Manly Sea Eagles vs NQ Cowboys: NRL Finals live scores, blog
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Manly Vs. Nth Queensland |
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2012 NRL Premiership Season, 15 September, 2012 |
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| Allianz Stadium, NSW | ||
| Manly 22 defeated Nth Queensland 12 | ||
| Manly | Nth Queensland | |
| 22 | FINAL SCORE | 12 |
| 4 | TRIES | 2 |
| 2/4 | CONVERSION KICKS | 2/2 |
| 1/1 | PENALTY GOALS | 0/0 |
| 0/1 | FIELD GOAL | 0/0 |
Top scorers:
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Important moments:
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| Referee: Shayne Hayne |
| Touch judges: P Holland & J Younis |
The Manly Sea Eagles will need to be at their best if they are to keep their premiership hopes alive against the inform North Queensland Cowboys in tonight’s NRL semi-final. Join us for NRL live score updates and commentary from 7:30pm AEST.
Manly underperformed in last week’s loss to Canterbury and now have no room for error against the Cowboys.
Aside from a short dominant passage midway through the first half which saw Manly post back to back tries; the Sea Eagles were lethargic in attack against the Bulldogs and will need to play with a lot more intensity tonight if they are to defeat North Queensland.
Their only consistency was the Anthony Watmough and co. injection of niggle and hostility into tackles and back-chat.
They’ll need to be more disciplined and use their aggression in attack and defence.
The Cowboys were clinical against Brisbane last week, racing out to a 16 nil lead before eventually securing a strong 33-16 victory.
North Queensland’s win was made possible by the superb performances from Johnathon Thurston, Matt Bowen, Michael Morgan, James Tamou and Matthew Scott.
The preceding players are all in top form and will cause Manly tremendous headaches if the reigning premiers fail to improve their discipline and ball handling tonight.
Prediction
With Steve Matai suspended, Manly will be hoping that Jamie Lyon starts in the centres tonight.
Lyon succumbed to a calf injury against the Bulldogs last week and is in some doubt for the match against the Cowboys.
If Lyon is deemed unfit to play tonight, Manly’s attack will suffer outwide, given that Lyon is the general of a very talented Sea Eagles backline.
Without Lyon to dictate the attack, halves Keiran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans will really need to fire tonight if the Sea Eagles are to score enough points to keep the Cowboys at bay.
After producing below par performances in the loss to Canterbury, expect Foran and Cherry-Evans to come out with a point to prove against master playmakers Thurston and Bowen.
Foran and Cherry-Evans will fancy their chances of opening up a Cowboys defence that still possesses chinks in its armour.
If Manly’s halves however fail to click, the Cowboys should be favoured to emerge victorious tonight.
As mentioned earlier, the Cowboys possess inform players in key positions with Bowen in particular the player most likely to wreck havoc for Manly.
Bowen was sensational against the Broncos last week, scoring a try and assisting in two other four pointers scored by Morgan and Tate respectively.
In order to limit the attacking prowess of Thurston and Bowen, Manly’s forwards have to get on top of inform Cowboys props Tamou and Scott.
Scott and Tamou are laying a wonderful platform for Thurston and Bowen to shine in attack and will take a power of stopping given their current form.
If Scott and Tamou manage to win the arm wrestle upfront, Bowen and Thurston will dominate and will turn attacking pressure into points when given the chance.
Although Manly possess home ground advantage, playing at Allianz Stadium will hold no fear for a Cowboys side that possesses the belief and attacking class necessary to cause the upset and end the Sea Eagles hopes of winning back to back premierships.
Cowboys by 4
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6:06pm
manly_fan_central_qld said | 6:06pm | Report comment
Dear Cowboys fans. I’m a huge Manly supporter and am disgrased with what has occured, that was clearly and the other call was questionable, but I would have ruled in fav of the Cowboys. Please don’t blame the team, or the fans, we’re backing you guys on this one!
7:23am
Bigjohn said | 7:23am | Report comment
Everyone associated with the NRL refs should be sacked, and replaced with a panel of refs employed by a fully independent body.
11:53pm
Cowboy said | 11:53pm | Report comment
Manly doesn’t have to breach salar ycap. Obviously paying off referees is not included. Yet again the Nrl has let all game fans down
11:32pm
Anthony said | 11:32pm | Report comment
I think Qgirl would be better off telling us again how the NRL is getting record crowds & AFL is declining. 16,000 is a disgrace!
