Sydney Roosters 14–6 Melbourne Storm — Preliminary Final, 2019 NRL Finals Series
28 Sep 2019 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 32,184
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 2019 NRL finals series: Sydney Roosters 14–6 Melbourne Storm, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, NSW on 28 Sep 2019.
Sourcing caveat: Exact try-scoring minutes could not be confirmed from any accessible source. No official player-of-the-match award was found for this fixture.
Scorers
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Cordner; Tedesco Goals: Mitchell (3/4 conversions) Sin bin: Siosiua Taukeiaho — fighting, 20 seconds into the match |
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Asofa-Solomona Goals: Smith (1/1 conversions) Sin bin: Nelson Asofa-Solomona — fighting, 20 seconds into the match |
Team sheets
| Sydney Roosters | Melbourne Storm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Tedesco | Fullback | Ryan Papenhuyzen | 1 |
| 2 | Daniel Tupou | Wing | Will Chambers | 17 |
| 3 | Latrell Mitchell | Centre | Curtis Scott | 3 |
| 4 | Joseph Manu | Centre | Justin Olam | 4 |
| 5 | Brett Morris | Wing | Josh Addo-Carr | 5 |
| 6 | Luke Keary | Five-Eighth | Cameron Munster | 6 |
| 7 | Cooper Cronk | Halfback | Jahrome Hughes | 7 |
| 8 | Isaac Liu | Prop | Jesse Bromwich | 8 |
| 9 | Sam Verrills | Hooker | Cameron Smith (c) | 9 |
| 10 | Siosiua Taukeiaho | Prop | Nelson Asofa-Solomona | 10 |
| 11 | Boyd Cordner (c) | Second-Row | Felise Kaufusi | 11 |
| 12 | Mitchell Aubusson | Second-Row | Kenny Bromwich | 12 |
| 13 | Victor Radley | Lock | Dale Finucane | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Angus Crichton | Brandon Smith | 14 | |
| 15 | Zane Tetevano | Tui Kamikamica | 15 | |
| 16 | Nat Butcher | Max King | 16 | |
| 17 | Lindsay Collins | Sandor Earl | 21 | |
| Trent Robinson | Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Gerard Sutton and Adam Gee (two-referee system) |
Match report
This preliminary final was a rematch of the 2018 NRL Grand Final, played at the Sydney Cricket Ground with the winner to face Canberra in the 2019 Grand Final. The match ignited in its opening seconds when Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Roosters forward Siosiua Taukeiaho were both sin-binned for fighting just 20 seconds after kick-off. Sydney controlled the contest from there, leading 8-0 at halftime, before Boyd Cordner and James Tedesco crossed for tries either side of the break, with Latrell Mitchell adding three conversions. Melbourne's only response came through a Nelson Asofa-Solomona try converted by veteran captain Cameron Smith. The Roosters' win denied Melbourne, the season's minor premiers, a shot at back-to-back premierships and sent Sydney into the Grand Final against Canberra chasing what would become the franchise's second consecutive title.