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That'll be full time as Cherry-Evans bats the ball dead. The Dogs seemed destined for the wooden spoon while Manly remain a veryyyy slim mathematical chance for the top 8

Manly complete and the Dogs have to go 70 in 5 plays

Jayden Okunbor knoks the crossfield kick on

Bulldogs again in great attacking position with 2 minutes to go. They couldn't...

They kick for Okunbor again but Abbas Miski is all over it this time. Manly have the ball

Dogs not afraid to chance their arm, they spread it left on the first and make 40 odd metres

Bunker taking their time...

Ref has no try, checking the grounding by Jayden Okunbor

Going upstairs for a possible Bulldogs try

Bulldogs knock it on early in the tackle count and Manly are again in great attacking position

Tevita Funa knocks the ball on on the last

Cade Cust is down with a leg injury of sorts

Manly are reeling in the metres here, Funa making a break upfield before linking up with Cherry-Evans who is brought down 25 metres away

Jayden Okunbor rises above the pack to catch the ball and save a Manly try

Jayden Okunbor is again stopped with open space in front of him and Manly will come up with possession

Bulldogs get a penalty close to the line

Daly Cherry-Evans is caught on the last again. Changeover

Morgan Harper comes away with the loose ball off the kick and runs 20 metres before being put down

Jake Averillo intercepts the ball as Danny Levi tries a harbour bridge pass to Cherry-Evans on the last. He is wrapped up inside his own 20

Okunbor puts a big hit on Cade Cust

A chip kick from Daly Cherry-Evans on the 1st goes wrong but the Bulldogs broke early from the scrum, penalty MAN

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak knocks on but they are again challenging

Curtis Sironen drops the ball in the tackle

A series of long passes by the Dogs on the last don't come off and Manly have the ball

Conservative set for Manly ends with a rolling kick from Cherry-Evans inside the 40

Sean Keppie runs it back for the Sea Eagles

Tevita Funa breaks a few tackles and gets Manly on the front foot on the kick return

The Manly scramble does well to stop Jayden Okunbor from crossing the line as the Buldogs get another penalty. The count is now 10-3 in favour of CBY

Penalty to the Bulldogs for a high shot on Lachlan Lewis

Gosiewski is down and will go off for his second HIA for the night

The Bulldogs get a penalty after taking possession of the loose ball after a Jack Gosiewski offload went wrong

Set restart for MAN

Manly make great ground and regain possession off the Cherry-Evans kick but are then caught with the ball on the last

We are back underway and it's Manly with the first possession of the second half

Set restart for Man with 50 seconds to go in the half

Will Hopoate is stopped from going over by his little brother Albert and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is caught with the ball on the last a tackle later

ANOTHER set restart for the Dogs

Another set restart for CBY very close to the line

Set restart for CBY

Nick Meaney is hammered by Sironen upon taking the high ball

Dogs kickoff only goes 30 metres and Brad Parker will play the ball

Manly get away with one as the loose ball hits the deck

Manly containing the Dogs well so far in the set and on the kick return Funa will play it on the 20

Bulldogs will take the 2 points once again

Marty Taupau compounds the earlier effort by giving away a penalty for a high shot on Lewis

Yikes. Manly have given away a penalty in possession with an obstruction. They have been terrible tonight

Set restart for MAN

Penalty to Manly but Marty Taupau has just blown an overlap Chad Townsend style by running back infield when there was nothing but open space to his left.

Challenge successful, penalty to the Bulldogs

Raymond Faitala-Mariner drops the ball but the Bulldogs are challenging it

A poor set ends extremely poorly for Manly, Cherry-Evans put in a nothing grubber and Cade Cust then gave away a penalty for dragging the Bulldogs player in goal after the held call

Piggyback penalty for Manly on the second and the replay shows that it was a contentious call at best. The Sea Eagles have a long way to go to regain momentum but the set restart just now will help with that

Tevita Funa just gets back outside of his own in goal area after a good kick from Lachlan Lewis pinned him down there

Jayden Okunbor does well to diffuse a Cherry-Evans bomb

Bulldogs are well and truly winning the battle with Manly players struggling to get back onside at the 3rd tackle

Penalty to Manly after Reimis Smith got involved in trying to clean up the loose ball from an offside position

Metres are a little harder to come by for Manly in that set with Cherry-Evans kicking from close to his own 30 and the Dogs are in good field position once again

Albert Hopoate defuses Lewis' bomb and Manly are up to the 20 on the second

Daly Cherry-Evans gets the kickoff right this time and again To'omaga makes the hit up

Dogs will take the shot at goal

Penalty to the Bulldogs as Brad Parker is called as offside

Tevita Funa makes a break upfield and gets an offload which finds the ground and is toed ahead by Daly Cherry-Evans but it is too deep and Jayden Okunbor watches it go dead. 7 tackles for CBY who are on the attack once more

Set restart for CBY

Penalty to the Bulldogs who will have the first attacking opportunity of the game after receiving a penalty

Manly winning the early field position battle, kicking from 35 metres away from the Bulldogs try line but the ball goes into touch and it'll be a scrum feed for CBY

The Bulldogs complete and Lachlan Lewis gets a midfield bomb away from just inside his own half

Underway and the Bulldogs have first use of the ball through Renouf To'omaga

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of what is without a doubt the match of the year with the 16th placed Bulldogs, who last won in late July, up against the Sea Eagles who last tasted victory in that same round 7 weeks ago. The Bulldogs have a stack of late changes, with Renouf To'omaga starting in the forwards and Ofahiki Ogden dropping out altogether. Matt Doorey will start in the back row for the 2nd time in his career, with Josh Jackson moving to lock after Luke Thompson was ruled out mid-week. Dean Britt and Chris Smith are the replacements who come onto the interchange. The Sea Eagles are 1-17. About 5 minutes to go until kickoff now