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It appeared as though Jake Trbojevic was sent off but on review he was not - that's all she wrote and in a controversial finish, Newcastle win 14-12.

Newcastle cleared of any wrongdoing and they've held on for a gutsy victory built on the foundation of defence.

Manly got upfield, we're going upstairs for a possible penalty try or professional foul to set up a penalty goal to even things up

Mitchell Pearce finds the sideline. Manly have 90 metres to go in less than one minute

Aidan Guerra of all people collects Daly Cherry-Evans' grubber and makes good metres on the return

Penalty to Manly to piggy back them out of trouble on the first. Not long to go now

Challenge is successful, Manly retain possession and in my opinion rightly so

Knock on by Daly Cherry-Evans but he's challenging it

Set restart for Manly. This would be something else if the Knights can hold on here

Penalty to Manly after Mitchell Pearce collects Garrick high.

Suspect pass from Daly Cherry-Evans is let go and Manly bomb on the last, taken well by Tex Hoy at the back

Challenge unsuccessful

Knights are challenging it, probably more to catch their breath than any dispute with the decision

Knock on Knights, handover. Manly survive

Daniel Saifiti absolutely irons out Brad Parker

Tex Hoy will stand in as fullback for the time being

Kalyn Ponga is being taken from the field and with only 12 minutes to go I don't think he'll be coming back on

Knock on confirmed, no try for Manly. Knights scrum feed 10 metres out from their own line.

We'll go upstairs for a possible Daly Cherry-Evans double, the ref has a try! It looks doubtful that there was no knock on in the contest though.

Brad Parker makes 20 odd metres on the last

Martin Taupau is met by a brick wall of Knights defenders as he brings it back from the restart

Manly get 6 more on the last courtesy of a good Danny Levi run from dummy half catching the markers out

Newcastle were looking dangerous with a backline play but the pass from Enari Tuala is ruled forwards.

Daly Cherry-Evans kicks from inside the 40 and it just holds up from going out outside the 20. Manly's kick chase is good

Pearce takes the line on on the last, leaving the kicking duties to Ponga who grubbers one in to Reuben Garrick

Tevita Funa does well to take a contested bomb and pass it off to Garrick

Knock on confirmed, Newcastle ball

Going upstairs for a possible Manly try, on-field call is NO TRY though. It was a bomb and the on field interpretation was it was a knock on

Jorge Taufua's produced one of his textbook shots on Enari Tuala, Pearce sums the situation up well by dribbling the ball into touch

Into the field of play*

Kalyn Ponga produces another herculean effort to make it back into the in goal

Reuben Garrick links up with Jorge Taufua on the first who makes some extra metres

Martin Taupau ended up putting a kick in and Newcastle survive against all odds! That is some inspired defence

6 more for Manly as Andrew McCullough produces a try saver on Brad Parker

Martin Taupau is back out there for the home team

Phenomenal defensive effort from the Knights there, they get away with a goal line dropout. Manly looking very dangerous

Manly now have 6 more and Newcastle's scramble has been amazing thus far to stop them scoring but how much longer can they keep it up?

Cade Cust making good ground before offloading. Manly now with the momentum

Manly spreading the ball early in the count but not making any excess metres in doing so

Kalyn Ponga does very well to step the Manly defence and get out of the in goal and he gets a penalty right after

Kalyn Ponga bounces right off Reuben Garrick while trying to tackle him

Daly Cherry-Evans' grubber is collected by Pearce, who gets it off the Kurt Mann who is greeted by a hard hit from Moses Suli

Reuben Garrick only just stays in the field of play after running into some strong defence, but it is undone immediately as Manly are awarded a penalty

Brad Parker salvages a wayward offload by making 15 odd metres after picking up the loose ball

Andrew McCullough puts in a grubber that doesn't get through the line and Manly have the ball

Joel Thompson is coming from the field for an HIA

Set restart for the Knights

Kalyn Ponga takes the high ball with ease and is wrapped up on the 20

Reuben Garrick lets the ball go over the sideline as news comes through that Edrick Lee has broken his arm and Sione Mata'utia has failed his HIA in two big blows for the Knights

We're back for the second half here at Lottoland as the sun begins to set. Newcastle with first use of the ball

Going upstairs for a possible Kurt Mann try off a Mitch Pearce kick

Pearce passes to Ponga who slips over

Good run from Andrew McCullough up the middle and he gets a set restart. Just over a minute to go here

The Manly fans clap Mata'utai off and he is able to walk his way into the sheds in a positive sign. Unlikely he'll play any further part in this one

Sione Mata'utia still down, hoping he's ok considering his history with concussion

Sione Mata'utia now down and receiving attention after a tackle attempt went wrong.

