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COOTE'S AWAY! NO! STEWART TACKLES HIM! WAIT! IT GOES WIDE NEXT TACKLE AND.....

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Tired legs. Foran pushes it all the way to 3m out for a handover. Cowboys now with it all to do, two minutes left, 97m away.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Manly feed the scrum and it's BEEN WON AGAINST THE FEED WOW.... nope, referee calls it back. Manly re-pack and re-feed and march up the park.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Morgan and O'Neill create space on the right edge and the Cowboys now have a couple of tackles inside Manly's 20m...

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Manly complete the set, put it high, and Coote is able to collect the bomb. They work it away from their own 10m line.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Foran and Hiku look to link up but the ball ends up with a ball boy. Cowboys handover.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Kane Linnett having a horror day with the hands, this time he's crunched in a Jake Trbojevic tackle. Manly scrum just inside Cowboys' territory.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Turning into a real physical showdown as we enter the last ten minutes of this one. Big hits.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Tom Symonds loses it and the Cowboys get the scrum and power up field... then lose it out wide through Kane Linnett.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-12

Matt Scott clutching his arm after stumbling on a hit-up, but after being assessed he gets up and plays the ball without too much trouble.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-8

NO TRY (Obviously). The ruling is a 20m restart for the Cowboys.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

Onside is fine. First few passes are fine but then a Horo grubber has come off a seemingly offside Ligi Sao. Eventually Jamie Lyon soccers it ahead but doesn't get a hand to it and isn't held back. Should be a Cowboys 20m restart, if not a penalty...

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

VIDEO REF | Checking a NO TRY for Manly. Plenty to look at here off a Foran kick on the last.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

A long-range kick from JT almost creates trouble for Tom Trbojevic but the last bounce does take it dead, Manly 20m restart instead.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

INJURY: Antonio Winterstein coming off the field groggy after copping a knock. Can't see him making his way back on the park tonight.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

Back underway at 1300SMILES, end to end stuff early.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

HALFTIME and it was all Cowboys early before Manly wrestled their way back into it, ultimately with a lead at the change of ends! Unpredictable game this one, stay tuned after the break.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8-6

VIDEO REF | Checking a second try for Taufua. Stewart's been delivered a ball out the back before shooting it on to Jorge... we're checking possible obstruction by Justin Horo.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

One last big chance for Manly before the break...

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

Manly's attack breaks down and the Cowboys come away with it, before the Cowboys make their own error just inside Manly territory. DCE with a scrum to feed.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

Foran puts a cheeky grubber through the line which the home side is forced to bat dead. Drop-out Cowboys.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

Peta Hiku is down after a heavy tackle. He got up and fumbled the ball so it will be a Cowboys scrum.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

Gavin Cooper with big metres up the middle off a Thurston offload, he's brought down before they spread it to the right and eventually Matt Wright is shut down on the last. Manly get the ball back from a handover.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

Manly get the ball and then a relieving penalty. Still just the one apiece as we near the half-hour mark.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

Manly compound the bad luck with a penalty at the end of the Cowboys' set. Matai is back out on the park after passing the earlier concussion test.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

VIDEO REF | Spectacular length-of-the-field run from Tom Trbojevic may have come to nothing as the ball is dislodged just before touching down. Checking upstairs... NO TRY. Cowboys 20m restart.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-4

A Cowboys error just short of halfway now has Manly bearing down on the Cowboys tryline...

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

Update on Matai - looks to be a possible concussion after he copped a head knock.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

Manly now having little trouble making metres up the middle, just their finish of sets lacks a little finesse. A high ball at the end of the latest set bounces before being claimed by Thurston.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

Last tackle option from Foran to run the ball is a failure, handover Cowboys. INJURY NEWS: Steve Matai seems to have sustained an injury, with Tom Symonds now on the park for him.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

All Cowboys up to now, they get a penalty before coughing it up and then conceding a penalty to Manly. Now the Eagles finally get a chance in opposition territory.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

Last tackle for the Cowboys - Thurston with a cross-field kick but Hiku cleans up the messy contest and Manly will work it off their own line.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

A couple of settling sets for each side after the Cowboys fired the first salvo, but a late-set penalty to the Cowboys cruels Manly's chances and they'll be forced to defend again.

North Queensland Cowboys 6-0

We are underway at 1300SMILES Stadium. Cowboys with an early chance but a reckless Thurston flick pass ends up with Jamie Lyon and the maroon-and-whites will come away with possession.

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Update to our earlier team news - Tom Trbojevic will play on the WING - Hiku goes to the centres and Jamie Lyon will play 5/8th.

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In team news, the Cowboys have all their Origin stars available, meaning the side will lineup 1-13. On the bench, the omissions are Spina, Kostjasyn & Kaufusi, meaning John Asiata survives the chop. Manly have made a multitude of changes on the back of an injury to Feleti Mateo. The bench forward drops out, prompting a switch between Willie Mason (prop) and Jake Trbojevic (to bench), while Tom Symonds is benched in favour of young-gun Tom Trbojevic at five-eighth. Kickoff is 7:30pm AEST, with Holden Cup currently headed for a big Cowboys win.

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After losing their opening three matches, who'd have thought we'd be here in Round 12 awaiting the Cowboys' ninth straight victory? It's a big one for them as they can go alone at the top, albeit only for 24 to 48 hours, if they record a win here. Manly on the other hand have been relegated back to the bottom after the Eels' surprise win overnight, and will want to capitalise on their strong form prior to last week's bye.

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