Full Time
80:00
7:50pm Thu August 23, 2018
Round 24 - Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Leumeah / Dharawal - Crowd: 8163
80min

Penalty Goal: Sea Eagles
Attempted by Daly Cherry-Evans.

DCE kicks it straight it enough but it falls about 2 metres shy of the mark and the Tigers win.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 20 Sea Eagles
80min

PENALTY MANLY - Tigers with a second effort in the tackle give away a penalty 48m out from their own line and 1m in from touch on the left side. DCE has decided to take a shot at the penalty goal to level scores after the siren has sounded.

78min

Liddle runs it on the last and is brought down 1m shy of the Manly line.

77min

SCRUM TIGERS - Kelly drops the ball in the play-the-ball on the first tackle. Tigers now with a set inside the Manly 30m

76min

Brooks grubbers for the corner but the ball just goes dead in goal. 7 tackle set for Manly with 2 minutes remaining.

76min

SCRUM TIGERS - Tom Trbojevic with a long low kick and finds touch 10m from the Tigers line.

73min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Daly Cherry-Evans.

DCE slots the goal quickly from in front.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 20 Sea Eagles
73min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Daly Cherry-Evans. Kick to come.

Manly go 100 metres to score. Gosiewski got our of a tackle with a great and offloaded to Tom Trbojevic, the pass was on Tom's toes but he magically caught it and passed to DCE back on the inside, who ran away to score under the posts.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 18 Sea Eagles
72min

Brooks sends Naiqama down the left wing. Naiqama kicked back in field and Brooks very nearly got to the ball for a try but the ball beat him over the dead ball line.

71min

A huge bulldozing run by Fonua-Blake, but he opted against passing to Tom Trbojevic and was tackled with the ball. The next play the ball was sent to Kelly who got across the line but dropped the ball just short of the line.

69min

Marshall with a nice short ball on Chee Kam on the last who is stopped on the line before offloading, however it was caught by Lane.

67min

SCRUM TIGERS - Kelly loses the ball in the tackle on halfway.

66min

Tom Trbojevic cleaned up the loose ball and exploded into a gap towards the tryline and then threw a pass to the left which went straight to Liddle.

65min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Trent Hodkinson.

Hodkinson nails the goal from almost in front.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 14 Sea Eagles
64min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Trent Hodkinson. Kick to come.

Second tackle after the penalty, Hodkinson picked the ball up from dummy half, took to the line, stepped off his left and ducked under the tackle to score

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 12 Sea Eagles
63min

PENALTY MANLY - Tigers ruled to have blocked the Manly kick chase. Another Manly set inside the Tigers 10m

63min

DCE Denied a try by a great cover tackle by Chee Kam

62min

PENALTY - Taufua dragged into touch after being called held. They get another set inside the Tigers 20m

61min

PENALTY MANLY - They find touch on halfway.

60min

Chee Kam with a stunning offload in traffic to Farah, but he was tackled quickly from behind.

60min

Manly with a repeat set 20m from the Tigers line

59min

SCRUM TIGERS - Fonua-Blake looked to have scored for all money, but the pass was ruled forward

57min

SCRUM TIGERS - Manly with a very good set ends with Tom Trbojevic finding touch with a last minute grubber on the last, 10m from the Tigers line.

55min

Conversion: Wests Tigers
Attempted by Esan Marsters.

Marsters from the left touchline misses the goal comfortably.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 8 Sea Eagles
54min

Try: Wests Tigers
Scored by Kevin Naiqama. Kick to come.

First play from the touch finder and the Tigers swing it left and this time, Mbye draws and passes to Naiqama and the winger goes over for another try. Tigers with 3 tries in 6 minutes.!

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 22 - 8 Sea Eagles
52min

PENALTY TIGERS - Manly give away a tackle, late in the set. Brooks finds touch 25m from the Manly line with a great kick.

51min

Conversion: Wests Tigers
Kicked by Esan Marsters.

Marsters slots the goal from right in front.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 18 - 8 Sea Eagles
49min

Try: Wests Tigers
Scored by Moses Mbye. Kick to come.

From the kick restart, Twal with a barnstorming run, steps off his right and then pushes away a defender on his left, then busts the line and runs 50m before passing to Mbye who scores under the posts.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 16 - 8 Sea Eagles
48min

Conversion: Wests Tigers
Kicked by Esan Marsters.

Marsters nails the goal from in front.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 12 - 8 Sea Eagles
48min

Try: Wests Tigers
Scored by Chris Lawrence. Kick to come.

Farah with a lovely deft grubber from dummy half and Lawrence follows it through to score a try to the left of the posts.

