FULL TIME at Bankwest Stadium and the Manly Sea Eagles go three straight with a 40-6 demolition of the Wests Tigers
Alex Seyfarth loses the ball in a strong tackle close to the line
PENALTY TIGERS: Josh Schuster penalised twice once for kicking the ball away and then one for a ruck infringement
Reuben Garrick adds another conversion from in front
Kieran Foran gets a short ball from DCE and he has a massivehole in front of him between Roberts and Doueihi and Foran scores
PENALTY MANLY: Tommy Talau penalised for a shoulder charge and put on report
James Roberts makes another error after getting space on the outside
PENALTY TIGERS: The Manly lead runner makes contact with Luke Brooks and Adam Gee blows the obstruction
Things not happening for the Tigers as their last 2 attacking sets end up with passes going into touch
Forward pass called against Manly - Tigers on the attack on the Manly 20
Reuben Garrick pushes the conversion across the face of the posts
DCE kicks across field and Jason Saab flies through the air like a 340B and pinches the ball out of David Nofoaluma's hands to score
Reuben Garrick misses his first conversion of the afternoon
Tom Trbojevic sets it up again as they swing left and he makes a great catch and pass out to Reuben Garrick who scores
DCE from just inside the 40 kicks and catches Tommy Talau out of position and it goes out for a 40/20
Luke Brooks with a nothing kick on the last chipping it straight to Tommy Turbo
Tom Trbojevic loses the ball after making a half break in the middle of the park
Reuben Garrick has another easy conversion from in front
Through the middle again goes the Sea Eagles as DCE finds Haumole Olakau'atu to go through and back in the middle was Tommy Turbo to score
Adam Doueihi puts up a trademark torpedo bomb and Jason Saab does well taking it under pressure
Reuben Garrick pushes the lead out to 14 after the Tigers were penalised for strip on their own line.
SET RESTART MANLY: Luke Brooks hangs around the ruck too long
It all goes horribly wrong for James Roberts as he has two air swings at the cleaning up the dropout and it goes into touch
Daine Laurie forces a repeat set as he kicks through and chases through and traps Jason Saab in goal
Daly Cherry-Evans ruled to have knocked-on but he doesn't agree with the correct call
SECOND HALF IS GO! - The Sea Eagles using the ball first
HALF TIME - An interesting half of action with the Manly Sea Eagles scoring three quick tries to take an 18-6 lead
Reuben Garrick converts from right in front yet again
Straight through the middle again goes the Sea Eagles as Tom Trbojevic finds DCE who was on his way to a hat-trick before bobbling it and then passing it to Marty Taupau who scored
Reuben Garrick converts from in front again
DCE has a two minute double - Tom Trbojevic goes through some poor defence from Zane Musgrove again and DCE on the inside backs up and scores untouched
Reuben Garrick converts from right in front
Some scrappy play from the Sea Eagles turns out successful for them as Josh Schuster goes through the middle picking up the loose ball and finds DCE who scores
PENALTY MANLY: No need for the bunker there - Adam Gee penalises David Nofoaluma for an old fashioned shepherd as he ran behind Michael Chee-Kam and got over the line
SET RESTART TIGERS: Slow ruck and Adam Gee calls six more
CHALLENGE UNSUCCESFUL: Alan Shortall in the bunker says that David Nofoaluma knocked the ball on despite replays showing that initially Nofoaluma touched then knocked it backwards.
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Wests Tigers ruled to have knocked it on by Adam Gee; Tigers challenging that call
Daine Laurie loses the ball under pressure from Tom Trbojevic but it goes backwards and Tommy Talau cleans up on his own line
A weird piece of play there from Manly - Morgan Harper busted through a tackle had DCE on his inside but elected to kick but his kick is straight into Daine Laurie
Taniela Paseka has a chance to get to the line but takes his eye off the ball and coughs up possession and the Tigers survive
PENALTY MANLY: A run of possession continues for Manly with Adam Gee penalising the Tigers for a strip
PENALTY MANLY: Luke Brooks penalised for a leg pull on last tackle and the Sea Eagles go on the attack for a full set inside the Tigers 20
SET RESTART MANLYx2: The Tigers called offside by Adam Gee so the Sea Eagles get their first set restart; Then it's a second two plays later when he rules a slow ruck
Adam Doueihi from 5m to the left of the uprights slots the conversion
Well the Tigers attack had no real direction but the last tackle kick from Luke Brooks ricochets off DCE and a crawling Luciano Leilua scrambles to get the ball first
SET RESTARTx3: Adam Gee signals six again twice once for a slow ruck and then offside against Manly, quickly followed by a third
Jake Simpkin goes from dummy half on last tackle but the Manly defence holds him up short of the line
PENALTY TIGERS: Going back a couple of plays - Adam Gee played an advantage for a pull back on David Nofoaluma from the Leilua break
Tigers on the attack as Luciano Leilua makes a bust down the left
Daine Laurie takes a good take under pressure from a DCE torpedo kick
Both sides completing their opening sets and ending centrefield
OFF WE GO! Adam Gee calls time on and we're underway at Bankwest Stadium - Tigers using the ball first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Wyatt Raymond
Video Referee: Alan Shortall
WESTS TIGERS (6)
Tries: Luciano Leilua
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Doueihi (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (40)
Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans (2), Reuben Garrick, Martin Taupau, Tom Trbojevic, Jason Saab, Kieran Foran
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (5/7)
Penalty Goals: Reuben Garrick (1/1)