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Sea eagles defeat knights
Jason Saab of Manly (right) tries to beat Newcastle’s Anthony Milford defense. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)
Queensland home state captain Daly Cherry-Evans led Manly to a fine 42-12 win over Newcastle at Brookvale Oval.
Three days after leading the Maroons to their State of Origin victory, Cherry-Evans had a hand in three attempts in a 10-minute period in the middle of the second half against the Knights who returned to their team in the top eight. first.
The veteran migback also took charge of the goal-scoring tasks to score six goals along with his three try assists, two line breaks, one line break assist and five counterattacks.
There were a few other heroes alongside the Sea Eagles with winger Jason Saab scoring the ninth double of his career as part of his 21 218-yard run, while forwards Andrew Davey, Lachlan Croker, Jake Trbojevic and Haumole Olakau’atu were hurt throughout the night.
And then there was the Reuben Garrick winger with 19 runs of 233 yards.
However, Cherry-Evans made a spectacular save.
For the Knights, the 2022 final became an even harder prospect as they conceded 40 more points after South Sydney’s hidden 40-28 a week ago.
Queensland’s Cherry-Evans teammate Kalyn Ponga struggled throughout the night breaking five tackles, sending free-kicks to the goal line and running for 186 yards.
It was a tight match for the first 10 minutes, but as soon as Manly scored, through a sublime Cherry-Evans pass to his right-hander Tolutau Koula, the Knights responded.
Winger Dominic Young with the skills of a half, threw inside his number seven Adam Clune to land the ball.
In the 6-6, most of the plays were on the backs of Ponga or Cherry-Evans trying to create something for themselves or their teammates.
But then an unlikely hero intervened in Manly’s second rower, Davey, who sprinted through a gap on the left edge in the 33rd minute to give Saab his fourth try in five games.
The Sea Eagles took a 14-6 lead just halfway through a penalty kick because of Anthony Milford who was convicted of holding Garrick.
In the second half, and reduced to 12 players for most of the first 10 minutes of the period, the Knights had more trouble losing Young to a rib injury.
But Ponga, who backed Lachlan Fitzgibbon and Enari Tuala through a hole in the 44th minute, scored the first points after the break.
Then it was Cherry-Evans ’time to shine, driving twice with her five-eighth Kieran Foran, to put Saab on for her second.
With 20-12, the Sea Eagles had made up for the eight-point difference they put between themselves and the Knights in the first half.
The Sea Eagles extended it to 36-12 in a matter of minutes with three quick tries to Haumole Olakau’atu, Andrew Davey and Christian Tuipulotu.
An attempt to hook Croker, with three minutes to go, showed how the Sea Eagles never let go of the Knights ’throat.
The roosters come home to defeat the dragons
The Roosters finished strong to secure a convincing victory over the Dragons. (AAP: Darren Pateman)
A stunning individual performance by Joseph Manu has inspired the Sydney Roosters to secure a quick 54-26 victory over St George Illawarra which broke a four-game losing streak and keeps their final hopes alive.
But the win at Gosford seems to have come at a significant cost to the Roosters, with Billy Smith (knee), Sitili Tupouniua (knee) and Siosiua Taukeiaho (pomula) due to injury.
Moses Suli left limping for the Dragons shortly before the break and did not return.
Both sides have designs to play September football despite entering the round sitting out of the top eight.
With Luke Keary still missing due to a concussion, Manu advanced to eighths only for the fourth time in his career and wasted little time exerting his influence in the contest.
He first entered the middle of the park and threw the ball to Victor Radley, who opened the Roosters’ account against the streak of the game.
Five minutes later, Manu forced a loss with a shot in the goal area, and took full advantage of the position of the next field by jumping from the fictitious half.
In the first half, Manu’s efforts were matched by Dragons captain Ben Hunt.
Hunt brought his home-state heroism to the Central Coast, coming out of the Roosters ’goal line defense for the Dragons’ first attempt and then getting a perfect 40/20-inch kick to lay the groundwork. of the second.
The Roosters ’hopes of getting back to work in the game were dashed when Smith injured his knee, forcing Manu to switch between halves and the outside bottom line.
The tight end threatened to shift in favor of the Roosters when Dragons ’assist Aaron Woods was turned down to get the ball out to Sam Walker when he shot from distance early in the second half.
The Dragons scored first while they were a man below, but Manu’s second attempt from the simulated half was the impetus for a five-minute raise that produced two more tries for the Roosters and finally sealed the victory. .
The floodgates opened with the defense of the Dragons capitulating once the Roosters found their rhythm.
Playing at five-eighths, Manu set up the Roosters ’eighth try with a Paul Momirovski kick and got a well-deserved starting mark.
The Roosters were in numbers, but mid-season recruit Matthew Lodge only arrived on the field for his club debut in the 50th minute.
He finished with 92 yards, but threw an interception pass that gave the Dragons a chance to get back into the game with 15 minutes left to play.
Victory will be crucial for the Roosters, their hopes of playing in the football final.
Had they lost, the Roosters would probably have needed five wins from their last seven games to play in the final.
Five of those games are against teams that started the weekend in the top eight.
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