Wests Tigers lead Wests Tigers 10 - 8 Sea Eagles
47min

Nofoaluma makes a great break and then tackles himself as he slips over 15m shy of the Manly line.

43min

SCRUM MANLY - Mbye drops the ball 10m from the Manly line. He's not having a good night.

42min

PENALTY TIGERS - Parker offside. Brooks finds touch 40m from the Manly line.

40min

Back underway!

39min

Penalty Goal: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Daly Cherry-Evans.

DCE nails the penalty goal

Sea Eagles lead Wests Tigers 6 - 8 Sea Eagles
39min

PENALTY MANLY - 8 seconds left in the half and the Tigers give away a penalty right in front. DCE to take a shot at a penalty goal.

39min

First pass off the scrum to Brooks and he drops it cold.

38min

SCRUM TIGERS - Taufua knocks on and the Tigers will get a scrum on 5m on Manly's side of halfway

36min

Manly getting plenty of offloads away

35min

Tom Trbojevic with a catch and pass to Taufua who scores out wide, but it's called pack as the pass went forward.

34min

DROP OUT TIGERS - DCE kicks early, Mbye gets a horror bounce and Tom T soccers it on into the Tigers ingoal, but Naiqama gets back in time to take the ball dead.

32min

Conversion: Wests Tigers
Kicked by Esan Marsters.

Marsters nails the sideline conversion.

Tied up at Wests Tigers 6 - 6 Sea Eagles
31min

Try: Wests Tigers
Scored by Kevin Naiqama. Kick to come.

Tigers go to the left side and Fonua gets a stunning pass up over Suli in the tackle and Naiqama scores in the corner untouched.

Sea Eagles lead Wests Tigers 4 - 6 Sea Eagles
30min

PENALTY TIGERS - Manly give away a penalty right on halfway. Can the Tigers hang onto the pill and get across the stripe this time?

28min

DCE grubbers back across the posts but Thompson can only get fingertips to it. Tigers with a 7 tackle set.

27min

PENALTY MANLY - Sue gives away a penalty on the fifth for a second effort in the tackle.

26min

SCRUM MANLY - And this time Farah drops a pass at first receiver cold, 10m from the Manly line.

25min

PENALTY TIGERS - Twal juggles the ball but manages to hang on as he hits the defensive line who are all offside. Tigers with a full set 20m from the Manly line.

23min

SCRUM TIGERS - Tanginoa bobbles the ball in the tackle and it goes forward into the defence. Both sides turning the ball over a lot in great attacking position.

22min

PENALTY MANLY - Tigers off their line too quickly.

20min

SCRUM TIGERS - Walker with a great jink and pass to Suli who had a clear run to the line, but he dropped the pass cold.

18min

SCRUM MANLY - Another Tigers set with another handling error. This time Brooks takes on the line and the ball is stripped out in a 2-1 tackle right on halfway.

15min

SCRUM TIGERS - DCE switches the ball back inside to Tom Trbojevic who dropped the ball with the line wide open.

13min

SCRUM MANLY - Tigers go down the left side again, but Mbye's pass goes just behind Naiqama who knocks it on.

12min

DROP OUT MANLY - Marshall kicks back across field on the third tackle and the ball pulls up just inside the dead-ball line. Trbojevic cleans up but is tackled in goal.

11min

Both sides playing very expansive footy

8min

SCRUM TIGERS - Tigers pass is knocked down by Manly, 10m from the Manly line

7min

Brooks runs around the Manly right side defence and runs down the sideline before hurling it back infield to Fonua, who is then tackled by Tom Trbojevic

5min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Daly Cherry-Evans.

DCE from just to the left of the posts, knocks over the conversion.

Sea Eagles lead Wests Tigers 0 - 6 Sea Eagles
4min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Daly Cherry-Evans. Kick to come.

Jake Trbojevic drifted left slightly before hitting DCE out the back with a short ball and he goes over for a good try.

Sea Eagles lead Wests Tigers 0 - 4 Sea Eagles
3min

Farah with a dummy and break from dummy half, runs 50m downfield before linking with Chee Kam who was brought down 30m from the Manly line. The Tigers run it on the last and Fonua was held up just shy of the tryline

1min

Strong opening set by Manly

Tigers get us underway

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Matt Cecchin, Alan Shortall

Touch Judges: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Belinda Sleeman

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea

WESTS TIGERS (22)
Tries: Kevin Naiqama (2), Chris Lawrence, Moses Mbye
Field Goals:
Conversions: Esan Marsters (3/4)
Penalty Goals:

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (20)
Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans (2), Trent Hodkinson
Field Goals:
Conversions: Daly Cherry-Evans (2/2), Trent Hodkinson (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (1/2)