Play stopped as Croker comes off for an HIA
Brooks with a pass that Pauga should've caught, but though was for Maumalo, Maumalo had over run it though and it goes into touch.
DCE with a forward pass that Saab can't catch.
PENALTY MANLY - Illegal strip by Liddle
Moses Mbye throws a cut out pass that is high and hard. Maumalo is unfortunately 3 feet too short and a yard too quick for that utter trash thrown his way
Doueihi from the sideline, adds the extras again
Tigers swing the ball left where Brooks dummies, goes to the line, links with Laurie who does the same before passing to Maumalo who scores in the corner.
Garrick converts.
DCE wanted a try, so he just went and gave himself one. He straightened his run and fell over the line. It was really that easy.
PENALTY MANLY
Garrick adds the extras.
DCE at second receiver drifts right and hits Harper running a strong hard line and he strolls through the Tigers left side defence and scores near the posts
SCRUM MANLY - 10m from the Tigers line
Set Restart Tigers and then a Tigers knock on at the same time. refs Challenge by the Tigers
Tigers had absolutely zero going on, but Laurie ran in a circle that would make Daniel Fitzhenry proud, passed to Talau, whose pass to the unmarked Nofoaluma was ruled forward. Try bombed.
Doueihi with a chip and chase, bats the ball back towards his team, who are all standing around like brown cows
Last pass by Tom Trbojevic to the unmarked Garrick, but the ball beats everyone and goes into touch
Dylan Walker tries to tackle a fast moving fridge and gets switched off. He's off for an HIA, doubt he'll return,.
Doueihi from almost in front, adds the extras
Liddle from dummy half, 6 metres out, scoots over and scores a trademark rake try.
Tigers with some panicked attack close to the Manly line. Mbye with a grubber that Garrick rushes dead. Manly drop out
SCRUM TIGERS - Schuster with a knock on near halfway
Brooks with a line pass to Simpkins who dropped the ball
PENALTY TIGERS - ANother short restart and Harper is pinged for being a blocker.
Garrick nails another goal
Close to the Tigers line, Croker at dummy half runs right and dumps the ball back inside to Walker who stands in a goal line tackle, reaches out and gets the ball down for a soft try.
Manly go from right to left and almost get through via Tom Trbojevic. The next play they go right and Harper almost cracks the line
PENALTY MANLY - Tigers with a short restart but Ofahengaue was offside.
Garrick from an easy angle adds the extras
Manly with a 3 on 2, but one of their 3 is Tom Trbojevic, so it may as well be a 356 on 2. Tom shows left and then slips through the defenders to score comfortably
Set restart Manly on the next play
Tamou with an offload that DCE intercepted and ran 40 metres before being tackled by Doueihi, 10m from the Tigers line
Harper grubbers for himself, but the ball ends up in the bleachers
Brooks grubbers for himself, Tom Trbojevic watches it near the dead ball line, but Brooks follows through and very nearly bats it back, but his foot was on the line.
Set Restart Tigers
Schuster drops the ball on the 4th tackle and Talau cleans up. Tigers with a full set inside the Manly half
Tigers get the second dig underway
Set restart Manly, 12m shy of halfway. 20 seconds left in the half
Garrick from wide on the right side, misses the goal
On the following play Manly swing the ball right where Harper receives a cut-out ball, brushes off Brooks and forces his way over for a try.
Tom Trbojevic shrugs off a tackle and sets off downfield, links with Parker and he makes it to the Tigers 30m
Garrick from in front throws it over.
Manly need just 1 set to hit back. Schuster steps back infield and passes back inside to DCE who races 35 metres to score under the posts.
Talau drops it on the first
SCRUM TIGERS - Tigers will get a fifth set in Manly's half,
Set Restart Tigers.
SCRUM TIGERS - 15m from Manly's line
PENALTY TIGERS - Play stopped as Seyfarth, who had just come on, is getting attention on his knee after Aloiai with a cannonball style tackle. Aloiai on report.
Laurie goes himself on the last and gets very very close but is held up just short.
Garrick with a knock on when fielding the Brooks kick, 10m from his own line
Manly look threatening down Nofoaluma's wing, well it would be his wing if he was there. Doueihi makes a great tackle which forces a Manly pass that is intercepted by Talau.
Brooks finds touch 5m from the Manly line.
Doueihi from almost in front adds the extras.
Brooks with a darting run, gets a good pass away back inside to Doueihi who runs between two players, is tackled 4 metres shy but just slides over for a try
SCRUM TIGERS 10m inside the Manly half
Manly looking threatening but Parker loses the ball in a tackle from behind by Doueihi
Garrick from right in front converts
DCE on the last kicks to the wing of Saab. Maumalo lets Saab catch it uncontested, he then tackles the Manly winger, but Saab offloads to Haumole Olakau'atu who quickly gets it to Croker who scores
Talau attempts to catch the Brooks bomb, but loses it forward.
Set restart Manly 10m inside the Tigers half
Play finally stopped to allow Garner to get off the field
Doueihi's bomb is allowed to bounce and it goes into touch 5m from the Manly line. Meanwhile Garner is getting treatment for an ankle injury
Doueihi from the right sideline nails the conversion.
Brooks on the next play receives the ball on the right, runs right, then changes direction and runs almost entirely sideways to the left before linking with Garner who then helped get the ball out to Maumalo who dived over to score in the left corner.
Liddle makes a break right through the middle, but he's on a solo mission and is tackled 25m from the Manly line.
Tigers 5th tackle is on their own 30m line. Great Manly defence
Garrick from touch, juuuust misses
How soft do you like your tries? Manly shift the ball casually to the right, but the Tigers defence over-read the movement, Harper got one-one-one in a 2-on-1 situation and then slipped through the defence to score a very easy try.
Laurie tried to let the DCE grubber roll dead, but the ball refused to comply. Laurie takes it dead. Tigers drop out.
SCRUM MANLY - 10m inside Manly's half. Mikaele with a knock on.
Marty Tapau just folded some ...Garner
Set restart Tigers - on the 2nd tackle
Harper taken into touch 15m from the Tigers line
Set Restart Manly - 10m shy of halfway
Manly kick off
Tom Trbojevic has a new haircut
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Todd Smith, Darian Furner
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (44)
Tries: Morgan Harper (3), Lachlan Croker, Daly Cherry-Evans (2), Tom Trbojevic, Dylan Walker
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (6/8)
WESTS TIGERS (24)
Tries: Ken Maumalo (2), Adam Doueihi, Jacob Liddle
Conversions: Adam Doueihi (4/4)