Hold that thought - Manly get a kickoff and retain possession from it... but three tackles and the siren. Game over. Dragons win!
St George Illawarra Dragons 35-10
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Easy conversion to finish the contest for Widdop. He's been great today. Fulltime and a 25-point win for the Red V.
St George Illawarra Dragons 35-10
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Gareth Widdop. Kick to come.
Widdop grabs a sneaky late try after Trbojevic failed to usher it dead! Bunker says he gets it down!
St George Illawarra Dragons 33-10
SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Field goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Why not, says Widdop!
St George Illawarra Dragons 29-10
Things very much winding down here, the maroon & white faithful are streaming out of Brookvale as both sides look to pack a scrum on Manly's 10m.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
Manly's last tackle plays not too good and this one sees them deliver the Dragons a handover being tackled easily.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Dylan Walker unsuccessful.
No luck this time for Walker from the shaded left touchline.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Jorge Taufua. Kick to come.
Late surge? Let's see. Taufua gets over in the corner off a great pass. Wonderful strength similar to the first half try he scored.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.
Oh dear, awful attempt! Goes well wide.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-6
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Kurt Mann. Kick to come.
Hands, hands, what a backline play and Mann scores in the corner! Game. Over.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-6
DCE trying to lead his charges to a comeback here with twenty left but his latest attempt sees a grubber trickle dead. 20m restart.
St George Illawarra Dragons 24-6
Manly doing it tough with the Dragons really turning the screws at the moment.
St George Illawarra Dragons 24-6
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Penalty goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
A handy extra two points and now it's a three-converted try margin.
St George Illawarra Dragons 24-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
That hurts for Manly. Margin back to sixteen.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-6
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Jack de Belin. Kick to come.
Injury? Nope he's fine. de Belin cruises over under the sticks.
St George Illawarra Dragons 20-6
Manly go close in the left corner but the ball to Taufua isn't placed right and boings into touch.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-6
Time off briefly with de Belin down clutching his leg.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-6
HALFTIME with no resumption after that try. Dragons lead by ten after a controversial but dominant first forty.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Dylan Walker successful.
Perfect hooking sideline conversion. Great stuff Dyl!
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-6
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Jorge Taufua. Kick to come.
Taufua tunnels his way over in the corner!
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-4
Manly make metres down the left edge but then it flies into touch. Not a great result there.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
Dragons making plenty of easy metres. Manly struggling to get back into this one.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
NO TRY. It's a knock on. Dragons scrum 10m out.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
Penalty for Manly, they look like they might have scored though! AFB goes to the line and Apisai Koroisau is claiming a four-pointer! Goes up green.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
UNFORCED ERROR ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Euan Aitken makes an unforced error.
Tommy Turbo loses it... nope it's ruled a Dragons knock on! Aitken meets Trbojevic in a hard tackle but is ruled to have contacted it before he did!
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
Manly go close with a sequence of play off a grubber that makes Nightingale bat it dead. Drop-out Dragons.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Outstanding start from the Red V. Widdop pushes the margin to 16.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Euan Aitken. Kick to come.
A double for Aitken! The Manly set ended poorly and the Dragons rolled up easily before the Dragons got in behind the Manly defenders 40m out and Aitken outpaced everyone to pick up his second.
St George Illawarra Dragons 14-0
Manly with their best chance of the game so far here after a stray Dragons offload! Ball 20m out!
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
No try is the ruling, McInnes forced to play the ball and next tackle Tim Lafai is pushed into touch.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
We're off to @NRLBunker again. McInnes is over but he's held up.#NRLManlyDragons
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St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Better strike this time. Ten points to nil.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Euan Aitken. Kick to come.
Great movement to the right about 5m from the line, and Aitken finds a hole & improves the position.
St George Illawarra Dragons 8-0
UNFORCED ERROR MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Tom Trbojevic makes an unforced error.
Middle of the field, crucial error as Tom tries offloading to his brother. Dragons scrum on halfway.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.
Widdop fails to convert his own try.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Gareth Widdop. Kick to come.
Widdop snatches a try after there was no dummy half! DCE is claming Nightingale held him off it.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
3' @NRLBunker! Possible Dragons TRY!
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Was DCE held back?#NRLManlyDragons
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Good return set from the Dragons and HOLD ON WE'RE GOING TO THE BUNKER! Manly have bottled this!
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A long Manly kick on the last tackle trickles dead under the stewardship of Jason Nightingale. Dragons 20m tap.
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We're underway at Brookvale. Manly with the ball first.
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OFFICIAL: Uate is OUT late with a hamstring strain.
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Matt Wright will play win for Manly.#NRLManlyDragons
In team news both lineups are 1-17 as named on Tuesday however we've had Aku Uate leave the warm-up early so we're waiting to hear if the hulking Manly winger will take the field... more on that as it develops.
Lottoland the venue for some beautiful Saturday arvo footy. The ol' Brookie Oval is a picture and the surface looks good so this should be a top drawer contest between two willing, in-form teams.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris James
Touch Judges: Rohan Best, Dave Ryan
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Bryan Norrie
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (10)
Tries: Jorge Taufua (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Dylan Walker (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (35)
Tries: Gareth Widdop (2), Euan Aitken (2), Jack de Belin, Kurt Mann
Field Goals: Gareth Widdop (1/1)
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (4/6)
Penalty Goals: Gareth Widdop (1/1)