Mitchell Pearce with a better kick, he finds touch and forces Manly to work it out of their own end with exactly 3 minutes left in the half

Reuben Garrick pokes his nose through the line and on the play after Cade Cust throws it into Row 3 of the crowd, just after receiving a set restart. Des is not happy

Kalyn Ponga makes a mess of the bomb and Manly will have 6 more tackles in good field position

Kick from Kurt Mann is too deep and Reuben Garrick take sit in goal, giving his side 7 tackles

Daly Cherry-Evans is caught on the last but Lachlan Croker is up to the task, again putting it over the sideline

To clarify, Cust has come on for Levi but is playing five eighth, pushing Croker to dummy half

Daly Cherry-Evans kicks from inside the 40 and puts Hoy on his skates to run back and collect it

Manly hold on! Kurt Mann had plenty of time and put in a crossfield kick for Tex Hoy, who tapped back for Best who was comfortably handled by Manly

Cade Cust is now out there for the home side

Pearce with what feels like his 15th grubber of the day to get his side a repeat set. Manly's defence looks much improved from last week

Pearce puts in another good grubber and Reuben Garrick only just beats Kurt Mann to the ball. Another repeat set for the Knights coming up

Manly wind up pouncing on an offload however they are ruled to have been offside. 6 more tackles for the Knights coming up

Set restart on tackle 2 for Newcastle

Martin Taupau puts a high shot on Sione Mata'utia and is penalised late in the tackle count

Daly Cherry-Evans stabs the ball into touch

Great run by Addin Fonua-Blake, making 20 odd metres and a lot of them post contact

Moses Suli is well handled by Bradman Best and Tex Hoy

Daly Cherry-Evans' chip is well read by Tex Hoy who burrows down and stays in the field of play

Jorge Taufua makes a very strong kick return and gets Manly on the front foot

Andrew McCullough dives on his own wayward pass

Lachlan Croker's grubber isn't deep enough, it's retrieved by Ponga in the field of play

Daly Cherry-Evans is back out there

6 to go for Manly on the 3rd tackle inside Knights territory

Penalty to Manly courtesy of a crusher tackle from David Klemmer

Manly's kickoff again allowed to bounce and Daniel Saifiti again brings it back

Penalty to the Knights off the Manly scrum, mass confusion as to what it was for. We move on, Newcastle on the attack again against 12 men

Kalyn Ponga skips down a short-side but it doesn't end well with Kurt Mann's pass being ruled forward. Nonetheless Newcastle looked dangerous

Bradman Best makes good metres but is brought down by Suli

Pearce with a shallow bomb and it is easily handled by Garrick who had no real pressure on him

Knights awarded a set restart midway through the count

Kickoff is allowed to bounce but no dramas for Newcastle who bring it back through Saifiti

Newcastle opt to take the two points from close proximity to the uprights

Daly Cherry-Evans may be in trouble for a possible professional foul. Definitely no penalty try, standby for bunker's ruling on sin bin

A much more expansive attacking set ends the same way, the ref is going upstairs for a possible penalty try but it doesn't look likely. Most probably another drop out coming up

Edrick Lee receiving attention from the trainers and is coming off the field. He'll be replaced by Tex Hoy

Newcastle with a lot of settlers in that set before Mitchell Pearce put in a well weighted grubber to force a goal line drop out

Andrew McCullough kicks out of dummy half and Garrick makes a nervous take of the ball

Good contact by Brad Parker on Enari Tuala off the scrum win

Kick by Daly Cherry-Evans is allowed to bounce and it rolls over the sideline uncontested. Newcastle ball

Mitchell Pearce kicks on the 4th and it is fielded on the bounce by Reuben Garrick

Manly look keen to move the ball around early and make just over 60 metres off their opening set

Kalyn Ponga gets us underway and Martin Taupau takes the opening hit up

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Sunday Arvo Footy and first up we are at Lottoland, which will host its first NRL match since early March with Manly playing host to Newcastle. Both sides are 1-17 and coming off heavy and unexpected defeats last start. You'd expect both sides to be heavily focused on defence after leaking 40 and 32 points respectively. Just over 5 minutes until kickoff now