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Early crow ... the Roosters impress in their big trial win over the Tigers. Source:News Limited
Sydney Roosters rounded off an eventful NRL pre-season campaign with a 28-16 victory over Wests Tigers at a sodden Allianz Stadium on Saturday.
In a summer that has featured the arrival of Sonny Bill Williams, Michael Jennings, Luke O'Donnell, James Maloney and the appointment of new coach Trent Robinson, the Roosters go into the new campaign unbeaten after outscoring the Tigers by five tries to three to win the Foundation Cup.
The Roosters have a mouth-watering season opener against South Sydney on March 7 and will head into that game - where Williams will make his long-awaited debut - full of confidence.
Robinson's side opened the scoring after 17 minutes through exciting young back-rower Boyd Cordner who was picked out superbly by Mitchell Pearce and darted his way to the line.
The hosts were in again from their next attack when giant winger Daniel Tupou leapt above Matt Utai to haul in Maloney's crossfield kick.
The Tigers, who crushed Parramatta 41-4 in last Saturday's trial, responded well after a quiet start and were rewarded for some enterprising play when Benji Marshall scored a try on the stroke of halftime.
The Kiwi playmaker was picked out by Robbie Farah's perfectly-weighted grubber kick to dive forward and get his hand to the ball.
The second half saw both sides make a host of changes.
Tigers centre Chris Lawrence was forced off with a shoulder injury and Blake Ayshford went off with concussion after coming off second-best when tackling Aidan Guerra.
But it was the Roosters who looked the more likely to extend their lead after the break and Daniel Mortimer touched down under the posts following a break from Maloney.
Jennings added a fourth four-pointer when he showed his searing pace to latch onto Tupou's hopeful kick.
Roosters back-rower Guerra crashed over 12 minutes from time to ice the victory before the Tigers scored two late consolations through Joel Reddy and Matt Utai.
Maloney finished with three goals in what was an encouraging display from the former Warriors five-eighth, with Marshall kicking two.
Robinson, whose partner gave birth to their second child on Friday night, was satisfied with the performance.
However he was keen to point out the two wins his side recorded in successive weekends, after beating Manly last Friday, counted for little ahead of round one.
"I thought there was some good control in parts," Roosters coach Robinson said.
"The wins don't make a difference when it comes to round one but there's been parts of both trials where we've seen what we've wanted to see, both in attack and defence."
Tigers coach Mick Potter, who lost Braith Anasta and Tim Moltzen midway through the game due to gastro issues, said the display from his side showed they still had plenty of work ahead of them.
"At times there we couldn't go with them and it just shows we need to do a little bit extra at training," Potter said.
"Defensively we've got a little bit of work to do."
Lawrence (shoulder) and Ayshford (concussion) were both forced off but the Tigers' medical staff said they were not concerned.
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