Match Centre

Knights die with the ball and that's all she wrote.

PENALTY KNIGHTS 0 Jake Trbojevic goes to the bin.

SCRUM KNIGHTS - DCE runs on the last, gets caught, offloads to Tom Trbojevic. Tom attempts a grubber. It travelled about 30cms forward and was then knocked on.

Thompson with a half break, takes play over half way.

Last tackle and Griffin tries to barge over from dummy half again. Manly's defence denies him this time.101 seconds left. Manly needs to go 95 metres in 5 tackles and score a try.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Manly's restart goes dead in goal. Knights with a penalty on halfway.

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Barnett offloads, sloppily. The ball hits Cherry Evans hand before Ponga grabs it and spills it. Ref rules DCE knocked on first. Knights inside the Manly 35m

DCE shapes for a field goal, but the Knights defence rushes him. He then grubbers to SKD, who takes it cleanly.

SCRUM MANLY - SKD produces a typical blunder late in a match, precisely when his side doesn't need it.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights spent a stupid amount of time lying over Taupau. Manly will now take a shot at two from right in front.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights offside late in the Manly half. And now Manly start a full set inside the Knights 30

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Manly give away a dumb penalty on their own line. Knights to have a shot at goal.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Manly give away a penalty late in the Knights set. Newcastle will now get a full set inside the Manly half.

DCE grubbers and Koroisau loses the ball forward as he tries to reel it in close to the Knights line.

Mata'utia with a nice grubber into the Manly in-goal and Trbojevic runs it dead.. Manly drop out.

Knights bomb on the last. Trbojevic (Tom) vs SKD - Tom wins out.

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Taupau with a woeful play the ball. Knights hanging on by a thread here.

Tom Trbojevic goes to the line and grubbers into the Knights ingoal. ROss takes the ball dead. Knights drop out.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights getting sloppy and ill-disciplined.

Knights run it on the last and Ponga is caught 5m shy of the Manly line. Turn over.

DCE kicks way too big and it goes dead in the Knights in-goal. Knights with a 7 tackle set.

SCRUM MANLY - Knights kick goes into touch off Lane's head who is ruled, obviously, not having played at the ball.

Lane charges down a kick with his cheekbone. It looked like a halfback trying to kick a ball over a silo.

Cogger puts up a bomb. EVeryone lets it bounce. the Knights bat it back a whopping 15m and it lands in the waiting arms of Koroisau.

Some more disciplined early sets by both sides to start the second half.

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Taupau loses the ball in the tackle.

SCRUM MANLY - Fitzgibbon with a bucket of slop for a play-the-ball, right on half way.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Sio takes a great catch and is tackled in the air by Kelly.

PENALTY MANLY - The eighth for Manly. Guerra gets a talking too.

Panga dancing. Not going anywhere, but he is dancing.

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Koroisau fumbles the ball as he's getting ready to play it.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Manly let the Knights off the hook.

PENALTY MANLY - Holding down too long. Manly take the quick tap and Saifiti illegally holds him back and gets binned.

First pass off the ruck for the Knights and SKD drops it cold.

DCE puts up a kick but Uate cannot hold onto it and it's a turn over.

Croker hobbling slowly off the field. He looks shattered.

Croker in angony. He's done a knee injury by the looks of it. Time off while he gets treated.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights with some sloppy handling late in their set, turn the ball over and then gave away a penalty.

DCE drifts right and then steps back in field through a huge gap to score. The play is called back as the huge gap was created by Lane taking out Fitzgibbon.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Obstruction by Manly. Costs Manly a try and gives the Knights a huge let-off.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights busted for interfering in the play the ball. Manly 7m from the Knights line.

DCE switches back inside to Tom Trbojevic, who then grubbers and the Knights have to knock the ball dead. Knights drop out.

Cogger with a random grubber close to the Manly line and Ponga very nearly gets to it. The young fullback looks to have a little ankle niggle. Playing on though.

DCE with a nice grubber but it just beats everyone over the dead ball line. 7 tackle set for the Knights now.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights off their line too quickly in defence.

Knights touch the ball late in Manly's set and the Sea Eagles get a tackle count restart.

Ponga puts in a lovely kick for his winger. Unfortunately his winger wasn't Usain Bolt and the ball goes dead in goal. 7 tackle set for Manly.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Some sloppy play by Knights ends with Manly giving away a penalty. Knights with a let off there as they were looking pretty average.

Koroisau ends the Manly set with a hard grubber that skims across the surface. Ponga though cleans up brilliantly.

Fullback on Fullback - Ponga takes the line on but is tackled by Tom Trbojevic and the ball comes loose, and a potential try for the Knights goes begging.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Just because. Newcastle will start their set on halfway.

DCE with a great kick and even better chase, tackles Ponga on his own 10m line.

Cogg's kick is taken cleanly by Guerra, but he is tackled 3 metres shy of the tryline.

Knights defence trapping Manly in their own half.

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Croker knocks on trying to score a try.

DCE goes left to Croker who very nearly crosses the line, but a great tackle by Guerra sees the ball come loose about an inch short of the line.

PENALTY MANLY - First tackle off the scrum and the Knights give away a penalty.

SCRUM MANLY - Knights lose the ball in the second tackle of their set, just 20m from their own line.

Cherry Evans with a short side grubber. Ponga cleans up and evades DCE chasing through.

DCE kicks across to Walker, but the centre can't take a clean catch despite little defensive pressure on him and a try goes begging.

PENALTY MANLY - Knights up too quick in defence.

Knights with a golden chance for early points, end their set with a poor grubber and Croker cleans up on his goal line.

PENALTY KNIGHTS - DCE's tackle slips a bit high

Manly kicks off and immediately their defence is rock solid.

The infighting and beseiged Manly side taken on the Pearce-less Knights. What on earth will happen? We're about to find out.