Sudden-death Saturday: Roosters v Sharks

33 min: Billy Smith grubbers into the in-goal and Sione Katoa fumbles it but manages to clean up. Braydon Trindall's dropout is brought back by Mark Nawaqanitawase and the Roosters are inside the red zone.

30 min: A further injury drama for the Sharks with Mawene Hiroti ruled out for the rest of the night after suffering a knee injury when he crashed into the fence trying to tap a kick back into play in the 18th minute. 

28 min: On the back of two six-again calls the Roosters cash in as Daly Cherry-Evans throws an extravagant dummy from 10m out and goes over the top of Will Kennedy to score the 105th try of his career. Hugo Savala converts. Roosters 18-10

24 min: Blayke Brailey skips out of dummy half and picks up Siosifa Talakai who makes big metres before James Tedesco brings him down. Braydon Trindall then takes the ball 20m out and bamboozles the defence with his footwork before putting Ronaldo Mulitalo for a try. Trindall converts. Roosters 12-10

22 min: Braydon Trindall sends a lofted pass over the top for Sione Katoa to use his footwork and strength to get past Billy Smith and Daniel Tupou to score. Trindall fails to convert. Roosters 12-4

18 min: Braydon Trindall chips over the top, Mawene Hiroti chases hard and manages to tap it back as he flies over the dead ball line. The ball goes back to Billy Smith who is ruled to have made it dead so the Roosters are forced into a line dropout.

17 min: Lindsay Collins is penalised for a high shot on Will Kennedy and the Sharks move into Roosters territory.

Injury alert: Nicho Hynes has been ruled out for the rest of the night after failing his HIA.

11 min: Another spectacular try from a kick for Daniel Tupou courtesy of a pinpoint Hugo Savala kick. Tupou climbs high above Sione Katoa and makes a clean catch to come up with career try No.197. Savala bangs over the conversion. Roosters 12-0

10 min: Will Kennedy tries to pick up Braydon Trindall on a wrap-around play but the five-eighth can't hang onto the pass.

9 min: Jesse Colquhoun powers onto the ball from close range and Victor Radley comes up with a great tackle to bring him down just short with the help of James Tedesco.

8 min: Braydon Trindall's kick comes down in the in-goal and the Roosters are forced to knock it dead. They go long with the line dropout and the Sharks start their set on halfway.

6 min: Hugo Savala kicks to the corner for Daniel Tupou but the kick is too wide and Tupou was out of play when he leapt for the ball. Sharks come away.

3 min: Nicho Hynes leaves the field for a HIA after he had put his head in a bad position trying to tackle Salesi Foketi and was left on the turf. Hynes is deemed a Category 2 head knock.

2 min: A stunning start for the Roosters as Salesi Foketi busts the line and picks up James Tedesco who is dragged down 10m out. The Roosters go right and Daly Cherry-Evans delivers a peach of a pass to put Lindsay Collins over for a try. Hugo Savala converts. Roosters 6-0

Late Mail

Roosters: A late change on the bench with Toby Rodwell coming in 90 minutes before kick-off in place of Tommy Talau. Young playmaker Rodwell returns after suffering a head knock in Round 27 and sitting out a week. Sam Walker's comeback from an ankle injury remains on ice for another week but star back-rower Angus Crichton is back from a long-term foot injury. Young talent Salesi Foketi is set to start in the back row after coming off the bench last week, with Egan Butcher unavailable due to a concussion. 

Sharks: Mawene Hiroti joins the starting side in jersey No.22 in the 90-minute update with Riley Jones going to the bench. Hiroti makes his return from a rib injury. Jayden Berrell dropped off the bench on Friday and was replaced by Niwhai Puru, who was a late call-up last week to replace his brother Hohepa. 

Numbers Game

• The Roosters have won three out of four finals clashes against the Sharks.
• The Sharks have won four of their last six finals games.
• Roosters centre Billy Smith has scored seven tries in his last six games at Allianz Stadium.
• Sharks winger Sione Katoa has scored seven tries in his last four games.
• Winger Daniel Tupou will make a record 28th finals appearance for the Roosters.