In some games so far, the Tigers have been guilty of releasing the pressure valve when they get a comfortable lead, allowing sides to get back into the game.

But there was none of that on Saturday night according to Palmer, who said every facet of his side’s performance was almost perfect.

“We dominated for pretty much the whole game,” Palmer said.

“They came out pretty hard and scored a try and converted it early, but from there it was pretty much one-way traffic.”

Palmer said the Roosters had a hard time controlling Kose Lelei, who made the most of his pack rolling forward to set his outside backs free, with the Tigers often finding space at will out wide.

The good all-round game wasn’t only restricted to offence, with Palmer saying when the Tigers were forced to defend grimly, they were more than up to the task.

“At one point in the second half we had to defend about two or three repeat sets, but they still couldn’t get over the line,” he said.

The win, however, was soured by a hamstring injury to Andrew Ngu, who up until coming off, was on fire for Waratahs, earning the players player award for his side.

DPC coach Rowan Bennett said his side simply didn’t follow the game plan it set out during the week and did not complete enough sets to put enough serious pressure on the Waratahs line.

“We didn’t stick to the game and just looking at the figures now, we only completed about 33 per cent of our sets,” Bennett said.