'Greatest pass I've ever seen': Luke Keary's 'hand grenade' assist stuns Tigers

Luke Keary has stunned the NRL world with an incredible one handed looping pass to put the Roosters ahead against the Tigers.

The Tigers were leading 8-6 after 18 minutes when Cooper Cronk put up a bomb.

Four Tigers players appeared to go for the ball, which ricocheted into Keary’s arms who instinctively through a ‘hand grenade’ ball to Daniel Topou.

The ball landed into the winger’s arms who strolled over to put the Roosters ahead.

The moment of magic from Keary, upon his return from concussion, was labelled as one of the “great passes” on social media.

Keary’s class shines

A classy return from Luke Keary and the power of Latrell Mitchell have propelled the Sydney Roosters to a come-from-behind 24-16 NRL win over the Wests Tigers at Bankwest Stadium.

Five-eighth Keary, who was playing his first match in six weeks since his latest bout of concussion, threw the final pass for three of the Roosters' four tries.

Centre Mitchell who bagged 26 points earlier in the season against the Tigers, turned Friday night's match with two big second-half plays.

The Tigers reversed a 12-8 halftime deficit to a 16-14 lead five minutes into the second half after canny plays from captain and five-eighth Benji Marshall set up tries for former Rooster Paul Momirovski and fellow centre Esan Marsters.

But recent NSW State of Origin discard Mitchell sparked the decisive surge of the game to give the Roosters their ultimate eight-point winning lead.

He brushed off an attempted tackle and passed to Keary, who sent hooker Victor Radley on a 40-metre scamper to the line.

Mitchell converted and did the same three minutes later, after running onto a Keary pass and fending off Elijah Taylor and slipping through Corey Thompson to plant the ball over the stripe.

The Roosters made the running early in the game, but the Tigers hit back quickly.

It took the visitors just three minutes to cross the line, with Nat Butcher - whose only previous try this season was against the Tigers - smashing his way over after a fine offload from captain and prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.

Five minutes later, another former Rooster Ryan Matterson crashed through attempted tackles by Zane Terevano and Radley to notch his fourth try of the campaign.

Marsters kicked the conversion and a 12th-minute penalty goal, awarded for offside against Brett Morris, to give the Tigers an 8-6 lead.

They held it for only five minutes before Daniel Tupou capitalised on a spectacular 30-metre Keary pass and Mitchell kicked the conversion to give the Roosters a four-point lead.

They held that until halftime but came perilously close to surrendering it two minutes before the break, when fullback Thompson made a break.

A few meters out and with just one man to beat, he opted to pass outside to winger Robert Jennings, who slipped and was pushed into touch by Joseph Manu and Ryan Hall.

Marshall, who was playing his 299th NRL game, produced a fine cut-out pass to put Momirovski over and his grubber set up Marsters, but Mitchell had the final say.

With AAP