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FULL-TIME: Manly 32 def Penrith 18

Edwards refusing to give up

Laurie is crunched and that should be enough.

Schneider is crunched by Waddell

Pass isn't picked off and Koula loses it

Luke Garner leaving with cramps

Laurie grubber kicks and takes it dead.

SIX MORE PENRITH!

Drop out to come from Penrith - it's short and they recover it

Leota has put it down!

Jarome Luai leaving injured

Remains by 32-12.

NO TRY - Burbo has knocked on and we have a decision

This is getting slightly embarrassing. Clever kick from DCE, we have a cameo here tonight from a pinball wizard, There has got to be a twist!

PENALTY MAN: Breakdown in ruck

Liam Martin is offside at the kickoff. Challenge successful

Short kickoff appears successful. They are challenging here.

Waddell picks it off! He gives it to Koula but he's ran down by May.

Manly need to just settle and regroup. Penrith getting on top for a moment.

SIX MORE PEN: Slow peel

Definitely don't write off these champions though.

This is the blue-print on how to beat Penrith

Josh Aloiai down here - maybe inspecting the grass cut here at Brookvale!

Paseka with a clean break! Took on Edwards and Manly have a roll on

Clever grubber from Schneider but it's too far

Yeo back on and breaks them open. Finds Tago and brought down on the 30m

Penrith's blue shirt getting a bit lippy with the referee. Better be careful Shane Elford

Much better run from Paseka after a slow start

NO TRY: PENALTY MAN: Obstruction

VIDEO REF: NO TRY here from Todd Smith

Sipley going off via the independent doctor

Time off: Sipley has a lot of blood pouring from the face

SIX MORE MAN: Leg pull

Schneider grubbers and Turbo takes no chances

Daine Laurie on the field now for the visitors

Luai causing some problems here for Manly

So contrary to Grant Atkins - Manly's challenge is successful. Luai knocks on.

CHALLENGE TIME: Manly challenging on-field call of tackle complete.

Waddell tries to offload and it is picked off.

Ivan Cleary telling his side not to worry about the refereeing...

Kick from inside the 40 is well waited but angle is poor.

Back underway

PENALTY MAN: Strip after tackle complete

Talau makes a mistake

Penrith are imploding it seems

Liam Henry is a CAT 1

It's a lengthy investigation

Penrith look like they've made a mistake and Tommy Talau has ran away to score. But, we'll need to have a bunker inquiry for sure.

Just as I say that, there is a mistake from the 5/8 Luke Brooks

Manly have gotten max impact from their forwards at the moment.

6-3 penalty count in favour of the home side here.

Henry will have to go off for a HIA.

PENALTY MAN: Slow peel. Liam Henry is in DisneyLand here.

PENALTY MAN: Slow peel against Luke Garner.

PICKED OFF! DCE has it

Brooks found Koula who broke through but the final pass goes astray

PENALTY MAN: Slow peel against Liam Henry

Well taken by Talau

Lindsay Smith coming off for a HIA we believe.

Luai can't escape into the field of play and he's trapped in the in-goal. He's staying down favouring a knee.

Paseka off for Sipley

PENALTY MAN: Slow peel against Lindsay Smith.

Nathan Brown recovers the bat ons and he gets Manly off the hook.

Leota OFF, James Fisher-Harris ON for his first minutes since Round 2.

Koula touches it on the last and it is 6 more!

Talau taken over the sidelines. To'o is a bit of pain with a knee injury, but he looks sweet.

To'o reaches out and is denied by millimetres. Great positioning from Todd Smith sees him not needing to go to the video referee. Penrith applying the grip once more.

PENALTY PEN: High shot

DCE's grubber is trapped and scrapped by Luke Garner. Great effort from the Panthers on the goal-line.

SIX MORE MAN: Second effort

PENALTY MAN: Leg pull against Edwards. Ref says no sin-bin and rightly so. Waddell broke through, Edwards conceding that almost strategically.

Turuva spills it from the scrum win! Manly need to capitalise on this field position.

DCE puts it down in his milestone.

May spills DCE's tricky grubber. Fortunately, Edwards grounds it in the in-goal.

Turbo brought down by May metres from the line!

PENALTY MAN: Inside 10m

Schnieder kicks early but well read by Turbo who gets it onto DCE who finds Burbo and Manly get off the vice grip for the moment and are working out of their own end.

PENALTY PEN: Regrip against Luke Brooks

Manly struggling in this set - a heavy reliance on their outside backs to get them out of their own end. Paseka and Aloiai need to inject themselves into this game or Penrith could run over them quickly...

Penrith beginning to apply the vice grip here. Working over half-way and forcing Manly to work it of their own end.

Penrith complete their set post points.

PENALTY PANTHERS: Inside 10m

Garrick OUT with a CAT 1

Burbo goes out to centre and Corey Waddell is on in game 100!

There's a Manly player dizzy. Looks like Reuben Garrick who's in all sorts. Given that he was stumbling - wouldn't surprise me if the independent doctor gets it as a cat 1.

Croker tries to reach out to grab it but he spills it and that is a GOLDEN let off for the visitors.

SIX AGAIN MAN: Slow peel

Ohhhhh Dylan Edwards spills it! Manly on the attack

Yeo looked to take Turbo high but it's given the all clear!

Penrith limited to their own 40m line in the first set. Manly gaining yardage now

KICKOFF! Todd Smith blows time on and we are underway with Penrith getting first use. Running from left to right.

DCE runs out with his children as he celebrates game 310 as a Sea Eagle!

Todd Smith is the referee this evening. Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski and Phil Henderson are the touch judges, Grant Atkins in the bunker. Kickoff at 5:30pm

Time to celebrate on the Northern Beaches as Daly Cherry-Evans becomes the most capped Sea Eagle in franchise history. Manly come into this one following their worst performance so far in 2024 after their Wollongong capitulation, they are facing the three-time reigning premiers in the Penrith Panthers this evening. On the team front, Manly are 1-17 while Penrith flip their forwards. James Fisher-Harris reverts to the interchange bench, Lindsay Smith will start.