Roosters top the pecking order Roosters backrower Sonny Bill Williams scored an inspirational try and did enough to earn an early mark in the victory over Wests Tigers last night. JUST how lethal are the Sydney Roosters this season? When Wests Tigers were trailing 14-6 at half-time at Allianz Stadium last night, Lote Tuqiri thought they were in the game up to their eyeballs. By the end of the game, which finished 56-14, the veteran Tigers winger - playing his first game in 13 months after breaking his arm in July last year - had changed his tune. They were now embarrassing. We were in it up to our eyeballs. We were having a good go," Tuqiri said. Our forwards were going all right, their defence was holding up. Yeah, just a few lapses in concentration and they put 24 points on us or something like that and the game was pretty much gone after that. It's tough to go through nights like this. It was a bit embarrassing tonight. To be accurate, it was 42 points in 40 minutes. The Roosters were even better than the clock. The Tigers had turned in a plucky performance in the first half but had no answers in the second as the Roosters piled on the points. Mitchell Pearce grabbed a double to celebrate his 150th game in style. Michael Jennings and Daniel Mortimer also scored twice. Sonny Bill Williams scored a crucial try in the first half when his side needed it most before leaving the field with 15 minutes left. James Maloney was brilliant in attack and even better with the boot, landing 10 goals from as many attempts. It was the type of performance that showed why the Roosters are favourites to win the premiership. "Obviously the first half was disappointing and we got a fair spray from 'Robbo' (coach Trent Robinson) at half-time which was well deserved," Pearce said. We tried to pretty our way around them and we soon found out in the second half the way to play them was go through them. It's probably been the way we've played all year so it was real pleasing the second half. When we get that sort of roll on, we're pretty hard to stop and that's the style we're going to have to take into the next month of footy. Up until the cavalcade of points in the second half, the most interesting thing about the match had been a couple of incidents involving Luke O'Donnell. The Roosters prop was placed on report for a dangerous throw on Tim Simona, which the match review committee will examine today. It capped an eventful night for O'Donnell, who had earlier been warned after a fight with Keith Galloway. "It was unusual," Tigers coach Mick Potter said of the Simona tackle which saw the Tigers centre cartwheel after placing his hand on the ground to prevent a fall. It did look dangerous. It was obviously dangerous but I don't think there was intent or anything with it. The momentum just carried it on and it was probably good he didn't stop halfway through. Robinson didn't think there was much for O'Donnell to worry about. "It was obviously spectacular but he landed back on his feet," Robinson said. It's a bit like a swinging arm that misses. Obviously he had to get cooled back down a bit. It was getting a bit fiery around that time. The Roosters were expected to make short work of the Tigers and things certainly looked like following the script after hooker Jake Friend scored in the fourth minute, but the Tigers showed something they haven't shown during their past five losses - resolve - and levelled the scores up when Tuqiri scored in the corner. "That's why they're (the Roosters) at the top," Potter said. They've got some strike all around the park and you can't take your eye off them for a second from one to 13 there and the subs they bring off the bench are dynamic. Sydney Roosters 56 (M Jennings 2 D Mortimer 2 M Pearce 2 J Friend D Tupou S Williams tries J Maloney 10 goals) Wests Tigers 14 (C Sironen J Tedesco L Tuqiri tries B Marshall goal) at Allianz Stadium. Referees: Gerard Sutton, Phil Haines. Crowd: 8393.