Sunday second NRL Round 25 match is between Sydney Roosters and Gold Coast Titans with the opening kick to commence at 3:00pm local time. The game is to be played at Allianz Stadium which see’s home team Sydney Roosters hold favouritism in the market. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Sydney Roosters and Gold Coast Titans.

WHERE AND WHEN: Allianz Stadium, Sunday, 1st September, 3:00pm

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Opening odds comparison:

Sydney Roosters	1.04	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.04	1.04
Gold Coast Titans	11.00	12.00	14.00	12.00	11.00	11.00

Preview:

The Sydney Roosters take on the Gold Coast Titans on Sunday, 3.00pm at Allianz Stadium. The Roosters will go into this encounter as big favourites, with the 9th
placed Gold Coast side struggling to impress. While the Gold Coast will be hungry, they have lost their last two matches and face a tough task against Melbourne next
week to finish off the regular season. With Roosters captain Anthony Minichiello returning, this will be difficult for the Gold Coast.

Teams:

Sydney Roosters:
Anthony Minichiello, Daniel Tupou, Michael Jennings, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, James Maloney, Mitchell Pearce, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Jake Friend, Sam Moa, Mitchell Aubusson, Sonny Bill Williams, Frank-Paul Nuuausala. Interchange: Daniel Mortimer, Aidan Guerra, Isaac Liu, Dylan Napa

Gold Coast Titans:
David Mead, Kevin Gordon, Brad Takairangi, Jamie Dowling, Anthony Don, Aidan Sezer, Albert Kelly, Luke Douglas, Beau Falloon, Ryan James, Greg Bird, Ben Ridge, Nate Myles. Interchange: David Taylor, Luke Bailey, TBC, Matt Srama

NRL Roosters zero in on discipline

The heavily penalised Sydney Roosters are focusing on discipline this week, with other NRL opponents set to follow Cronulla’s successful tactic of getting under their skin.

The NRL ladder-leading Roosters had their eight-match winning streak shattered by the Sharks last Monday, losing 32-22 after being 26-0 down at the break.

They now only lead on for and against from local rival South Sydney, who they play in the final round.

Prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves had no doubt other clubs would try to emulate Cronulla, who rattled the Roosters in a fiery and intense encounter.

“They will watch that game and review it and i think that will be one of the points that they will definitely look at,” Waerea-Hargreaves said.

The Roosters are the most penalised club in the competition and coach Trent Robinson has zeroed in on discipline after Monday night.

“There were some points in the game where we were ill disciplined, that really let us down,” said Roosters centre Michael Jennings.

“I think that’s the main focus we’ve been looking at is our discipline and penalties that we’ve been conceding.

“There’s been a lot of tries off penalties, we’re really looking at that for this week.”

Roosters five-eight James Maloney wasn’t concerned about .his team’s poor penalty record.

“if we’re defending the penalties and not conceding points,its not an issue at all,” Maloney said.

“That’s something we’re working to cut down, but its only a problem when we’re leaking points off them.’

Maloney said the loss to the Sharks wasn’t a big concern as they prepared to host Gold Coast on Sunday.

“It might be a blessing going into the back end of the year,and into some big games,’ Maloney said.

“It probably really makes you aware of a few things, where I suppose if you get away with it and you win that game, you might not be so conscious of.

“I don’t think anyone here is too stressed about it. We’ve obviously got to learn from the mistakes and try and turn it around this week.

Asked about what the mistakes were, Maloney said “I think probably just keeping our heads

“I think we probably got caught up in the moment a little bit at times and got away from what we were trying to do.”