Manly takes on the would possibly of Penrith, with halfback Daly Cherry-Evans taking part in his 310th recreation for the membership, breaking Cliff Lyons’s file.
Earlier, South Sydney halfback Lachlan Ilias broke his leg whereas taking part in within the NSW Cup, and the Rabbitohs’ day solely acquired worse as fullback Latrell Mitchell was placed on report twice within the Rabbitohs’ 34-4 loss to the Warriors.
Mitchell was cited for an elbow on Shaun Johnson and a lifting deal with on Tohu Harris, with former premiership participant Dene Halatau describing the second as “a brainfade second”.
Later, the Dolphins will likely be put to the check by a Tigers group driving excessive from two straight wins.
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Key occasions
Sea Eagles vs Panthers at Brookvale Oval
Dylan Edwards goes 85 metres and flips the sport on its head
Daly Cherry-Evans tries a bit grubber for himself, however Penrith fullback Dylan Edwards expenses ahead, swoops on the ball and beats the chasing pack to the road.
Nice arms and velocity from Dylan Edwards. There was no knock-on there.
41′ Second half begins with Manly signalling its intent
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks early in Manly’s first set of the half, attempting for a 40/20 straight off the bat.
That try to that knock ‘again’
There’s each risk that the fumble from Tommy Talau on his tried intercept went backwards, however each single time a participant drops the ball straight down in entrance of them, it is known as a knock-on. And even much less specific ones than this, for instance when a participant is attempting reel a ball again in in the direction of themselves, are at all times pinged.
However on-field referee Todd Smith and the bunker it in slo-mo each say it is knocked again.
“That is a knock-on,” former Penrith premiership participant Luke Lewis says on ABC Sport.
“It is fairly unhealthy. 9 instances out of 10 while you do this it is a [knock-on].”
What do you suppose?
HALF-TIME: Manly leads Penrith 14-6 after controversial intercept strive
Penrith is wanting removed from its scientific self on each side of the ball, and Manly is taking benefit, though they’ve let just a few probabilities slip within the redzone too.
You’d need to suppose whoever can shore up their ball dealing with as fatigue units in will win this one, particularly with each groups decreased to 16 gamers by head knocks — Manly misplaced centre Reuben Garrick and Penrith misplaced bench ahead Liam Henry.
Tolutau Koula goes 90 metres to attain, however certainly there is a knock-on within the lead-up
Dylan Edwards throws a cut-out ball and Tommy Talau has a clear seize at an intercept, however deadset knocks it on.
Koula swoops and goes 90 metres to attain as referee Todd Smith asks the contact decide “Knocked again”?
It is reviewed, and in some way they’ve confirmed a strive! That may be a knock-on 99.9999999 per cent of the time, however in some way they’ve determined this one has gone again.
33′ One other knockout
Nathan Brown’s cost off the again fence earns his group a penalty off the kick-off, however I believe it ought to be reversed. Liam Henry was knocked out by Brown’s cost and did not have the colleges to get off the deal with.
Alas, Manly is piggy-backed out of its half.
Manly hits the entrance with a penalty
DCE places his group in place with an intercept and Haumole Olaka’uata is caught excessive by Luke Garner.
Cherry-Evans slots the penalty purpose and it is 8-6 to the Sea Eagles.
29′ Manly bombs a sure strive
Attacking near the Penrith line, Luke Brooks breaks by means of on the left and offloads to Tolutau Koula who involves Dylan Edwards and passes to Corey Waddell, however it’s knocked on.
Seemed prefer it might need been a ahead go anyway, however whoever is accountable, that may be a strive properly and actually bombed.
Tom Trbojevic goes over for Manly
With your complete width of the sphere to get into their work, the Sea Eagles shift left and Luke Brooks straightens his run and holds up the go completely out the again, placing Tom Trbojevic outdoors Izack Tago. The Manly fullback pins the ears again and dives over out broad.
And DCE completely slices his conversion from the sideline, however it in some way curves its approach between the posts. Even he was shocked that one went in.
