Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sat August 3, 2019
Round 20 - 4 Pines Park, Brookvale / Cammeraygal - Crowd: 15012
80min

Manase Fainu is tackled as the full-time siren sounds.

79min

The Sea Eagles repel an attacking chance from the Knights.

77min

The Knights get tackled close to the line.

76min

The Knights get a penalty and will start a set just over halfway.

75min

Shaun Kenny-Dowall manages to deny a rampaging effort from Jorge Taufua close to the line.

73min

Walker bombs and in a sign of how dismal today has been for the Knights, the ball falcon's Mason Lino.

72min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Reuben Garrick.

Garrick converts to put the Sea Eagles up 30-6.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 30 - 6 Knights
70min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Reuben Garrick. Kick to come.

Garrick gets another to bring his season total to 13.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 28 - 6 Knights
70min

It's been a sorry second half for the Knights - they were in this at halftime, but haven't been able to stay with the Sea Eagles.

69min

Pearce kicks the ball dead to give the Sea Eagles a seven tackle set.

68min

Fitzgibbon does well to dive on the ball close to his own goal line.

67min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Attempted by Reuben Garrick.

The kick goes wide to leave the score at 24-6.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 24 - 6 Knights
66min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Jorge Taufua. Kick to come.

Taufua continues his love affair against Newcastle, bagging his 11th try from nine appearances.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 24 - 6 Knights
66min

Jorge Taufua is claiming a try, but the referee wants to check for a possible obstruction.

66min

Pearce comes up with a lacklustre last tackle play to give the Sea Eagles a seven tackle set.

65min

Watson makes a great bust to send Ponga close to the tryline.

64min

The Sea Eagles get another penalty - it's all becoming a bit much for the Knights.

64min

Sea Eagles get another penalty and elect to tap and go.

63min

The Sea Eagles get a penalty for an escort.

63min

The Sea Eagles are surging at the moment.

61min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Reuben Garrick.

Garrick converts to put the home side up by 14.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 20 - 6 Knights
60min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Martin Taupau. Kick to come.

Taupau exploits the Knights retreating defence to all but assure the Sea Eagles a place in the finals.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 18 - 6 Knights
58min

The Knights give up an attacking chance with a forward pass inside the Sea Eagles' half.

56min

Jorge Taufua comes up with an error to release the pressure on the Knights.

55min

DCE is taken by Mason Lino 15 metres out from the Knights line.

55min

INTERCEPT

53min

Pearce bombs, but Garrick is up to the tack on his goal line.

53min

Ponga can't quite get through the Manly defence.

51min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Reuben Garrick.

After missing his first two kicks, Garrick puts the Sea Eagles out beyond a converted try.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 14 - 6 Knights
50min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Joel Thompson. Kick to come.

Joel Thompson punishes the Knights with a powerful run to score an important try for the home side.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 12 - 6 Knights
49min

James Gavet loses possession to put the Knights under serious pressure.

48min

Kalyn Ponga gets a penalty despite protestations from the Manly crowd over a possible escort.

46min

Kurt Mann does well to get the ball out of the in-goal.

45min

Compounding the poor finish to the set, the Knights concede a penalty.

44min

Mason Lino comes up with a poor kick to gift the Sea Eagles a seven tackle set.

43min

The Knights get a penalty coming out of their own end.

43min

Ponga makes a leaping catch inside his own half.

42min

Shaun Kenny-Dowall makes a good effort close to the Sea Eagles' line, but the Manly defence forces a turnover.

41min

James Gavet gets an offload away.

41min

Shaun Kenny-Dowall does well to put the Knights on the attack.

40min

The Sea Eagles are on the field with play set to resume in a matter of moments.

40min

Mitchell Pearce takes the Knights back out for the second half.

40min

SKD takes Tom Trbojevic over the sideline as the first half comes to a close.

39min

The Knights fail to make the most of an attacking opportunity as the first half winds down.

39min

Dylan Walker does his best gridiron audition to give up possession inside the Knights' half.

38min

Ponga shows he is human by coming up with an error.

37min

The Sea Eagles come up with an error in an attacking position.

36min

Ponga fires a cut-out pass akin to his effort in Origin I - but the pass is deemed forward.

35min

The Lottoland faithful let their feelings known about a pass to James Gavet near halfway.

34min

Hymel Hunt gets a penalty with the Sea Eagles deemed offside from DCE's kick.

33min

Jorge Taufua manages to stay in the field of play after a bouncing bomb from Pearce after points.

33min

Ponga's footwork to score that try would earn him a place in the Belarusian Ballet from John Wick 3!

32min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Mason Lino.

