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Jake Trbojevic broke the line on tackle four. A covering tackle is made. On fifth DCE kicks for Wright in the corner but Manu takes a catch that should seal the result.
Taukeiaho offloads 30m from the Manly line, too far in front for Tedesco to grab. The mistake gives Manly one more set.
Manly gained 60m and had Winterstein hitting a gap, but the pass is ruled forward. I've seen that not called forward plenty of times in other situations.
Successful
DCE converts from the left touchline. He'll be wanting the two points he didn't convert from in front of the posts in the first half.
Manly thew a lot at this defence. On the second last play Uate hits Ferguson and spins to score in the corner.
PENALTY Manly. Baptiste not square in his club debut.
Cronk goes high for Tom Trbojevic and takes the catch. Poor kick chase. PENALTY Manly. Ball raked in the tackle with more than one player, right on halfway.
There was 67m gained on this set. DCE kicks for Matthew Wright's corner, the winger gains possession but can't offload. Changeover.
Play is stopped for Dylan Walker, as there was a cannonball looking tackle on him from Manu. Walker is hurt around the knee. He's being bandaged up.
The Roosters look like they're out of ideas for attacking the line. They also ran on fifth tackle which had Latrell Mitchell easily pushed over the sideline.
It's a circus of errors. This second half is not quite NRL standard. He lost this in the play the ball.
The referee rules a forward pass. This is controversial. It also put Blake Ferguson in a hole for a certain try.
The Roosters' forwards are struggling for meters. So much pressure on the kicking game but Tom Trbojevic is the target and he's dropped the football again.
Forward pass on a 20m pass for Uate, who scores if the pass is legal. PENALTY Roosters given for backchat.
Lost on contact on tackle one. Trouble coming for the Roosters.
That's 60m from the Sea Eagles in one set. Winterstein has to hand the ball over four metres from the line.
The Roosters gave a bland set and were unorganised for tackle five. Cronk has to rush a kick which is easy for Manly to take.
On tackle five he's played the ball incorrectly. That's the seventh error from Manly in the second half.
Taupau has flattened Tedesco on a catch from the kickoff. Former teammates meeting again. Roosters gain just 38m but Cronk has once again kicked too deep and given a seven tackle set.
Successful from 20m out and on a slight diagonal line from the left.
Penalty Roosters. Latrell Mitchell gets a chance to make an eight point lead with a penalty goal.
PENALTY Roosters. A player was prevented from chasing a kick. Latrell Mitchell was chasing a bomb which had Tom Trbojevic attempting the catch. Tom was snapped in half without the ball, but it goes unpenalised because of the first infringement. Tom is winded.
Radley comes up with a try saving tackle on Dylan Walker. A knock-on comes seconds after on the play the ball. The Roosters' players show him some love and the crowd is ecstatic for him.
PENALTY Manly. Radley rattles Taupau to the delight of the crowd. It's a high shot, Taupau is fine. A warning has been given that another penalty from the Roosters will lead to a sin bin.
PENALTY Manly. Play is stopped for Cronk to have a cut cleaned up.
PENALTY Manly. Conceded by Cooper Cronk, he held on too long. The Sea Eagles have a fresh set 25m out.
There's 56m from Manly and Suli puts a grubber kick behind the defence. The kick goes to the back of the in goal and Tedesco takes it dead by accident. The dropout goes 70m because no Manly player got in front of the kick.
Uate disregards Ferguson who tried to contest a last tackle bomb.
Manly gain 55m and had the Roosters scrambling as the ran to the left side on fifth tackle. Winterstein passed to find DCE, but it's gone to ground and to a Rooster. Manly still have a field position advantage though.
The teams are trying to be difficult with their attack, whoever can hold the football will make the breaks.
Only four of nine sets in the second half have been completed.
Yes everyone, another error. This one from JWH while going to ground in a tackle.
Shaun Lane had created space to get by the Roosters, but Winterstein drops the football at halfway.
Cronk tries for a 40/20, Tom Trbojevic was there to prevent it, but the ball trickles over the dead ball line instead. Seven tackle set coming.
While assessing the defence Tom Trbojevic makes his second error of the second half, by dropping an easy pass.
PENALTY Manly. Cordner rakes the ball from Jake Trbojevic in a two man tackle.
A couple of set plays were close to creating points. A fifth tackle chip from DCE to the posts is covered by Cronk and he's grounded in goal. More pressure for the Roosters to deal with in this next set.
PENALTY Roosters. They were offside just meters from their goal line. The Sea Eagles get a full set to attack from close range.
An average set from the Roosters with an awful finish. A bomb from Keary on halfway is out of bounds on the full 35m out.
He's in a groove with plenty of easy kicking done so far.
Mid-way through the tackle count Tevetano passes at the line for his fellow front-row forward JWH, who had 8m to carry a couple of defenders and score.
That's the best set from the Roosters today. Gained 68m and troubled Tom Trobojevic with a kick he knocked-on. Roosters have the ball and a new set to work with straight away.
Manly kicks off and we're back for the second half.
That's all there is for the first half. Plenty of points, as was to be expected, but level scores is a surprise. Martin Taupau was the standout of the first half. He made 130 metres, 43 metres better than any other player.
