Full Time
80:00
5:30pm Sat August 18, 2018
Round 23 - Leichhardt Oval, Lilyfield / Wanngal - Crowd: 18387
79min

Tigers throwing the ball around with 30 seconds left and Benji knocks on right on fulltime.

79min

Conversion: Wests Tigers
Attempted by Esan Marsters.

Marsters sideline conversion is waved away

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 10 - 20 Dragons
79min

Try: Wests Tigers
Scored by Kevin Naiqama. Kick to come.

Mbye with a stunning long cut-out ball to Naiqama, who scores in the corner

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 10 - 20 Dragons
78min

PENALTY TIGERS - Dragons off their line too quickly.

78min

SCRUM TIGERS - Naiqama runs down the left wing, kicks back in-field and the ball goes into touch off a Dragons players legs.

76min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Timoteo Lafai.

Lafai from almost in front, adds the extras.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 6 - 20 Dragons
75min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Tyson Frizell. Kick to come.

Frizell takes the crash ball running on an angled run back towards the posts and he slams it down.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 6 - 18 Dragons
73min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Dragons defence hemmed the Tigers inside their 20m area, they went wide on the fourth and Chee Kam went searching to get an offload away but lost the ball.

71min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Tigers defence offside.Dragons with a gift stroll up towards halfway.

69min

Tigers run it on the last and Garner is tackled just inside the Dragons final 10m

67min

Second tackle and Leilua drops the ball. Benji cleans up.

66min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Tigers with a second effort in the tackle.Dragons start 8m inside the Tigers half.

65min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Timoteo Lafai.

Lafai from the left of the posts, makes no mistake.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 6 - 14 Dragons
65min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Luciano Leilua. Kick to come.

From the scrum, the ball goes to Leilua who swats away a defender and then strolls over for a good try.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 6 - 12 Dragons
65min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Farah cleans up a loose ball but is found to have made a very small knock on, 10m from his own line.

64min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Sims with a big hit sees the Tigers lose the ball.

60min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Tigers give away a penalty late in the set on halfway

59min

Penalty Goal: Dragons
Kicked by Timoteo Lafai.

Lafai kicks the penalty goal.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 6 - 8 Dragons
58min

PENALTY DRAGONS - They choose to slowly take the 2.

57min

SCRUM DRAGONS - They'll be starting 10m shy of halfway

56min

Marsters makes a half break and offloads to Eisenhuth, who can't hold the ball.

54min

Penalty Goal: Wests Tigers
Kicked by Esan Marsters.

Marsters kicks a penalty goal.

Tied up at Wests Tigers 6 - 6 Dragons
54min

Ben Hunt gives away a penalty and is sent to the bin.

53min

PENALTY TIGERS - Sims puts a good hit on Brooks and then falls on him, leading with his forearm across Brooks' head. Tigers find touch 30m from the Dragons line.

51min

Both sides matching the other through the middle and not willing to get too expanisve with play.

46min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Fonua hit hard in a tackle while receiving a poor pass and he loses the ball.

45min

SCRUM DRAGONS - A poor pass by Marshall sees a low pass bounce to Marsters, who knocks on.

43min

PENALTY TIGERS - Dragons on the fourth tackle from the restart are given a piggyback into the Dragons half.

42min

Conversion: Wests Tigers
Attempted by Esan Marsters.

Marsters fails to convert

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 4 - 6 Dragons
41min

Try: Wests Tigers
Scored by Chris Lawrence. Kick to come.

Brooks drifts to the left and hits Lawrence running a sweet straight line at pace and he runs straight past Hunt to score.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 4 - 6 Dragons
40min

Tigers with the restart and Ben Hunt drops the ball, a-la the 2015 Grand Final.

39min

Dragons run on the last tackle again and for the second time tonight, their last pass goes forward. And that'll be halftime.

38min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Brooks runs straight and throws a cut out pass which misses everyone and goes over the sideline.