11:47pm
JVGO said | 11:47pm | Report comment
Anthony, I think you should just go and watch Fremantle v Adelaide, Geelong v Collingwood or some other world changing event and leave this stuff to people who actually care.
10:55pm
Calum said | 10:55pm | Report comment
As a neutral observer (moved from UK not long ago and have always had a bit of a random interest in RL despite not being from an RL ‘area’ ) I have this to say;
The standard or refereeing in the NRL is atrocious.
No really. Other words include appalling and abject and those are only the ones that begin with ‘a’.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I know that refereeing is a hard job. I have done a little refereeing in football (soccer) where disgraceful dissent takes place and at the top end of the professional managers blame every poor result on refereeing decisions that are at best 50-50. You listen to the guys in the studio and they all agree that the referee was poor despite the fact they actually don’t agree with the decisions between themselves! I’m glad that this hasn’t happened in rugby (both codes actually) where the players regularly crowd, cajole or just complete abuse the ref.
However, so many games feature decisions that are literally inexplicable, except to the most biased fans. The Origin I decision for Inglis try was like that and it ruins the whole game/ post game etc. At that point, the game was still in the balance and so the try completely changed the game. Generally (although increasingly less so) the boys in the studio try to not slag off the ref too much but it becomes ludicrous because the decision are so big that they are significant turning points.
When this happens, the post match analysis looses any credibility. Gould was at it again tonight – ‘Manly did enough to win’etc etc. No. Manly started excellently, Cowboys came back, it was an exciting game that was in the balance and then 3 significant decisions went Manly’s way – in a playoff game where the margins are so fine.
(FWIW; 1/ I don’t think any of the 3 decisions (2 x try’s, grounding of the ball behind Manly goalline) were alone as bad as the Inglis origin I decision but added together they were pretty ordinary. 2/ This takes nothing away from Manly, an experienced big game sides who know when and how to turn up for big games. 3/ I personally don’t believe you can say that NQL would have ‘won’ i.e ‘if you take 2 trys away from Manly the score would have been this or that. You can’t change one thing and say everything else would be exactly the same. It doesn’t work like that. However, you definately can say that momentum (so crucial) changes massively.)
Anyway, sort it out ARL! Not going to keep being enthusiatic about the game for long with this sort of stuff going on.
11:07pm
eagleJack said | 11:07pm | Report comment
Agree the refereeing in the NRL is atrocious. Well said. I have said plenty of times the refs are confused by the material they are working with. Harrigan has adopted too many subjective guidelines that are open to interpretation eg the Taufua benefit of the doubt try.
But for those that think there is anything sinister going on (eg favouring teams) then you need to step into reality. Particularly those who think QLD are unfairly treated (Do I have to remind you of the Inglis try in Origin or the Hodges Try in the 3rd game??).
As Neil Henry said in tonight’s press conference “Im not saying they are biased – they are just incompetent”.
11:43pm
JVGO said | 11:43pm | Report comment
EJ, as soon as anything becomes subjective there is a subcoscious bias in favour of the expected outcome, eg Qld are favoured to win so the less controversial outcome is for them to win, manly are favourites and at home so they should win, etc it has been happening all season…actually for a number of seasons to certain teams. For instance once it became obvious that NQ had scored of after a refereeing blunder it is almost inevitable that Manly will recieve some subsequent advantage.
The problem I think arises from the fact that Bill thought they were disallowing too many tries, which suggests he didn;t think there were enough tries being scored in the game, which since the wrestle has come to dominate the ruck is pretty much true. Bill is a game manager and always has been so he has taken it upon himself to manage the style of the game and the number of tries. There is a snowball effect from every percieved error and it is getting out of control.
Benefit of the doubt for instance doesn;t really make sense anyway as doubt would only be a reason to disallow a try not to allow it, and has instead come to be interpreted as any possibility or the slightest degree of inconclusiveness and the try will be awarded. They have decided that if we can find the slightest factual possibility or interpretation of a rule to allow the try then we will do it. In the end they should get rid of benefit of the doubt and just rule inconclusive and go to refs call.
But firstly I think they need to clean up the wrestle and speed up the play the ball so there are more tries scored in a clear cut manner so the disallowed ones will matter less so they will be more inclined to deny tries that may have deserved to be scored but weren’t, and they should let momentum changing turnovers in the ruck and from knock ons have input from the video. In the last two weeks The gallen and Tafua ruck calls seriously changed the outcomes of games and were obvious to anyone watching on TV as interference.
