NRL finals live updates: Freak injury hits Sharks as Roosters surge ahead

The Sharks are being made to pay for bottling multiple chances.

The Roosters went up into attacking territory and went from the left side of the post and spread the ball wide.

A looping pass from Daly Cherry-Evans found an unmarked Mark Nawaqanitawase on the wing who went in and scored untouched.

Oh, a massive moment!

Braydon Trindall was over the line but Billy Smith dislodged the ball in the tackle.

Trindall has his hands on his head and hits his leg in frustration.

“He can’t believe it,” Phil Gould said on Nine.

Teig Wilton has gone over the line but is it a double movement?

Now first it’s been checked whether Daly Cherry-Evans tripped Wilton.

The Bunker rules he did trip him and Cherry-Evans will be on report.

Now for the try.

Wilton has been ruled to have promoted the ball while James Tedesco was in contact with him tackling. So it’s a no try and double movement. But it’s also a penalty for the trip.

The Roosters can really move the ball, can’t they?

A sequence of passes ended up with Mark Nawaqanitawase being pushed out but he flicked it back into play just in time.

Then the ball went back to the middle of the field before Connor Watson stepped around the defence and went over.

“There aren’t many teams in the competition that score tries like that,” Phil Gould said on Nine.

Roosters lead 24-10.

Worth noting too, Rob Toia went down with what looked like a rib injury earlier but is playing on.

News Corp is reporting that Sharks were protesting towards NRL officials about the advertising signs and how Mawene Hiroti had slammed into them.

Nothing can be done about that though, they’re at a safe distance. It was just a case of bad luck.

The incident has seemingly ruled him out of the match.

The Sharks kick off to the Roosters to get us started.

A reminder that Nicho Hynes is gone with an HIA.

Mawene Hiroti is also out with a knee injury after smacking into the advertising signs in the first half.

The Roosters lead 18-10 at the break.

“I think Craig Fitzgibbon will be pleased with that effort, given what they’ve gone through,” Cameron Smith said on Nine.

Roosters hooker Reece Robson said his side are doing more defence than they should be.

“We need to stop giving away penalties and six agains,” he told Nine’s Allana Ferguson.

Niwhai Puru has come up with a shocker.

On the second tackle, 20 metres in their own territory, Puru just had a simple pickup from dummy half but fumbled it in a sign of fatigue.

“In the context of this game, that could be a monumental error,” Phil Gould said on Nine.

“A little bit of fatigue, lack of concentration.”