SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Gareth Widdop slots the conversion and that's the game
St George Illawarra Dragons 52-22
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Matthew Dufty. Kick to come.
Dragons get to the half century - Matt Dufty flies through the line and gets a well deserved try on debut
St George Illawarra Dragons 50-22
Late penalty fort the Eagles right on their own line
St George Illawarra Dragons 46-22
Dragons force a repeat set but they can't take advantage of the field position
St George Illawarra Dragons 46-22
Jacob Host gets poked in the eye in a tackle and well he's off for a HIA
St George Illawarra Dragons 46-22
NO TRY according to the bunker - sounded like an argument between Ashley Klein and SRO Jared Maxwell on what the decision should be and it ends up being a penalty to the Dragons
St George Illawarra Dragons 46-22
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Gareth Widdop slots another conversion
St George Illawarra Dragons 46-22
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Euan Aitken. Kick to come.
Great work from Tim Lafai to skip outside the of the defence it goes down the other side of the field with the kick finding Aitken
St George Illawarra Dragons 44-22
Dufty finds space puts the defence in two minds but the offload finds a Manly player
St George Illawarra Dragons 40-22
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.
Gareth Widdop pushes the ball across the face of the goals for his first miss
St George Illawarra Dragons 40-22
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.
Manly short down the right edge and all the comeback momentum is gone as Matt Dufty finds Nightingale outwide and he scores his second
St George Illawarra Dragons 40-22
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Another simple conversion for the Dragons 5/8
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-22
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Paul Vaughan. Kick to come.
Matt Dufty steps inside and finds a charging Paul Vaughan to score
St George Illawarra Dragons 34-22
Matt Dufty steps inside and finds Paul Vaughan charging onto the ball and he carries a couple of defenders over the line to score
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-22
Dragons get another set on the Manly line after earning a penalty
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-22
Great take from Nene Macdonald in his own ingoal and the Dragons survive with a 20m restart
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-22
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Jackson Hastings unsuccessful.
Jackson Hastings pushes the conversion out left and it can't bend back through
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-22
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Akuila Uate. Kick to come.
It's a Uate Partay - DCE kicks high off a rolling set for the Eagles and Uate climbs up and above and gets the ball down
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-22
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Jackson Hastings successful.
Jackson Hastings from 5m to the right of the upright puts it through and it's game on
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-18
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Jake Trbojevic. Kick to come.
Jake Trbojevic charges over and the emotions are firing for the Eagles and the points are flowing
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-16
Another penalty for the Sea Eagles and they find touch 15m out
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Daly Cherry-Evans successful.
DCE converts from outwide
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-12
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Joey Lussick. Kick to come.
Huge gap opens up and Joey Lussick goes from dummy half and gets over whilst his brother sits in the Sin Bin
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-10
Manly want a penalty from the referees with Cameron Cullen down - No penalty will be forthcoming as it was head knock
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-6
Manly down to 12 men and they nearly concede but are saved by a forward pass
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-6
Darcy Lussick is off to the sin bin after throwing a punch
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-6
Tariq Sims charges down the DCE kick and Sims gets it and gets over halfway
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Dylan Walker successful.
Dylan Walker converts his own try from wide out
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-6
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Dylan Walker. Kick to come.
Great first set from the Eagles in attack - Tom Trbojevic runs it and a beautiful pass finds Dylan Walker and he gets the ball on the line on the last tackle
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-4
36m set to open for the Dragons and Manly work it away from their own 20
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-0
Back underway at WIN Stadium - The Dragons taking the first possession of the half defending the Southern end
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Easy conversion next to the uprights for Gareth Widdop
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Jacob Host. Kick to come.
