Sea Eagles hammer sorry Cowboys, Bulldogs survive Dragons comeback in NRL Round 1

Thanks very a lot for our first NRL Saturday blogs of the season.

A fantastic evening for the Sea Eagles.

A shocker for North Queensland.

And a cheerful one for us all to be with you as soon as extra.

From myself and Henry, thanks for being with us and we’ll catch you all once more tomorrow for the Storm vs the Eels.

Cowboys coach Todd Payten is seething is his post-match press convention.

He is questioning his gamers’ health and says that he is already had some stern phrases together with his workforce.

“I spoke about a few of our people being off the mark,” Peyton stated. 

“I requested them to have a take into consideration their prep bodily and mentally….just informed them be able to work and are available again to work by way of the week.

“It is spherical one. Put your heads down and keep collectively.”

And usurpingly, given Manly scored three tries within the opening quarter-hour, he says the sport was misplaced early.

“We gave away some dumb penalties,” Peyton stated. 

“The place for the primary half-hour was 70%, 30% to us.

“Half time we had 100 extra tackles.”

The Cowboys definitely did look undercooked tonight.

Manly did not.

A pleasure to be with you people.

We are going to deliver you all of the feedback from the coaches, with Todd Payten more likely to have one thing fascinating to say, you’d assume.

That is arising shortly.

Truthful to say it wasn’t a perfect begin to the Cowboy’s thirtieth yr.

The Cowboy’s Tom Dearden is chatting with Ruan Sims.

He sounds exhausted.

“They’re (Manly) a robust aspect they usually’ve obtained an enormous aspect,” Dearden tells ABC Sport. 

“And I do not assume we matched their physicality and their intent. 

“Disappointing solution to begin the yr however it’s solely spherical one so we obtained loads of constructing and loads of areas the place we are able to get higher.

“We bounce again subsequent week.”

For Tom’s sake, I hope they do.

I am positive Todd Payten is ropable sufficient as it’s…

Response from the Cowboys boss is a matter of moments away.

A close to excellent spherical one efficiency from Manly.

And on the coronary heart of all of it was Tom Trbojevic.

He is chatting with ABC Sport’s Ruan Sims.

“We like enjoying right here and the followers turned up for us and it was nice to place up a efficiency,” Trbojevic stated. 

“It was a really pleasing first half and that subsequent 20 minutes of the second half completed them off.”

And he is paid tribute to the wonderful performances from Manly’s middles tonight in Brookvale.

“They had been unbelievable, the way in which they actually set a platform for us and the boys continued with that very same momentum,” Trbojevic stated.

“In the event that they set a platform like that for us each week, we’ll go an extended solution to profitable each sport.”

An absolute thrashing of the very best order.

The Sea Eagles are sensational in beating the Cowboys 42-12, with North Queensland’s two tries coming within the last 10 minutes when the sport had lengthy gone.

Manly-Warringah scored three tries within the first 10 minutes by way of Haumole Olakau’atu, Jason Saab and Ben Trbojevic and by no means appeared again from there.

Ethan Bullemor added one other to make it 24-0 at half time, however there was no let up after the break for the Cowboys.

Toafofoa Sipley, Reuben Garrick and Daly Cherry-Evans all scored inside 5 minutes to finish the sport as a contest.

Scott Drinkwater and Braidon Burns each crossed late for the Cowboys, who’ve been significantly humbled in a catastrophe of a gap sport.

Tom Trbojevic was sensational for the Sea Eagles, as was Daly Cherry-Evans, with Olakau’atu a monster up entrance.

5 of the Sea Eagles’ first seven video games are at dwelling, the place a passionate help base will give them an excellent base to start out the season in the very best means.

That’s extraordinarily odd from Karl Lawton.

Referee Peter Gough obtained it proper, “that is garbage mate,” he stated.

Lawton was first to Reuben Garrick, and gave him a strong working over on the bottom.

Very unusual, unsure what Lawton needed to get out of that apart from establish himself as a little bit of a grub.

Manly are warned to not let that keep it up anyplace and it appears they wont.

The Sea Eagles have run out of steam a bit right here.

That was a very good attempt from the Cowboys although.

Brayden Burns scored the attempt with a pleasant little run – however it began with an actual bullocking effort from Viliami Vailea down the precise aspect.

The kick is sweet and it is now 42-12.

Solely time will inform, Mike.

