Sydney Roosters v Newcastle Knights — SG Ball Cup 2026

Sydney Roosters

28 – 4

Newcastle Knights

Competition: SG Ball Cup 2026, Round 4
Date: 2026-02-28
Kick off: 2:00pm (local time)
Venue: Leichhardt Oval, Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia
Referee: Bailey Clark

Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters team list
No.	Pos	Player	Role
1	Position: Fullback	Rex BASSINGTHWAIGHTE	Start
2	Position: Wing	Bastion ARMSTRONG	Start
3	Position: Centre	Jeziah PAPA	Start
4	Position: Centre	Lui LEE	Start
5	Position: Wing	Joshua FESOLAI	Start
6	Position: Five-eighth	Brok ELLIOTT	Start
7	Position: Halfback	Carter MAREKO	Start
8	Position: Prop	Charleston TE RORE	Start
9	Position: Interchange	Ryan TUKAPUA	Interchange
10	Position: Prop	Itula SEVE	Start
11	Position: Second Row	Darcy SMITH (c)	Start
12	Position: Second Row	James FINEGAN	Start
13	Position: Lock	Eddy CAYLESS	Start
15	Position: Interchange	Cooper GIBBS	Interchange
16	Position: Interchange	Caleb FESOLAI	Interchange
17	Position: Interchange	Nathan LOPAMAUA	Interchange
20	Position: Hooker	Liam BELL	Start

Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights team list
No.	Pos	Player	Role
1	Position: Fullback	Toby WINTER	Start
2	Position: Wing	Melchizedek NONU	Start
4	Position: Centre	Jaylan BISHOP	Start
5	Position: Centre	Fletcher SOMMERVILLE	Start
6	Position: Five-eighth	Ryder CROSSWELL	Start
7	Position: Halfback	Chase BUTLER	Start
9	Position: Hooker	Diesel HAGAN	Start
10	Position: Prop	Devante HURRELL-EPATI	Start
11	Position: Second Row	Curtis MULHERIN	Start
12	Position: Prop	Caleb McRAE (c)	Start
13	Position: Lock	Beau HILL	Start
15	Position: Second Row	Tom PERKINS	Start
16	Position: Interchange	Riley WELLS	Interchange
17	Position: Wing	Archie McILWAIN	Start
18	Position: Interchange	Ethan JARMAIN	Interchange
20	Position: Interchange	Matthew McEWEN	Interchange
23	Position: Interchange	Ashton ALLEN	Interchange

Tries

Tries recorded for this match
Team	Player	Detail
Sydney Roosters	Bastion ARMSTRONG	—
Sydney Roosters	James FINEGAN	—
Sydney Roosters	Lui LEE	—
Sydney Roosters	Carter MAREKO	—
Sydney Roosters	Darcy SMITH	—
Newcastle Knights	Melchizedek NONU	—

Goals

Goals recorded for this match
Team	Player	Detail
Sydney Roosters	Carter MAREKO	4/6
Newcastle Knights	Chase BUTLER	0/1

Sources & coverage

Parse status: CLEAN
Source record: Open source match record