Jacob Host runs onto a short ball from Gareth Widdop who set up for a kick but the short ball is the option and it works
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-0
Nene Macdonald goes from dummy half - is held up but Ashley Klein just wants the bunker to make sure of it
St George Illawarra Dragons 24-0
Addin Fonua-blake makes no effort to get off a tackled Dragons player on his own line and is penalised
St George Illawarra Dragons 24-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Gareth Widdop from out wide and it looks so easy converting it
St George Illawarra Dragons 24-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Euan Aitken. Kick to come.
Euan Aitken can have his $2 sliders after getting the approval of the bunker. The kick pinpoint again and McDonald gets the tap back and he scores in the south-west corner
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
BUNKER - Euan Aitken claims a try, Ashley Klein has the 'T' just checking to see if we've got a knock on from McDonald in the lead up
St George Illawarra Dragons 18-0
Another intercept thrown by DCE - Bad pass finds Jason Nightingale
St George Illawarra Dragons 18-0
Another intercept thrown by DCE - Bad pass finds Jason Nightingale
St George Illawarra Dragons 18-0
DCE kicks down the shortside and it's out on the full - Dragons changeover on their own 30m line
St George Illawarra Dragons 18-0
Gareth Widdop just settles it down for the Dragons by finding touch just inside the 20m
St George Illawarra Dragons 18-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Widdop hits the conversion sweetly from out wide and it's his third of the day
St George Illawarra Dragons 18-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Gareth Widdop. Kick to come.
Cherry-Evans goes for a short ball and Widdop reads it so easily and races 80m to score
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
Easy metres for the Eagles with Tom Trbojevic and Akuila Uate teaming up for easy metres after a great kick from the Dragons
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Clunky last tackle option for the Sea Eagles - Cullen juggles the ball on the last and the kick goes sideways along the ground
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Big momentum shift after a good run from Brian Kelly through some soft defence before the Dragons are penalised for a strip
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Almost another try for the Dragons but the Sea Eagles force Nene Macdonald into touch
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Another penalty for the Dragons with Martin Taupau too quick from marker according to the officials
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
Big spiraling kick from DCE finds Dufty on the full
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Swift conversion from the touchline for Gareth Widdop
St George Illawarra Dragons 12-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Timoteo Lafai. Kick to come.
A bit of luck and a juggle from Tim Lafai sees him score
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
Off to the bunker for a possible Timoteo Lafai try - Ashley Klein says try and the bunker agrees
St George Illawarra Dragons 6-0
UNFORCED ERROR MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Shaun Lane makes an unforced error.
Short ball goes through to Shaun Lane but its dropped
St George Illawarra Dragons 6-0
DCE earns a penalty after Widdop kicks towards the ingoal and DCE cleans it up then is held down too long according to Ashley Klein
St George Illawarra Dragons 6-0
Tom Trbojevic takes the chance of trying to let the ball go dead - it sits one roll inside the touch-in-goal line and the Dragons force the dropout
St George Illawarra Dragons 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Simple conversion for Gareth Widdop from near the left hand upright
St George Illawarra Dragons 6-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.
A pinpoint kick from Josh McCrone is swallowed by Jason Nightingale with three Manly players standing and watching it land in Nightingale's arms
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Dragons try an offload cough the ball up - the Eagles do the same thing and then the Dragons earn a penalty
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Tyson Frizell strong towards the line, gets over it but it's held up
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A forced change early for Manly with Brad Parker off for a HIA test
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Good first set for the Dragons with McCrone finding touch inside the Sea Eagles 10m
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Ashley Klein calls time on and we are go in Wollongong
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein, Alan Shortall
Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Chris McMillan
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (52)
Tries: Jason Nightingale (2), Gareth Widdop, Timoteo Lafai, Euan Aitken (2), Jacob Host, Paul Vaughan, Matthew Dufty
Field Goals:
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (8/9)
Penalty Goals:
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (22)
Tries: Dylan Walker, Joey Lussick, Jake Trbojevic, Akuila Uate
Field Goals:
Conversions: Dylan Walker (1/1), Daly Cherry-Evans (1/1), Jackson Hastings (1/2)
Penalty Goals: