Manly hot potato on the last... there's some kind of error to end it and Sydney HOLD ON. Insane finish.
End of the set there's 1:10 on the clock, they've advanced into the Roosters half - just. There's a grubber through and chase but Tupou is on hand for the bat dead. Drop out with 20 seconds left...
1:45 on the clock and Manly have it inside their own 30m on tackle one.
Manly opt for a nice high ball on the last but Jennings is safe under it. Slow and steady from here the Roosters need to retain possession...
DCE quickly converts and the margin shrinks to a solitary try!!!
HOLD THE PHONE! DCE with the Sea Eagles THIRD intercept try of the night! WOWEE WE ARE ON HERE!
Manly with a crucial error forced by Lindsay Collins, big tackle just about ends Manly's hopes of a last-ditch run at the two competition points. Roosters scrum only Manly's 20m.
DCE converts and the margin is just ten points with five minutes left.
GAME ON? Six to go and Faulalo plucks another intercept out of the air for Manly and runs away to score.
Walker converts the Jennings try for a 16 point lead.
But on the next play, the ball goes to the other side of the field and Manly's defence is too thin. That's probably the game there, Jennings goes over.
BIG line break from the Roosters, Dom Young finds support but the support runner is tackled...
Manly look to have scored in the corner through Faulalo (activated concussion sub), but the last pass is called forward by referee Klein.
Manly piling on the pressure. Line drop-out forced.
A much more evenly contested affair since halftime and particularly since Manly's third try. Their discipline and handling has sharpened and they're able to better pin the Roosters deep in their own half with solid last-tackle kicks. Tide turning...?
DCE goes 2/2 from in front.
YOINK! Tommy Talau picks a pass out of a sweeping Roosters attacking move on his own 10m and runs 90 metres to score.
Manly with the territorial advantage after four minutes of play since halftime. No more points to show for it though.
40 minutes, 40 points. Big first half and the Roosters lead comfortably.
DCE adds the extras with Garrick off for a HIA.
Sipley crashes over from close range near the posts.
Walker hammers another one and it's a 22 point lead again.
Instead of getting sin-binned, Radley opts for a four-pointer today. He's pounced and the Roosters are almost home before HT.
Roosters with some attacking footy in the Manly half...
Turns out he didn't lose it forwards at all. Play on, Trbojevic to play the ball. Garrick is off for a HIA.
Manly throw up a captains challenge after Tommy Turbo loses it in a tackle. He's claiming a strip...
Reuben is golden, converts easily.
Brooks finds a rare hole in the Tricolours' line and darts through it to stem the flow, Manly are on the board.
Walker is human. Missed conversion there.
Rocks and diamonds Manly... tonight is rocks. A Suaalii break ricochets off Young and a few others before going forward and Young himself picks it up and goes over out on the left.
Walker = kicker. Smacks another one over. This is getting bad for Manly already.
'Retiring' five-eighth Luke Keary is next on the board and this is looking like one way traffic early on. (Keary is headed to Catalans next season)
Walker from in front nails another.
TEDDY SWIMS! Walker breaks through some feeble Manly tackle attempts on halfway, finds space and draws the fullback to send Tedesco in for the home side's second try.
Samuel Walker with the bangity bang bang over the black dot from a wide position. Very nice strike.
Super Suaalii goes in off a right side raid from the home team.
Two plays into that next set and the Roosters turn it over, Manly off the hook.
Roosters pick up a six-again and get on the attack, then the Sea Eagles touch it near the end of the set and it's another set for the hosts.
If you missed it, just one change before kickoff in this contest, the hosts bringing veteran centre Mick Jennings into the side. Tupouniua drops to the bench and Sandon Smith out of the 17. Manly are per programme.
Game on at Allianz. Manly first use of the pill.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, David Munro
Video Referee: Liam Kennedy
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (34)
Tries: Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, James Tedesco, Luke Keary, Dominic Young, Victor Radley, Michael Jennings
Conversions: Sam Walker (5/6)
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (30)
Tries: Luke Brooks, Toafofoa Sipley, Tommy Talau, Daly Cherry-Evans, Clayton Faulalo
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (1/1), Daly Cherry-Evans (4/4)