However it makes their match in opposition to the Sharks subsequent week compelling viewing.

How Todd Payten handles this and this group, together with a younger halfback, might be essential.

We’ll deliver you all of the post-match feedback from the press convention.

Boos ring out round Brookvale Oval because the Cowboys lastly put one thing collectively.

Scott Drinkwater picked up the ball and ghosted by way of the road.

Tom Trbojevic, who was concerned in a transfer simply earlier than the Sea Eagles turned the ball over, was out of place and the Cowboys fullback flew over.

The kick is sweet.

The rating is 42-6.

Not less than the Cowboys is not going to be nilled.

  On commentary for ABC Sport, Dene Halatau says the Cowboys are trying exhausted.

It is arduous to argue with him.

The North Queenslanders are all kinds of undercooked and Manly have been on it from the very first minute.

Ruan Sims, on the sidelines for the nationwide broadcaster, agrees.

“No one (from the Cowboys) is pinning their ears again and competing for it.”

Oh no, that is poor from the Cowboys!

Braidon Burns
did rather well to interrupt down the surface.

He had help, with simply Tom Trbojevic to beat.

However Trbojevic did brilliantly to one way or the other sheep canine the 2 Cowboys into the nook to await help from his defence, who shut out the hazard.

The Cowboys nonetheless have an opportunity, however Dearden twice tries to loft a move over the big winger Jason Saab, who reaches out and plucks it out the air each instances, though knocking on within the course of.

Not a foul evening to be a Sea Eagle.

We have simply been informed there are 17,375 followers in attendance for this Manly masterclass.

It is arduous to consider what to say!

The Sea Eagles had been straight on the assault after Thomas Duffy kicked the kick off out on the complete.

Manly made it to Cowboys line.

Taniela Paseka obtained the ball, obtained tackled, dropped the ball off to DCE, who takes a step and falls over the road.

It’s simply too straightforward – and it is a case of simply what number of extra can the Sea Eagles get?

In the event that they wanted a goal, 44 unanswered factors can be a brand new spherical one report for the Sea Eagles.

That is madness.

This transfer began inside Manly’s personal 30, with Haumole Olakau’atu punishing Tom Dearden for having the tenacity to face up in his means.

The Sea Eagles work the brief aspect, a miniscule brief aspect with Cherry-Evans and Trbojecvic in no house in any respect, with Trbojevic simply injecting that tempo on the proper time with such talent. Jason Saab had barely a metre to work with, nonetheless beat his man, grubbered a kick inside, Drinkwater dived like a soccer goalkeeper however could not cease the ball and it sat up for Reuben Garrick to attain.

That was fluid, magical rugby league.

Wow, the Sea Eagles are simply on hearth.

Again throughout the harbour, St. George Illawarra boss Shane Flanagan is just not completely happy.

He is blasting his aspect for its sloppiness throughout the Dragons’ eight-point loss to Canterbury-Bankstown earlier tonight.

And he is include stats.

“Too many errors, yardage errors,” Flanagan says in his put up match press convention.

“We did not give ourselves an opportunity, dropping the ball on kicks…I feel we had three play the balls of their 20 within the second half, simply no subject place.

“Once we get subject place, we are able to play footy, we are able to rating tries. 

“However if you flip the footy over and have errors like that at this time with a 68% completion charge, you are not gonna win.”

One other line break, simply an injection of tempo when within the line and the Cowboys scatter like dominos.

Jason Saab was in help, however could not get the move again to Trbojevic and is tackled.

The Sea Eagles recycle, and Toafofoa Sipley reveals immense energy to recover from the road.

It is 30-0 to the Sea Eagles.

That is in all probability not the celebration the Cowboys had in thoughts to have fun the beginning of their thirtieth season.

Haumole
Olakau’atu
and Daly Cherry-Evans hyperlink as much as break down the center.

Cherry-Evans chips a kick in, inexplicably with help outdoors him, and Jeremiah Nanai gathers after Scott Drinkwater faucets the ball again.

Tom Trbojevic was on the surface however the Queensland Maroons rep will need to have simply not seen him.

Spectacular begin from the Cowboys, a good set to get them into the sport.

However then the Sea Eagles transfer the ball left to Hopoate who breaks free.

The transfer breaks down so Cherry-Evans kicks cross subject to Saab who faucets it again in to Reuben Garrick, who grubbers forward after which hauls down Scott Drinkwater to drive a objective line drop out.