37min

Dragons make a meal of the play-the-ball on the Tigers line and the Tigers dive on the loose ball.

36min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Dragons rolling upfield well and the Tigers are pinged for a hand in the play-the-ball.

33min

Penalty Goal: Dragons
Attempted by Timoteo Lafai.

Dragons opt against the quick tap and choose to try and extend the lead. The shot hits the post and the Tigers regather.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 0 - 6 Dragons
32min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Tigers offside while defending their own line.

30min

PENALTY DRAGONS - First tackle after finding touch and the Tigers are holding down too long.

29min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Fonua illegally strips the ball. Dragons will start their set 15m from halfway.

28min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Timoteo Lafai.

Lafai nails the conversion from the sideline.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 0 - 6 Dragons
28min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Jordan Pereira. Kick to come.

Leilua with a bullocking run, breaks the line then passes to Mann, who makes a lovely draw and pass to send Pereira over in the left corner.

Dragons lead Wests Tigers 0 - 4 Dragons
27min

Farah with a little grubber finds space behind the Dragons line but it just rolls dead again.

25min

PENALTY TIGERS - Dragons getting a warning now after giving away 6 straight penalties

24min

Lawrence charges onto a nice ball from Benji close to0 the Dragons line, but he knocks it on

23min

PENALTY TIGERS - Dragons give away a soft penalty on the Tigers fifth tackle. Tigers start their set 15m inside the Dragons half.

21min

SCRUM TIGERS - Dragons find touch 10m from the Tigers line.

20min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Taylor fumbles the play-the-ball, 10m from the Dragons line.

20min

Dragons again run it on the last, De Belin charged forward before linking with Hunt who reached out to score but dropped the ball short of the line.

19min

Farah with a delicate chip to the Dragons corner but the ball rolls a little bit too far and goes dead.

18min

Woeful final tackle play by the Dragons, Just offloads to players standing still.

17min

Benji's kick fails to find touch. Some things never change.

16min

PENALTY TIGERS - Dragons up too quickly off their line and the Tigers will again get to kick for touch to get out of their own half.

14min

Benji with a nice short ball to Eisenhuth on the third tackle and the big forward drops it cold.

13min

PENALTY TIGERS - Hunt now offside at marker.

13min

Ben Hunt looks for a 40/20 and he managed to give the Tigers another full set 35m from the Dragons line as he kicked it out on the full, by quite a margin.

12min

First play off the scrum and Brooks turns Fonua back on the inside and he loses the ball on the first tackle. Great tackle by De Belin.

10min

Farah cleans up an offload by Marsters and attempts to quickly pass it to Marshall, but the pass is deflected by Frizell. Tigers will be right back on the attack here.

9min

PENALTY TIGERS - Dragons follow up a good set of six with a sloppy tackle on Mbye. The Tigers will start their set 10m shy of halfway, instead of 10m from their own line.

7min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Farah tries a grubber, doesn't connect well though. The ball bounces off a Dragons players leg and Farah fumbles it trying to regather.

5min

SCRUM TIGERS - Benji puts up a towering torpedo bomb and Dufty drops it. Tigers right on the attack, 15m from the Dragons line.

3min

PENALTY TIGERS - Tigers get a much needed piggy back. They'll start 25m from the Dragons line.

2min

Change over. Dragons match Tigers poor last tackl oiption by throwing a forward pass to Periera

1min

Brooks is wrapped up on the last tackle on halfway. Bad end to the set by the Tigers

Dragons get the game started.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins, Matt Noyen

Touch Judges: Nick Beashel, Dave Munro

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Luke Patten

WESTS TIGERS (10)
Tries: Chris Lawrence, Kevin Naiqama
Field Goals:
Conversions: Esan Marsters (0/2)
Penalty Goals: Esan Marsters (1/1)

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (20)
Tries: Jordan Pereira, Luciano Leilua, Tyson Frizell
Field Goals:
Conversions: Timoteo Lafai (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Timoteo Lafai (1/2)