DCE finally ends the match and slots the match winning one pointer
Holmes with another missed field goal attempt
Haumole Olakau'atu with a garbage pass on halfway and turns it over
Holmes with...lets call that an alleged field goal attempt. looked more like a grubber
Golden Point begins. Manly kicks off
Townsend has a third shot and this also misses. and thats full time
Townsend with seconds left, has another shot at field goal and he missed.
SCRUM COWBOYS - on halfway
Simpkin gets tackled at dummy half by Robson. ref rules knock on. Manly challenges and fails.
Townsend had a shot at field goal and he misses
DCE from almost in front and within 20m, misses the field goal
SCRUM MANLY - Challenge fails. Manly will have the ball 20m from the Cowboys line
From the kick off, Nanai drops the ball. Cowboys challenging
Phenomonal! Drinkwater on the first tackle nails the 2 point field goal
Garrick from in front, kicks the penalty goal
PENALTY MANLY - Manly challenges a knock on ruling. Challenge successful
PENALTY MANLY - Now they're deep inside the Cowboys half
SCRUM COWBOYS - Garrick with a knock on near halfway
SCRUM COWBOYS - It's become a slop fest
SCRUM MANLY -
PENALTY COWBOYS - No try. Mid air 'tackle' lolwot
going to the bunker to look at a possible Manly try
He's now adequately hydrated, so play resumes
Play stopped as Haumole Olakau'atu has a drink.
Holmes from the sideline nails the goal
Cowboys send the ball through the hands to the right side, eventually into the hands of Feldt, who tip toes down the sideline, dives and scores in the corner
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 35m from the Manly line
Holmes adds the extras
Cotter recieves a flat ball in the line, busts through a tackle and scores.
Talau loses the ball in a gang tackle and the ball rolls into the Manly ingoal but Jake Trbojevic forces it. Manly drop out
SCRUM COWBOYS - Brooks put Lawton into a half gap but Lawton's pass attempt went to ground
Garrick converts
Neame spills the ball near the Manly line. Jake Trbojevic cleans it up and then passes to Koula who breaks through the line and races 70m before linking with Saab, who steps inside the one cover defender and then waltzed over to score a brilliant try.
PENALTY COWBOYS - They'll get a full set 40m from the Manly line
Saab makes a break down the sideline and then throws a horrible pass inside that goes plenty forward
Garrick nails the sideline conversion
Saab gets across the line in a tackle and he twists to score.
Set restart Manly - just shy of halfway
PENALTY COWBOYS - Brooks stiff-arms Feldt in the nose, accidentally. He's on report.
Drinkwater in the clear, sent a pass left to Taulagi but Garrick intercepts it
The match has really settled down in a bit of a grind
Nanai looked set to score , but the pass from McLean to Nanai was ruled forward
Holmes converts
Townsend doesn't botch this one. Townsend on the last fired a long cut-out pass to Feldt, who ran down the sideline then grubbered infield where Townsend got a favourable bounce and then he dived over the line to score
Set Restart Manly, just past halfway
Townsend back up on the inside, all he had to do was the catch the ball and he would've scored. But he dropped it cold, much like he did the Cowboys earlier this week.
Cowboys now with a set restart, 20m from Manly's line
The Cowboys turn it over and now Manly are romping upfield.
Aloiai, like a lawnmower that's run out of petrol, coughs the ball up and Manly's set conks out.
Garrick converted from the sideline
DCE on the right short side, dummies, Tualagi jumps up to try and block the pass and then DCE passes between Taulagi and Vailea to the unmarked Saab who places the ball down for a soft try.
And then another. That's basically a hat on a hat
Set restart Manly - 25m from the Cowboys line
Cowboys looking to break their pointscoring duck tonight, for games played on July 6. They've played on this date just once, back in 1996, where they lost to Penrith 21-0.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Todd Smith
Touch Judges: Daniel Schwass, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Liam Kennedy
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (20)
Tries: Chad Townsend, Reuben Cotter, Kyle Feldt
Field Goals: Chad Townsend (0/3), Valentine Holmes (0/2)
Two Point Field Goals: Chad Townsend (0/0), Valentine Holmes (0/0), Scott Drinkwater (1/1)
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (3/3)
Penalty Goals:
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (21)
Tries: Jason Saab (3)
Field Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (1/2)
Two Point Field Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (0/0)
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Reuben Garrick (1/1)