S A I N T S O N T V

MATCH PICS: Round 19
Friday 16 July 2004:
Sydney Roosters
v SAINTS
Venue: Aussie Stadium, Crowd: 27,183
Kickoff: 7:30pm Referee: Paul Simpkins
Scorers:
ROOSTERS 18
Tries: Cusack, Minichiello, Morley
Goals: Fitzgibbon 3/3
defeated
DRAGONS 14
Tries: Blacklock, Carlaw
Goals: Head 3/3

By the clock

11. Flannery
1. Minichiello
3. Cross
4. Walker
19. Lester
6. Fittler (c)
7. Finch
8. Cayless
9. Wing
17. Cusack
18. Morley
12. Fitzgibbon
13. Ricketson
Res:
2. Byrne
14. Robinson
15. Webb
16. Catic

1. Clint Greenshields
2. Nathan Blacklock
3. John Carlaw
4. Matt Cooper
5. Reece Simmonds
6. Ben Hornby
7. Mathew Head
8. Brent Kite
9. Lincoln Withers
10. Jason Ryles
11. Dean Young
12. Ben Creagh
13. Shaun Timmins (c)
Res:
14. Michael Henderson
15. Bryan Norrie
17. Tony Jensen
18. Aaron Wheatly

NRL Ladder 2004
Round 19

Easts	30
Bulldogs	30
Broncos	28
Panthers	24
Storm	22
St George	20
Raiders	20
Sharks	20

Cowboys	19
Knights	18
Tigers	18
Parramatta	16
Souths	15
Manly	14
Warriors	14

Saints 2004 stats round 19:

Won 9

Lost 9

Draws 0

Byes 1

Points:

For: 466

Against: 287

Position: 6th







Shaun Timmins	Reece Simmonds
Simmonds kicks ahead.	Nathan Blacklock re-gathers on the fly.
Blacklock scores the opening try in his match in 8 weeks.	Matt Cooper congratulates Tingha.
	John Carlaw is tackled in mid-air, earning Saints a penalty and Ryan Cross 10 minutes in the sin bin. Carlaw scores moments later.

Carlaw is congratulated by Ben Hornby.	Mathew Head lines up the conversion.

Jason Ryles	Coach Nathan Brown
In the sheds at half time.	Saints set up a backline movement.
Lincoln Withers.	Aaron Wheatley
Roosters forward Adrian Morley's hit on Wheatley.	Wheatley is down for the count and Morley is placed on report.
Reece Simmonds	Jason Ryles offloads in traffic.
	As the match wore on, Roosters contined to employ a tactic of slowing down the play-the-ball, but were rarely penalised.

Clint Greenshields (#1) was sin binned after Lester (#19) was pushed into touch after being tackled.	The reply shows that John Carlaw was the culprit.
Greenshields in the bin.	Tony Jensen after tackling Roosters back Anthony Minichiello into touch. Despite being down to 12 men, Saints looked to being getting on top. But gaps appeared soon after and the Roosters scored the next two tries.
Shaun Timmins on the sideline. He was later told he had a fractured cheekbone and will be out for 4-6 weeks.	Brent Kite
	In the dying minutes, Saints came within a whisker of winning following a high cross-field kick. Unfortunately, the chasers were unable to take it cleanly.
Ben Hornby	Full time in the sheds and the players are distraught. This is one that got away.