Lino gets the Knights back within two points.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 8 - 6 Knights
30min

Try: Knights
Scored by Kalyn Ponga. Kick to come.

Ponga dances his way to the line with brilliant footwork.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 8 - 4 Knights
30min

Barnett is taken in a great tackle by Walker.

29min

Newcastle get a penalty 30 metres out from the Manly line.

28min

Tom Trbojevic comes up with another error inside his own half.

27min

Manase Fainu replaces Apisai Koroisau at dummy half.

27min

James Gavet is on for the visitors.

27min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Attempted by Reuben Garrick.

From the touchline Garrick pushes the kick left of the posts.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 8 - 0 Knights
26min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Reuben Garrick. Kick to come.

Garrick gets his 12th try of the season.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 8 - 0 Knights
26min

Reuben Garrick is claiming a try after a pinpoint chip from DCE.

24min

DCE bombs for Kurt Mann who comes up with an error inside the Knights' half.

23min

Daniel Saifiti loses possession a metre out from the goal line.

22min

Sione Mata'utia is on for David Klemmer.

22min

Ponga kicks for Mann inside the Sea Eagles half.

22min

Ponga loses possession on halfway only for the referee to award the visitors a penalty.

21min

The Knights manage to come up with possession after an attacking kick from DCE.

19min

Lino puts a well-timed kick onto the chest of SKD, but the Newcastle winger can't maintain possession.

18min

The Knights get a penalty on halfway.

18min

Suli pops an offload to Tom Trbojevic who can't hold onto the ball.

17min

Tom Trbojevic gets a penalty after Hymel Hunt pushes the Manly Sea Eagles' fullback in the act of contesting the ball.

15min

Lino kicks for Kenny-Dowall, who bats it back to Barnett who give possession back with a well-intentioned kick to the posts.

14min

Tom Trobojevic loses possession inside his own half.

14min

Taupau is hit in strong contact off the kick-off by Hunt and Barnett.

13min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Attempted by Reuben Garrick.

Garrick is well wide of the posts to leave the home side up 4-0.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 4 - 0 Knights
13min

Good work from Sironen to score his fifth of the season exposing Moga and Pearce defensively.

12min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Curtis Sironen. Kick to come.

DCE puts his second rower over with a nice pass to expose the Knights' retreating defence.

Sea Eagles lead Sea Eagles 4 - 0 Knights
11min

The Sea Eagles get a repeat set inside the Knights' half.

10min

The Knights have the ascendancy over the early stages.

10min

Tom Trbojevic is taken inside his 10 metre zone.

9min

DCE kicks from inside his own 20 metre zone.

8min

Mason Lino puts the ball in goal only for Tom Trbojevic to get out in time.

7min

David Klemmer earns a penalty inside the Sea Eagles' half.

7min

Daly Cherry-Evans kicks downfield as Ponga gets a pass away to Moga.

6min

Ponga goes high but Tom Trbojevic is up to the task.

4min

Curtis Sironen can't latch onto Dylan Walker's chip close to the tryline. The Knights will start a set 10 metres out from their own end.

3min

The Sea Eagles get a penalty coming out of their own end.

2min

Daniel Saifiti gets an offload away in the Sea Eagles half.

1min

Moses Suli comes up with an error just over halfway.

1min

Mitchell Pearce kicks downfield where Tom Trbojevic is tackled just shy of the 30 metre line.

Reuben Garrick kicks off as David Klemmer takes the first carry of the afternoon.

Daly Cherry-Evans leads the Sea Eagles out through a Golden Eagles entrance of former club legends.

The Knights are on the field.

The Knights are as per program after coach Nathan Brown swung the selection axe during the week.

The Sea Eagles have made one change with Apisai Koroisau returning for his 100th game at hooker as part of a reshuffle that sees Manase Fainu drop to the bench in place of Lachlan Croker.

The Sea Eagles come into today's contest off the back of a golden point victory over Melbourne last Saturday, while the Knights succumbed to their fourth straight loss last Friday against the Tigers.

Manly and Newcastle boast one of the strongest rivalries in the competition stemming from several fiery clashes during the mid-90s - most notably the 1997 ARL Grand Final won by the Knights with seconds left on the clock.

Welcome to League Unlimited's coverage of Round 20 Saturday Afternoon NRL between the Manly Sea Eagles and the Newcastle Knights from Lottoland.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Henry Perenara, Phil Henderson

Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Liam Nicholls

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (30)
Tries: Curtis Sironen, Reuben Garrick (2), Joel Thompson, Martin Taupau, Jorge Taufua
Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (3/6)
Penalty Goals:

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (6)
Tries: Kalyn Ponga
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mason Lino (1/1)
Penalty Goals: