{"id":904816,"date":"2026-09-25T09:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904816\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:38:12","slug":"nrl-preliminary-finals-live-scores-dolphins-vs-sydney-roosters-results-video-highlights-latest-news-cameron-munster-brad-fittler-shout-the-bar-bet-sam-walker-returns-from-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/904816\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL preliminary finals LIVE scores, Dolphins vs Sydney Roosters results, video highlights, latest news: Cameron Munster, Brad Fittler shout the bar bet; Sam Walker returns from ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dolphins captain Isaiya Katoa knows the battle will be won in the middle of the field tonight and is backing his forward pack to rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more excitement than nervousness in the air,\u201d he told Nine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how important their forward pack is and how much it makes a difference when your forward pack is on the front-foot and ours is no different. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to start fast and physical &#8211; they know they\u2019ve got a massive challenge, but they\u2019re really excited for the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tom Flegler and Tom Gilbert start up front, Max Plath and Kulikefu Finefeuiaki on the edge and Morgan Knowles locks the scrum.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts boast a strong bench, with impact players like Kurt Donoghoe and Connelly Lemuelu at the disposal of coach Kristian Woolf.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4c2b068c14168675feb6dddff3e84748827b00ce.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Dolphins prop Tom Flegler.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolphins captain Isaiya Katoa knows the battle will be won in the middle of the field tonight and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-904816","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\/904816","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=904816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}