Brydie Parker scored a hat-trick for the Roosters in their win over the Broncos. (Getty Images: Mackenzie Sweetnam)
The Sydney Roosters have continued their unbeaten season with a win over the Brisbane Broncos at Lang Park.
Parramatta has won its first match this season, downing the Bulldogs at Western Sydney Stadium.
The Gold Coast Titans have six wins in a row for the first time in club history, downing the St George Illawarra Dragons at home.
The Sydney Roosters have strengthened their grip on a second consecutive NRLW minor premiership by enacting a modicum of grand final revenge in a 34-20 victory against Brisbane.
In a stirring rematch of last year's decider, in which the Broncos triumphed, it was the Roosters' sparkling attack that proved the difference at Lang Park on Saturday.
However, the game was overshadowed by a controversial bunker decision to award Roosters winger Brydie Parker a try despite her teammate Jess Sergis pushing Broncos centre Deleni Paitai in the back in the lead-up to the 35th-minute score.
The Tricolours added another three unanswered four-pointers to their tally while prop Brianna Clark was sent to the sin bin for a dangerous tackle.
Although Ali Brigginshaw's stand-in Georgia Bartlett closed the deficit in the 56th minute, Parker brought up her hat-trick, and Sergis crossed again to keep the Roosters (7-0) undefeated.
After suffering its worst loss in club history to Canberra last round, Brisbane started hot by finding two of the first three tries through a speedy Tamika Upton and interchange Chelsea Lenarduzzi.
But on the stroke of half-time, a potential Broncos penalty try wasn't awarded despite winger Kerri Johnson getting tackled in the air centimetres from the line.
The Roosters, however, surged home to keep their one-win advantage on top of the ladder with four games to play.
At Western Sydney Stadium, a pair of damaging sin-binnings helped Parramatta end its winless start to the season as it weathered a willing Canterbury comeback to win 30-18.
Having lost their opening six games of the campaign, the Eels started fast as hooker Taneka Todhunter and halfback Rachael Pearson crashed over after Canterbury interchange Latisha Smythe was binned.
Even after the 22-year-old returned, both second-rower Mahalia Murphy and five-eighth Cassey Tohi-Hiku crossed to help Parramatta to a 22-0 half-time lead.
