Canberra have conjured a comeback for the ages!
Daly Cherry-Evans misses a hail mary play and the Raiders will win!
Manly have one last set...
Manly lose the ball from the scrum!
Xavier Savage drops the kick-off - the Raiders will challenge.
Weekes is wide of the mark.
Ethan Strange threads a beautiful kick that should win the game!
Canberra are in front!
Six again for Canberra.
The bunker finds the challenge inconclusive. Canberra retain their challenge and have a scrum 10 metres out.
The Raiders are challenging in the hope of getting a penalty.
Ethan Strange puts up a bomb and gets a result...
The Sea Eagles remain ahead with time running out.
No Try. Saab is ruled to have knocked on in the contest.
Jason Saab is claiming a try... the referee has sent the play to the bunker as No Try.
Albert Hopoate loses the ball inside his own half.
Weekes pushes the kick wide of the mark.
Weekes kicks ahead and Cotric manages to avoid the sideline to score!
Canberra get a penalty inside their own 20.
The Raiders survive an attacking raid on their line.
Six again for Manly.
Manly get a penalty inside their own half.
Tom Trbojevic is trapped in-goal after a great kick from Weekes.
Karl Lawton is on for Manly.
Weekes converts from in front.
Corey Waddell drops a pass from DCE and Elliott Whitehead swoops to score underneath the posts!
We've got a game now!
Tom Starling is on for Canberra.
Weekes makes it a 12-point game.
Whitehead barges over from close range.
Six again for Canberra.
Matthew Lodge drops the ball off the kick-off!
Garrick is well wide of the mark.
Garrick throws a dummy and slides over for his second.
Morgan Smithies is on report for that tackle.
Manly get a penalty for pressure on the beck of Tolutau Koula.
Ethan Strange is tackled on the last despite the protests from the Raiders for a repeat set.
Both teams are trading sets early in the second half.
Toafofoa Sipley returns the ball off the kick-off.
DCE is tackled as the halftime siren sounds.
Manly will have one last set to close out the first half...
Tom Trbojevic drops the ball to let the Raiders off the hook.
Six again for Manly.
Xavier Savage loses possession in his own half while contesting a bouncing ball.
Tommy Talau comes up with the ball following a poor pass from Canberra.
Another repeat set for Canberra close to the Manly line.
Six again for Canberra.
Nathan Brown has been placed on report but has not been sent to the sin bin for a hip drop.
Josh Papali'i is down after returning the kick-off.
Weekes kicks his first career goal.
Kaeo Weekes runs onto a flick pass from Whitehead to streak away for a try.
Elliott Whitehead comes up with an intercept!
Sebastian Kris returns a long-range kick over his 20 metre line.
Garrick converts.
Tom Trbojevic looked certain to score but threw the final pass for his centre.
Garrick gets a four-pointer.
Jason Saab is lifted in a dangerous position - Manly get another penalty.
The Sea Eagles try to strike straight away but end ups squandering possession close to the try line.
Albert Hopoate has been sent to the sin bin for repeat infringements.
Manly get a penalty...
Six again for Manly.
Reuben Garrick catches the kick-off with a foot over the sideline - Manly get a penalty on halfway.
Garrick fails to make amends for his previous miss.
Ethan Strange tried to clean up in-goal but lost possession of the ball - a tough blow for the visitors.
DCE grubbers for the in-goal, the Raiders can't clean up and the champion number seven is on the spot to pounce!
Tolutau Koula is collected high by Emre Guler. Manly penalty.
Matthew Timoko puts in a kick on the last tackle.
Garrick hits the post.
Talau swoops on a wayward pass , races 50 metres and extends the lead for the Sea Eagles.
INTERCEPT
Hudson Young ends up with the ball on the last and comes up with a grubber that is easily defused by the home side.
Six again for the Raiders 10 metres out from the line.
Canberra get a much-needed penalty coming out of their own end.
Tom Trbojevic is tackled on the last close to the try line.
Manly get a penalty and find touch inside the Raiders half.
Garrick adds the extras.
Brilliant work from Brooks to expose Emre Guler and Kaeo Weekes with a pass to create the space for Trbojevic to score.
Luke Brooks delivers a great ball to send his fullback over for first points!
Manly get a six again call 10 metres out from the Raiders line.
Manly get a penalty on their 20 metre line.
Corey Waddell loses the ball with the Sea Eagles on the attack.
DCE chip kicks inside his own half; Garrick catches and dummies with Tom Trbojevic in support!
Both sides are trading sets in the early exchanges of this one.
Tolutau Koula throws a pass, intended for Tommy Talau, that goes over the sideline.
Tom Trbojevic returns the ball over his 20 metre line.
We're underway - Emre Guler takes the first carry on a rain-soaked night.
DCE leads the Sea Eagles out as the sounds of Til I Collapse reverberate around the ground.
The Raiders make their way onto 4 Pines Park.
Canberra have won 7/18 matches at Brookvale in the NRL era; they haven’t won consecutive matches at the venue in over two decades.
The Raiders have struggled against the Sea Eagles during Ricky Stuart’s tenure, winning won six out of 17 clashes since 2014.
The Raiders have a positional change with recalled prop Emre Guler starting at prop with Josh Papalii dropping to the bench.
The Sea Eagles will line up as per program with Daly Cherry-Evans taking his place after having a dangerous throw charge downgraded at the judiciary.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 9 Friday Night Football between the Manly Sea Eagles and Canberra Raiders from 4 Pines Park.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Wyatt Raymond
Video Referee: Adam Gee
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (24)
Tries: Tom Trbojevic, Reuben Garrick (2), Tommy Talau, Daly Cherry-Evans
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (2/5)
Penalty Goals:
CANBERRA RAIDERS (26)
Tries: Kaeo Weekes, Elliott Whitehead (2), Nick Cotric, Hudson Young
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Kaeo Weekes (3/5)
Penalty Goals: