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FULL TIME at Central Coast Stadium and Manly have bounced back from their round 1 loss to win 14-12 over South Sydney

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Souths get a scrum but then Adam Reynolds knocks on all but securing victory for the Sea Eagles

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Joe Picker thinks he's scored but Shayne Hayne calls NO TRY instead

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

VIDEO REFEREE: Checking whether Joe Picker has got the ball down, Shayne Hayne has said no try

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Jamie Lyon is going to take a shot at Penalty goal from 30m out right in front

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Souths could've gone for the FG but spread it left and David Williams intercepts and takes the Sea Eagles upfield

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Six more tackles go to Souths on the Sea Eagles 40m

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Manly unlucky to get six again, vision looked like Dylan Walker got a touch on it but Shayne Hayne rules otherwise

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The Wolfman takes a quick tap and Manly race upfield

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Penalty Souths: Jamie Buhrer penalised for not being square at marker, smart play from Isaac Luke to catch him out, penalty count 8-5 to Souths

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Penalty Manly - Souths penalised for being offside as the match is heating up

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-6

Decent Friday night crowd for the match tonight 15,120

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-6

An excellent kick finds touch just 1m out from Souths line, was very close to going touch in goal, touch judge had to double check with onfield refs

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-6

A lot of rebounds and flick passes from Souths ends up with Manly coming away with the ball

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-6

Peta Hiku puts a kick in before the last but creates no problems for Souths, they get the 20m restart and zero tackle

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-6

Penalty Manly - Referee Chris James rules DCE was offside after the ball ricochets off Peta Hiku and caught by DCE in an offside position

South Sydney Rabbitohs 10-6

Jamie Buhrer has had to put a kick in that Nathan Merritt fumbles backwards then ends up racing out to the 30m line

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4

Scrappy play from Souths sees the pass go out infront of Lote Tuqiri and into touch

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4

Adam Reynolds puts a fourth tackle kick in from inside his own 40m but Peta Hiku cleans up about 10m in field

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4

Play back underway at Central Coast Stadium

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4

HALFTIME in Gosford and we've got Manly in front by a Jamie Lyon penalty goal. We have a grinding contest which was dominated early by the Sea Eagles, but the last ten minutes has been mostly Souths. Join us soon for the second half!

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4

Manly force a drop-out from the Bunnies, who've grounded the ball in goal after a mess of a play.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4

VIDEO REFEREE - could be a Souths try here to Sam Burgess. The ball is knocked down by Watmough from Luke's attempted dummy half pass... Big Sam picks it up and scores unopposed. Checking whether Burgess is offside, apparently...

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

Uh oh... a stray pass by Manly is bad enough... Now a swinging arm by Anthony Watmough has been spotted on replay and instead it's a PENALTY to South Sydney!

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0

After a short delay play back underway after John Sutton required medical attention for an injured ankle

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

We're back up stairs - Shayne Hayne gives us the crossed arms, checking whether Jamie Lyon got a touch on the ball before DCE caught it and grounded it

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

DCE sends it high and Nathan Merritt takes a good catch inside his own 10m zone

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

PENALTY SOUTHS - Manly markers penalised for not being square at marker

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

PENALTY SOUTHS - Shayne Hayne calls held and the ball comes free thanks to a helping hand from the Manly player

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

Takes Souths two goes to pack and feed the scrum, even on the second time it nearly went wrong

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

Jamie Lyon puts a good kick in that finds touch just 10m out from the Souths line

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

Souths looking a bit disorganised out on their right side after an attacking raid is intercepted by Cheyse Blair & Manly now work it to halfway

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

PENALTY SOUTHS: Souths get a penalty after Shayne Hayne rules the tacklers didn't role away

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0

Going up to the men upstairs (Bernard Sutton & Luke Patten) - Shayne Hayne gives us the 'T' symbol, checking sideline and grounding for a Cheyse Blair try

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PENALTY MANLY: Manly get a penalty on their own 40m and from DCE's kick end up 30m out from the Souths line

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Cheyse Blair flies like a player of a certain other code but can't catch the ball and it goes dead

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Well that was an interesting kick from Adam Reynolds, it goes backwards and Manly take possession and go down field

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And then Souths give it straight back to Manly after Nathan Merritt passes infield to Manly's Steve Matai

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Or Not, only two tackles in and Manly make the mistake and give Souths possession

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Play Underway at Central Coast Stadium, Manly with the first use

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The Rabbitohs out on the field as are now Manly who will be defending the northern end of Central Coast Stadium

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TEAM NEWS has been confirmed for the Rabbitohs with Chris McQueen ruled OUT of the side through injury. Luke Burgess comes in as a result and will start in the second row. Kyle Turner fills the empty bench spot in jersey 19.

The Sea Eagles confirm reports from earlier in the week that Glenn Stewart will miss tonight's match with a groin strain. Jamie Buhrer comes into the side at lock forward. Jesse Sene-Lefao is added to the bench.

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