But before they do that they need to sack Harrigan and get someone willing to implement clear guidelines across the board. I mean tonight the three calls that resulted in tries were clearly wrong, just as there many wrong calls last week in the Cronulla canberra game, in origin and all the way back to round one. The referees have at this stage completely lost the plot and don;t know whether they are coming or going and Bill has to take the blame.
11:22pm
turbodewd said | 11:22pm | Report comment
I agree with most of what you say but in Origin 1 the Inglis try was a legit try. Im no Qlder, Im a Canberran going for the Blues. Inglis try was legit.
10:47pm
Coconut said | 10:47pm | Report comment
Video ref must be either watching the wrong replay or has a big wager on Manly. No way those can be awarded tries. At 12 all it was anyone’s game. Sorry to Thurston n the cowboys.
Solution- sack video ref n void all betting on this game n have a rematch…..as if!
10:41pm
yewonk said | 10:41pm | Report comment
i propose someone write an article for melburnians on how to hate manly in time for the game next week.
10:38pm
Luke M said | 10:38pm | Report comment
Video refs see maroon jerseys and all of a sudden common sense and good judgment go out the window!
10:37pm
Off to AFL said | 10:37pm | Report comment
Appalling game quite apart from the refereeing. I dont like either of those teams and especially dont like JT but he had every right to blow up and the way Shane Hayne spoke to him was unbelievably arrogant. If I were him I would have got my team together and walked off the park.
I too am off to AFL next year, the league has been average at best this year. Television coverage is going backwards all the time, refereeing is a disgrace and the commission, having put the money in the bank, is nowhere to be seen other than to make a very fuzzy ruling on shoulder charges at the end of the season, another rule that is seemingly up to the interpretation of inept and/or corrupt referees.
Total disgrace.
12:57am
Jeffrey Baxter said | 12:57am | Report comment
bye bye
1:17am
Daniel said | 1:17am | Report comment
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
12:59pm
oikee said | 12:59pm | Report comment
Yeah and dont come back because your shorts dont fit.
10:33pm
Chris said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Manly got the rub of the green.
Kind of makes up for Origin 2, almost.
10:27pm
turbodewd said | 10:27pm | Report comment
The NRL should have put this game on saturday, gives people and families a better chance to make the effort to attend the game.
This game should have been at Brookvale, the crowd would have been bigger. Hell, put it at Gosford or Suncorp! Anywhere but the SFS.
It damages the credibility of the NRL, this is the 2nd round of the playoffs, weather was fine. Ridicurous!
10:37pm
yewonk said | 10:37pm | Report comment
no more excuses sfs is awesome to watch the footy manly just dont have the fans
12:59am
Jeffrey Baxter said | 12:59am | Report comment
Thats true but finals games should be events. rugby league is the no1 game in a city of 6million, most sports at this stage would attract neutrals but the parochalism of rugby league fans lets the sport down. play it at brookvale end of story
10:24pm
Matt said | 10:24pm | Report comment
Perhaps there’s a reason a pathetic 16,000 people crowd showed to one of the biggest games of the year.
10:25pm
Luke M said | 10:25pm | Report comment
Funniest part is, the game wasn’t played at Brookvale. I think even Brookie could comfortably handle that amount of people.
10:15pm
Worlds biggest said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Controversial second half, still think Manly were the better team. The Sea Eagles were beneficiaries of 10 points while the Cowboys scored 6 off the back of a scrum they never should have got, should have been a Manly penalty. So take that into account and the Sea Eagles still win. Should be an absolute cracker in Melbourne next week. Good season for the Cowboys and they’re not far away. They must address there away record ( particularly Sydney ) to step into the elite.
10:19pm
yewonk said | 10:19pm | Report comment
what do you suggest more refs in your pocket
10:59pm
bodgie said | 10:59pm | Report comment
the best refs money can buy.
10:14pm
Stu said | 10:14pm | Report comment
I honestly think that the NRL are afraid of the A-League and the AFL in Sydney. With decisions like tonight it’s fairly clear the NRL is pushing for a Manly v Souths/Dogs final. Either Hasler V Manly II or Souths, the team that battled and couldn’t beat time with a stick so decided to buy a team and somehow avoid the salary cap. Either way, tonight’s game was an absolute farce.
10:16pm
Jeffrey Baxter said | 10:16pm | Report comment
Yeah yeah DOOM DOM DOOM. whatever.
10:08pm
In Cred U Lous said | 10:08pm | Report comment
Speechless… Oh wait… No I’m not!
