/15). Too many errors from both sides, but the Roosters have made four compared to three from the Bulldogs, with both sides conceded four penalties apiece.\u00a0<\/p>\n
35th min: Injury alert – Corban Baxter is coming off early for a HIA<\/p>\n
32nd min: An impressive try for the Bulldogs with Andie Robinson bringing down a great kick from Preston, beating out defenders like Jess Sergis to draw the scores level just before the break. Preston kicks the conversion to put the Bulldogs in front 12-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Andie Robinson Try<\/p>\n
25th min: Success for the Bulldogs down their left after nearly scoring thee earlier, with Monica Tagoai getting over the line. The visitors had put together a strong passage of play in the lead up, forcing a drop out and they capitalised. Preston kicks the conversion and the scores are narrowed to 10-6.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Monica Tagoai Try<\/p>\n
18th min: After being denied only moments early with an error, Jess Sergis goes over for another try for the Roosters, racing away from 30 metres out, coming on to a pass from fullback Corban Baxter. She extends her lead on the top of the leading try scorers tally, taking it to 15. Kelleher can’t convert so it stays 10-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
12th min: Instead, it’s the Roosters to get on the board first, with Otesa Pule, running onto a pass close to the line after Tarryn Aiken helped create the chance with a bust through the defence. Jocelyn Kelleher slots the kick for a 6-0 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Otesa Pule Try<\/p>\n
8th min: Simina Lokotui almost gets the first try of the game for the Bulldogs, but Jess Sergis has done just enough to push her across to the sideline, with her foot hitting the line and her getting the ball down simultaneously. Still 0-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
4th min: A promising start for the Bulldogs who had completed their first set without error and made a break towards the line through co-captain Tayla Preston, but Olivia Kernick was there to shutdown the danger, grabbing her by the collar and taking her into touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kick-off: The Roosters kick off to start the final round of the NRLW season. with the Bulldogs getting first use of the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Milestone alert – Isabelle Kelly leads the Roosters out for her 50th games as captain<\/p>\n
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Roosters v Bulldogs: Round 11<\/p>\n
Late Mail<\/p>\n
Roosters: The Roosters are 1-17 with no late changes. Amber Hall come on to the bench for Taneisha Gray, who reverts to 18th player in the only change to the side that beat the Cowboys last week. Centre Jess Sergis has scored 14 tries in 10 appearances this season.<\/p>\n
Bulldogs: The Bulldogs line up 1-17 with no late changes. Shanthie Lui comes in at fullback for her NRLW debut, with Andie Robinson to fill in for Ash Quinlan at five-eighth. Elizabeth McGregor comes on to the wing, moving Bridget Hoy to 18th player role. Winger Simina Lokotui has scored nine tries in her last six games.<\/p>\n
Numbers Game<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs have conceded 178 points in four consecutive losses
\nRoosters centre Jess Sergis has scored 14 tries in 10 appearances this season
\nBulldogs winger Simina Lokotui has scored nine tries in her last six games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Roosters are 70 minutes away from going through the regular season unbeaten for the second successive year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-886820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}