Wests Tigers vs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Super Sea Eagles on the charge

By Simon Smale

🦅🦅this season has turned into a real treat for Sea Eagles fans!!! Long may it continue!!🦅🦅

- Lisa

I guess the question that plenty of people have is, how long can Manly keep playing like this for?

Because all of a sudden this team has turned itself into one that looks like they are a real threat to just about every team in the competition.

Are they nosing their way towards a solid run into the finals?

They have a pretty decent draw...

Then, once they're there, what then?

Gives you pause for thought doesn't it.

Dinner on Benji...

By Simon Smale

Looks like benji buying dinner!

- Daintree simo

Just in case you can't remember all that far back, Kieran Foran said he and Benji Marshall had a bet on this game worth dinner.

FT: Sea Eagles soar in Magic Round romp against tepid Tigers

By Simon Smale

Very good from the Sea Eagles.

They dominated from the opening bell to the finale to score eight tries to three and record a 46-18 victory.

The turn around from the start of the season from the Sea Eagles has been absolutely extraordinary.

But you could say the same about the Tigers, who have fallen off a cliff.

That's 142 points they have conceded in the last three matches - admittedly with a very hefty injury toll.

79' Tigers get another consolation!

By Simon Smale

Great hands from the Tigers, who make the most of the Garrick no try to go the length of the field to score.

Kai Pearce-Paul was on the end of it. It's a great finish.

Roberts made the initial break, a lovely set of hands as Manly just switched off for a moment.

The kick is good, to make the final score 18-46.

Manly so impressive

By Simon Smale

Manly the form team of the comp currently. They got all the ingredients to give this comp big shake!

- Jimi

78' Brilliant Garrick! UNTIL THE PUT DOWN

By Simon Smale

Manly has another one!

OR DOES HE?

Maybe not! He's lost it I think...

I think he has.

75' BRILLIANT FINISH FROM SKELTON!

By Simon Smale

That is a very, very good finish from Jeral Skelton.

The Tigers do move the ball out to the right side nicely to replacement back Skelton.

He races to the line and dots down while tip toeing down the sideline.

Lovely stuff.

Jack Madden instigated that, after another couple of miss-steps in attack from himself and Luai.

The sideline conversion skates across the front.

It's 46-12.

72' Taylan May injured

By Simon Smale

Oh dear.

That's disappointing for the Tigers.

Taylan May looked to fend off Reuben Garrick but as he did so his shoulder got a bit twisted and he's in a lot of pain over on the far side of the field.

He's going to have to go off and the Tigers fall even deeper into the injury mire.

71' Tigers penalty

By Simon Smale

A very soft one against Ben Trbojevic.

He's called for going high but he looked like he was upright but never went near the head.

Tigers have a chance on the Manly 10.

Caption comp contenders

By Simon Smale

“When can I go home….please?”

- KB

We were better when I was in that jersey...

- Natty

Caption - 'I love this team"

- Mike

Caption Comp: “What the Whakatane is this?!”

- Alibee

“Where’s my get-out clause?”

- KB

68' Nathan Brown and Kai Pearce-Paul get into each other

By Simon Smale

Manly almost score another but the final pass out to the right side goes forward.

Meanwhile, in back play, Nathan Brown has taken exception to a hard shoulder-charge-like tackle by Kai Pearce-Paul so they're having a little cuddle on the 30 metre line.

A couple of others want to make it a group hug but Grant Atkins shames them into going back to playing rugby league.

Lehi Hopoate on report for running into Grant Atkins

By Simon Smale

Something from the first half that we missed at the time.

Lehi Hopoate ran right into the back of Grant Atkins and he's been placed on report for it.

So Atkins has been run into twice today.

He's made more effective tackles than many of the Tigers have...

Caption comp, wrong answers only

By Simon Smale

I'll start.

"Umm, where's my defence?"

62' MANLY ARE RUNNING RIOT!

By Simon Smale

Haumole Olakau'atu ON THE CHARGE!

He breaks through at real pace.

Sunia Turuva dives in and takes out his legs with a shoulder - does that count as a shoulder charge? Probably not.

Jason Saab finishes off the move with the Tigers on the run.

This is going from bad to worse.

Fair play to Grant Atkins, who hit the deck hard as he chased back after being clattered by Alex Seyfarth, but he bounced up and is showing no ill effects.

It's the second time in this match.

Olakau'atu is sore getting up - a bit of cramp? New South Wales fans will hope so - Maroons, less so.

The kick is good.

It's 46-8.

60' ANOTHER TRY MANLY!

By Simon Smale

Taniela Paseka saw what Haumole Olakau'atu was getting and though, I'll have some of that!

He takes the crash ball 10 metres out from the line and takes three Tigers over the line with him.

The Tigers hope that at least one of those tacklers got their hand under the ball, but the 6-foot-6 prop wriggled his way over the line and burrowed the ball into the turf.

The kick from in front is good and it's 40-8.

59' Professional foul! Mason is in the bin!

By Simon Smale

That was superb from Jamal Fogarty.

Fogarty kicked forward, Heath Mason stuck the arm out and obstructed the running halfback.

Luke Brooks flew through to try and get on the end of the ball but he won't get there.

It's no try, but the Tigers are down to 10.

57' What a try for Saab!

By Simon Smale

Clayton Faulalo take a deep, deep bow.

The fullback has been superb all day, but he has been brilliant there.

He darts into the line and attracts the attention of Luai, throwing a magical pass out to Saab, who has a 20-metre-long highway to run into to score.

My, my, my, what a pass.

The kick is missed! That's the first one for the night - although it was from the right sideline.

The score is 34-8.

55' Luai tries to ignite his team, knocks the ball on instead

By Simon Smale

Oh dear.

It's just not happening for the Tigers today.

Jarome Luai, as has often happened in the last couple of games, has gone missing a bit but tries to do something with the ball there, fending off a couple of tacklers on a standing start and then gets tackled, losing the ball forward.

Scrum on half way for the Sea Eagles.