25′ Jarome Luai is down with a knee damage
The Penrith five-eighth cleans up a grubber from Daly Cherry-Evans and will get bent again awkwardly within the in-goal, clutching at his left knee after the very fact.
He is up, then down, absorbing some clock as Dylan Edwards holds off dropping out.
The group is booing, however he is lastly up and the drop out goes quick and regathered by Manly. The Sea Eagles go once more.
20′ To’o comes up agonisingly quick
The Panthers go left and put Brian To’o into some area. He shakes off Ben Trbojevic and drives by means of Daly Cherry-Evans and Tom Trbojevic, however his try to slam the ball down at full stretch comes up centimetres quick and he knocks on.
17′ Strive saver from Dylan Edwards
Corey Waddell breaks by means of on an incredible quick ball and appears destined for the tryline, however Edwards in some way brings the massive man down two metres from the road whereas on his knees!
The Sea Eagles get a penalty for a leg pull within the deal with. Seemed like a sin-bin offence to me, however no cube.
And the Penrith defence holds out, with Luke Garner blocking DCE’s tried grubber on the boot and regathering.
15′ DCE forces a dropout, makes a meal of the follow-up, then will get one other probability
The Manly captain will get his group an additional set with a neat grubber off the within of his boot. However he knocks on within the ensuing set off a large ball.
And Sunia Turuva knocks on off the scrum, giving the ball straight again.
10′ Panthers halves attempting to fill the boots
The absence of Nathan Cleary for Penrith in successive performs.
First, Luke Brooks rushes out of the road and wraps up Brad Schneider on a right-side shift. Brooks’s timing was excellent, however it’s the form of factor you hardly ever see occur to Cleary.
Then, going left on the final, Jarome Luai kicks it excessive and will get it off the aspect of the boot, crusing over the touchline on the complete. Brian To’o does him a stable by getting a hand to it, so it technically would not go within the books as out on the complete. And it saves the Panthers 10 metres.
Brad Schneider goes over! Who wants Nathan Cleary?
Izack Tago makes half a break down the fitting and Dylan Edwards will get out of dummy half, warding off newly launched Corey Waddell and passing to his halfback, who breaks by means of the deal with of Lachlan Croker and scythes between Taniela Paseka and Josh Aloiai to attain the opener.
3′ Reuben Garrick KO’d by pleasant hearth
A brutal early out for Manly, with centre Reuben Garrick left after attempting to deal with prop Lindsay Smith.
The contact with Smith despatched Garrick’s head again and into the shoulder of onrushing teammate Jaxson Paulo.
He is off and he will not be again. Ben Trbojevic will slide from the again row to proper centre.
2′ Dylan Edwards makes an error, however Manly cannot take benefit
I do not know if I’ve ever seen it earlier than, however Dylan Edwards has made an error, albeit one compelled by a superb low deal with by Luke Brooks.
The Sea Eagles go proper on the assault from 20 metres out, however a foul dummy half go to Lachlan Croker, who’s often the one throwing them moderately than catching them, and he cannot hold on this time.
1′ Manly kicks off in opposition to Penrith
And Josh Aloiai monsters Lindsay Smith within the first hit-up.
DCE leads the Sea Eagles out for his record-breaking match
Sea Eagles halfback Daly Cherry-Evans carries his children onto the sphere and he is greeted by his household as he leads the group out for his 310th recreation for Manly immediately — a membership file, eclipsing Cliff Lyons’s mark.
He is additionally performed each recreation at halfback and began each recreation in his profession, which features a premiership in 2011 and a Clive Churchill Medal in a dropping aspect in 2013.
Chances are you’ll be questioning why Steve Menzies would not maintain the file for Manly as he’s fifth all time with 349 video games. He solely performed 280 video games for the Manly Sea Eagles, with the remaining 69 appearances for the “Northern Eagles” from 2000 to 2002.
So, you already know, make of that what you’ll.
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