Sydney Roosters 38–12 Canterbury-Bankstown — Semi-Final, 2015 NRL Finals Series
18 Sep 2015 · Allianz Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 35,711
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2015 NRL finals series: Sydney Roosters 38–12 Canterbury-Bankstown, at Allianz Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 18 Sep 2015.
Sourcing caveat: Exact minute markers for Kenny-Dowall's three tries, Cordner's try and Cook's try could not be confirmed. No official player-of-the-match award could be confirmed for this fixture.
Scoring timeline
| 27′ | Canterbury-Bankstown — try, Lafai |
| 51′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Evans |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Kenny-Dowall (hat-trick); Tuivasa-Sheck; Evans 51'; Cordner Goals: Maloney (7/7 conversions, 1/1 penalty goal) |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | Tries: Lafai 27'; Cook; Rona (final seconds) Goals: Browne (0/1); Lafai (0/1); Mbye (0/1) — all conversions missed |
Team sheets
| Sydney Roosters | Canterbury-Bankstown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | Fullback | Brett Morris | 1 |
| 2 | Daniel Tupou | Wing | Curtis Rona | 2 |
| 3 | Michael Jennings | Centre | Josh Morris | 3 |
| 4 | Blake Ferguson | Centre | Tim Lafai | 4 |
| 5 | Shaun Kenny-Dowall | Wing | Sam Perrett | 5 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Five-Eighth | Josh Reynolds | 6 |
| 14 | Jackson Hastings | Halfback | Moses Mbye | 7 |
| 8 | Sam Moa | Prop | Aiden Tolman | 8 |
| 9 | Jake Friend (c) | Hooker | Damien Cook | 9 |
| 10 | Dylan Napa | Prop | James Graham (c) | 10 |
| 11 | Boyd Cordner | Second-Row | Josh Jackson | 11 |
| 12 | Aidan Guerra | Second-Row | Frank Pritchard | 12 |
| 17 | Mitchell Aubusson | Lock | Greg Eastwood | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 13 | Siosiua Taukeiaho | Sam Kasiano | 14 | |
| 15 | Isaac Liu | Shaun Lane | 15 | |
| 16 | Kane Evans | David Klemmer | 16 | |
| 22 | Matt McIlwrick | Tim Browne | 17 | |
| Trent Robinson | Coach | Des Hasler | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Cummins and Matt Cecchin (two-referee system) |
Match report
Sydney Roosters hosted Canterbury-Bankstown at Allianz Stadium in the first Semi-Final of finals week two, with the winner advancing to a preliminary final. James Maloney opened the scoring with an early penalty goal, and the hosts led 8-4 at halftime after Tim Lafai's 27th-minute try kept the Bulldogs in touch. The match turned around a heavily disputed 51st-minute try to prop Kane Evans, after which a Roger Tuivasa-Sheck try further extended the lead. Shaun Kenny-Dowall completed a hat-trick and Boyd Cordner added a further try as the Roosters ran away 38-12, with Maloney converting all seven Sydney tries. Damien Cook and Curtis Rona — the latter in the final seconds — scored consolation tries for a Bulldogs side whose kickers missed all three conversion attempts, ending Canterbury's finals campaign.