Radley has two defenders on his legs and an offload is given. The Roosters player receiving the ball knocked-on. Half a chance there.
PENALTY Roosters. Too far out to attempt a penalty goal. This penalty gets them to about halfway.
Manly gain 30m in their own half on a set play to the Roosters' right side defence. Still only 50m from the set. Tedesco has the ball to hit up for the Roosters.
Successful.
PENALTY Manly. Roosters were offside on tackle four. Jake Trbojevic was tackled 20m out and in front of the posts when the penalty was awarded. Another penalty goal coming up.
Joseph Manu breaks the line on halfway. A covering tackle is quickly made. The next play, Friend throws a hospital pass to Cronk who could only spill it based on the pressure from approaching defenders. Scrum for Manly.
Just 41m made on the Manly set. The bomb from DCE though traps Manu at his 10m line.
Momentum is with the Roosters after a fast start from Manly. Tom Trobjevic is tackled on his 20m line following the first set after points.
Two point lead for the Roosters.
Penalty ROOSTERS. From 25m metres out and directly in front, Mitchell will kick for goal.
A fast set from the Roosters. They gain 52m and Cronk fakes a kick for the corner and lands it near the posts for the chasing Keary. Wright has to take the ball dead to prevent a try. That looked like an old Melbourne Storm play.
DCE tries a 40/20 on tackle three from dummy half. It looked a chance but the bounce isn't favourable. Here come the Roosters.
DCE now 1/2 with shots from in front of the goal posts today.
This is the successful conversion kick from Isaac Liu's try.
Penalty ROOSTERS. Dylan Napa offside. Manly want a penalty goal.
One of the best kicks from a tee we've just seen. A torpedo from a kickoff that's been dropped by Tedesco in the in-goal. Roosters are forced to provide a dropout.
We saw Uate carry two players for a try earlier, we've just seen Liu carry three forwards for five meters and get the ball down for a try next to the posts.
PENALTY Roosters. Markers were not onside. The Roosters have a great chance to score.
Lost the ball while on the ground in the tackle.
Error from the Roosters. Sio Siua Taukieaho is ruled to have made a lose carry, when what happened was Taupau stripped him of the ball illegally. Let off for Manly.
A forward pass missed from the referees from the Roosters. They go the length of the field with an early kick in four tackles. Wright collects the ball at his in-goal area and is stopped there, a line dropout coming.
Manly is threatening to open this match up. They only gain 43m in the set but on fourth and fifth once again, they either earned a line break or had the Roosters on the brink of falling apart. The work was undone with a DCE kick hitting the corner post, giving the Roosters a seven tackle set.
Roosters try to get creative in the middle of the field, but it's not good enough to dent the Manly defence. Manly start their set 10m out.
Manly gain 45m on the set and run short side through Tom Trbojevic on the last. Support players on the right had space to organise a try, but the pass was forward and knocked-on.
Simple set from the Roosters in response. Cronk sends it high for Tom Trobjevic, no pressure on Cronk or Trobjevic. The fullback runs it up for Manly.
From the right touchline, just avoids the right post.
Not Keary sorry, it's Tedesco drawing two defenders, hits Aubusson with a pass, quick hands to Ferguson and he scores in the corner.
The Roosters have gone back to Keary and the referee needs the Bunker. On field referee has a try.
Midway through the set Luke Keary sends a grubber kick to Uate's corner, the winger is first to the footy and runs past the dead ball line. Goal line dropout coming up.
Loses the ball on a hit-up on the first set after points. Scrum for the Roosters within striking distance.
Makes the tougher kick from the sideline. Mixed start for DCE but Manly have come out strong, haven't given the Roosters any chances.
Brute strength from the winger creates this try close to the left wing. From dummy half and 3m from the line, he takes Cronk and Friend over the line to score.
PENALTY Manly. This gets them an easy outlet from their half.
Mitchell goes agonisingly close to finding the line. Three players needed to pull him up short. Cronk's cross field kick is defused by Manly.
Manly with a standard set after points. PENALTY ROOSTERS. Aubusson with the hit-up and Joel Thompson claims him high. Roosters go deep into Manly half with a new set.
Messes up the kick from in front of the posts.
Poor start from the Roosters. One pass from Apisai Koroisau at dummy half to Addin Fonua-Blake and only Tedesco can get hands on him before scoring. This comes under the posts.
Knock-on from Aubusson. Manly get a new set, starting with a scrum.
Manly gain 54m in the set to be within reach of the tryline. Cherry-Evans kicks across field for Matthew Wright, Mitchell Aubusson drops the ball.
Roosters struggle to make the meters Manly did on their first set. Cronk under pressure to kick from around his 40m line. PENALTY Manly, Roosters penalised on tackle two for being offside.
Manly have possession first. Taupau takes them over halfway. Simple football to start. They trap the Roosters in the corner inside the 20m.
Both teams on the field. Excellent conditions for football, should see lots of points.
Welcome to this live blog of the Sydney Roosters v Manly Sea Eagles round nine fixture. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:10pm.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Henry Perenara, Jon Stone
Touch Judges: Kasey Badger, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (22)
Tries: Blake Ferguson, Isaac Liu, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (2/2)
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (20)
Tries: Addin Fonua-blake, Akuila Uate (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Daly Cherry-Evans (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (2/2)