Roosters lay claim as premiership contenders
Article by: Steven Williams
01/09/02

The Sydney Roosters have sent notice to other premiership contenders after an emphatic victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons by 26-10 at Aussie Stadium (SFS) today.

After a tight first 20 minutes, the Roosters laid on 18 points to hold a commanding 20-0 lead at half time.

With the score at just 14-0 and with Saints attacking, Roosters' flyer Anthony Minichiello picked a loose ball to run 100m to score the game breaker on the stroke of half time.

Saints won the second half scoring 10 points to six but it was never going to be enough.

Dragons' winger Lee Hookey finally scored for the visitors in the 60th minute. But by then the Dragons seemed bereft of ideas as their second man plays were being consistently picked off by an exceptional Roosters' defence.

Craig Fitzgibbons, backing up all day and kicking five goals from five attempts was stand out for the home side.

Shaun Timmins was easily the best player for the Dragons.

With today's win and coming off a 44-0 victory over the Warriors, the Roosters look to be timing a near perfect run to the semi-finals.

3:00PM, Sunday 1 September 2002
Aussie Stadium (SFS)
Referee: W Harrigan
Crowd: 15,629

Sydney Roosters 26 (Tries: Minichiello 2, Fitzgibbons, Flannery. Goals: Fitzgibbons 5/5)
defeated
St George Dragons 10 (Tries: Hookey, Bailey. Goals: Riddell 1/2)

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