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Dragons hold on to stun Roosters in NRL (Narooma News)

A battered and bruised St George Illawarra have pulled off an Anzac Day boilover, with a courageous Ben...

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Dragons survive second half comeback to beat Roosters in thriller (NRL.COM)

St George Illawarra have survived a second half comeback to beat the Roosters 14-12 in the 20th ANZAC day clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

We weren’t going to go around them - they were covering that - we needed to go through them, and we just didn’t. We just couldn’t execute it. We were sending out messages to go through them, we identified a couple of spots on both sides that we wanted to attack and we did it sometimes, but we just didn’t do it enough": Roosters coach Trent Robinson. The 40/20 was the play-of-the-day but you only get a kick like that if you are still in the game and we had that resilience about us today. Everyone will remember the second half but in the first half we had to defend our line for ages and ages. “We had every reason to lose that game in the last 20 minutes but they refused to lose. I didn’t feel like we were overwhelmed, we just couldn’t execute opportunities we had in the first half or second half to peg back the points.

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Dragons lose two with signficant injuries against Roosters (Zero Tackle)

The St George Illawarra Dragons have found themselves reduced to 15 players early during the second half of their traditional ANZAC Day clash with the ...

Moses Suli was also seen limping on the left edge, however, was still on the field at the time of publication with the club saying it was a cork, and that they were hopeful he would remain on the field. Just minutes later, the Dragons found themselves losing another player with Jaydn Su'a bent awkwardly in a tackle on the right edge with 35 minutes remaining in the contest. The utility, who is playing in the halves for the Red V, was left on the ground after a collision with Joseph Suaalii during the first half.

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Form line out the window as Red V rallies to beat Roosters (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Anzac Day provides a rare vantage point in a rugby league season. A realisation, if only for a moment, that it isn't the centre of the known universe.

Roosters winger Daniel Tupou produced a textbook coat-hanger on Dragons rival Mikaele Ravalawa late in the game. The first came in the 62nd when he knocked down a pass as the Roosters went wide. Coach Trent Robinson has built his dynasty on the foundation of defence and St George Illawarra’s two tries would have concerned him. As for the Roosters, they’ve got some issues. Before it hit the ground, Lomax dived, arms stretched out, and recovered the ball. It was certainly their best moment under coach Anthony Griffin, who is now breathing decidedly easier after consecutive wins over the Knights and Roosters.

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