DCE kicks it straight it enough but it falls about 2 metres shy of the mark and the Tigers win.
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.
Liddle runs it on the last and is brought down 1m shy of the Manly line.
SCRUM TIGERS - Kelly drops the ball in the play-the-ball on the first tackle. Tigers now with a set inside the Manly 30m
Brooks grubbers for the corner but the ball just goes dead in goal. 7 tackle set for Manly with 2 minutes remaining.
SCRUM TIGERS - Tom Trbojevic with a long low kick and finds touch 10m from the Tigers line.
DCE slots the goal quickly from in front.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SCRUM TIGERS - Kelly loses the ball in the tackle on halfway.
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.
Hodkinson nails the goal from almost in front.
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
PENALTY MANLY - Tigers ruled to have blocked the Manly kick chase. Another Manly set inside the Tigers 10m
DCE Denied a try by a great cover tackle by Chee Kam
PENALTY - Taufua dragged into touch after being called held. They get another set inside the Tigers 20m
PENALTY MANLY - They find touch on halfway.
Chee Kam with a stunning offload in traffic to Farah, but he was tackled quickly from behind.
Manly with a repeat set 20m from the Tigers line
SCRUM TIGERS - Fonua-Blake looked to have scored for all money, but the pass was ruled forward
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.
Marsters from the left touchline misses the goal comfortably.
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.!
PENALTY TIGERS - Manly give away a tackle, late in the set. Brooks finds touch 25m from the Manly line with a great kick.
Marsters slots the goal from right in front.
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.
Marsters nails the goal from in front.
Farah with a lovely deft grubber from dummy half and Lawrence follows it through to score a try to the left of the posts.
Nofoaluma makes a great break and then tackles himself as he slips over 15m shy of the Manly line.
SCRUM MANLY - Mbye drops the ball 10m from the Manly line. He's not having a good night.
PENALTY TIGERS - Parker offside. Brooks finds touch 40m from the Manly line.
Back underway!
DCE nails the penalty goal
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.
First pass off the scrum to Brooks and he drops it cold.
SCRUM TIGERS - Taufua knocks on and the Tigers will get a scrum on 5m on Manly's side of halfway
Manly getting plenty of offloads away
Tom Trbojevic with a catch and pass to Taufua who scores out wide, but it's called pack as the pass went forward.
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.
Marsters nails the sideline conversion.
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.
PENALTY TIGERS - Manly give away a penalty right on halfway. Can the Tigers hang onto the pill and get across the stripe this time?
DCE grubbers back across the posts but Thompson can only get fingertips to it. Tigers with a 7 tackle set.
PENALTY MANLY - Sue gives away a penalty on the fifth for a second effort in the tackle.
SCRUM MANLY - And this time Farah drops a pass at first receiver cold, 10m from the Manly line.
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.
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.
PENALTY MANLY - Tigers off their line too quickly.
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.
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.
SCRUM TIGERS - DCE switches the ball back inside to Tom Trbojevic who dropped the ball with the line wide open.
SCRUM MANLY - Tigers go down the left side again, but Mbye's pass goes just behind Naiqama who knocks it on.
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.
Both sides playing very expansive footy
SCRUM TIGERS - Tigers pass is knocked down by Manly, 10m from the Manly line
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
DCE from just to the left of the posts, knocks over the conversion.
Jake Trbojevic drifted left slightly before hitting DCE out the back with a short ball and he goes over for a good try.
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
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)