Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Parramatta

[Andrew Walker]

Best 40 minutes of the season and still room to be better Follow that up again we should win Don’t feel entirely comfortable just yet though

[Bahrain Rooster]

Great first half!

[MCMLXVI]

I must get a RW&B iron curtain for my sunroom.

[MCMLXVI]

God Walker is special.

Catchy name.

[roosterchook]

Gotta say it again, love that Walker. Best player in the team week in week out. Best 1st half this season.

[BenCumminsIsACheat]

Drew Hutchison was great at 9.
Strong and crisp passes out of dummy half allowed us to play wide and with speed.
Watson’s passes need to improve

[Jacks Fur Coat]

That's more like the Roosters we know, our best dig all year (obviously).

Should be all over with the Toups no try and no penalty try calls.

JWH a colossus, best stint of a a prop all year that half. Sitili a beast in attack and defence. Suaalii so strong with the PCM. Sam Walker is....well what can you say?

Love to see us playing with the width we are, looking so much crisper.

[Eggspert]

The Real Roosters have turned up. Huge effort to hold them out just before H/T.

[Johnny Brass]

Our best half of the season by a mile , it makes a big difference getting a couple of leg up penalties and a late set 6 again early in the match.
Big Suaalii keeps improving and showing what a special talent he is.
JWH was huge early on and Walker has so much freakish talent and things just happen around him.
Teddy has been awesome and Momo great d on the edge.
We haven't had a bad player and that defence in the last 10 minutes under the pump was inspiring.
Should have challenged the Toups lost ball as it put us under pressure for a sustained period.
Keep it going boys.

[The Lip]

How good has the goal line defence been! That's been missing for too long - so good to see it might be back.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

What is with all these useless camera coverage from the end of the field this magic round? TV is meant to be the BEST seat in the house...not the worst!

It's a shocker eh...completely lose perspective of the game.

[Waylander]

Pretty good half. Still plenty of work to do. The last 20 min will be tough with our rotation reduced.

We will need more minutes from Baker & DSF. I want to see them stand up and own this.

[The Lip]

Drew Hutchison was great at 9.
Strong and crisp passes out of dummy half allowed us to play wide and with speed.
Watson’s passes need to improve

Robbo replaced Hutcho at just the right time though - he was gassed.

[fletch]

Boys looking extremely tired trudging off at halftime need the forward pack to fire up early in the second half otherwise the Eels will get back into this game.

[ism22]

Can somebody tell Isuzu what that song's about BTW? I figured they were just gonna use it for a year or 2 but they're sticking with it long-term by the looks of it.