I’d like to say that Manly won that game fair and square – I can’t.
No whinging here, I’m a Cowboys fan – We lost, we move on to next year.
NRL though, what do they do?
Two on field refs, not including the touchies – A video ref as well, and the benefit of slow-motion replays.
Thurston had a right to contest when he did, I only hope that the refs chosen for the future finals in this series improve.
Interesting to see how the game would’ve panned out with the right calls in crucial moments, guess we’ll never know.
10:05pm
Alan Nicolea said | 10:05pm | Report comment
Thanks for following Stanza
10:02pm
Simmo said | 10:02pm | Report comment
I’ve been playing and watching rugby league my whole life but after watching cowboys v manly I refuse to waste my time watching league anymore. Never have I seen a 1sided game and the cowboys were robbed. The game is not like it used to b. That’s coming from a die hard broncos fan.
10:12pm
Matt said | 10:12pm | Report comment
I’m watching the AFL. Trying to get into it (can you push in the back or not, same thing happens 5 times with 5 different rulings). So sick of ridiculous officiating (bulldogs vs tigers, manly vs cowboys, the list is HUGE)
11:50pm
Ian Whitchurch said | 11:50pm | Report comment
Matt,
If you want to avoid atrocious officiating, AFL may not be your best call … if you think hands in the back is bad, wait until you see holding the ball vs incorrect disposal.
6:08am
Matt said | 6:08am | Report comment
We suck at cricket, we suck at soccer, we suck at union. There’s not too much sport to watch nowadays!
Should get up against the puma’s tomorrow
10:01pm
Schuey said | 10:01pm | Report comment
Perfect night for Manly, could not have gone better. A solid win and huuge controversy will bring the haters out of the woodwork. Beautiful conditions for siege mentality which Toovey will foster this week.
I love winning this way because as u all know..the more you hate us the more we like it. Go Manly.
9:52pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 9:52pm | Report comment
Cowboys win 12 – 6
Manly’s 2nd try was scored off a forward pass.
Manly’s 3rd try was scored off a blatant knock-on. Tafua’s hand lost contact with the ball when he grounded it just before the line, then he regained it and put it over the line.
Manly’s 4th try was scored off a blatant knock forward from Foran. Paul Simpkins saw it but awardedi t because he’s a cheat. That’s right, I’m calling him a cheat. This isn’t the first time he’s dudded a Queensland team. The fat porker is a cheat.
One of Manly’s back three grounded the ball in the in goal, but the refs refused to award a goal line drop out.
The game must be replayed. The Cowboys do not deserve to have their season ended by refs who were either blatantly biased in favour of Manly or complete crap. Don’t give me any of this crap about it just being the way the game goes. Cowboys fans have paid good money to be members. Cowboys players have worked their guts out all season. If nothing is done about this then I’ll never go back to another NRL game. I’m more than happy to spend the rest of my life following the Queensland Cup and Super League. The ARLC has got to grow some balls and do the right thing. Manly cheated, the refs aided them in cheating, and if nothing is done about it then the ARLC will be complicit in allowing Manly to benefit from cheating. The match must be replayed. If not then it’s time for the Queensland NRL clubs to get out of the NRL and refuse to play state of origin.
9:56pm
eagleJack said | 9:56pm | Report comment
So what about the Cowboys scoring straight after Graham raked the ball from Taufua??? Was that the refs cheating for Manly
Crawl back in your hole QGIRL
9:57pm
Matt said | 9:57pm | Report comment
Oh wow, ref missed 1 minor thing. That TOTALLY makes up for the 2 ridiculous video ref decisions.
10:00pm
eagleJack said | 10:00pm | Report comment
No just pointing out the idiocy of QGIRLs comment. If they were cheating for Manly wouldn’t they have penalised Graham there??
And if he seriously thinks Manly’s 2nd try was from a forward pass then he has less idea than I thought
10:10pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:10pm | Report comment
eagleJack,
The second try WAS scored off a forward pass. Go watch the replay. The last pass to Stewart travelled about 2 meters forward by the time it reached him. The referee called a forward pass against the Cowboys not long before that, yet the ball didn’t travel any where as far as that.
In 2010 the Cowboys had match winning try taken away from them because of a pass that was no worse than the one that was thrown to Stewart for the 2nd try. The ref was about 40 metres away from it, yet he called it a forward pass. The refs today were far closer to Stewart and let it go. Yes, I think the refs are cheats. All of these decisions going Manly’s way can’t be coincidental. One or two, maybe, but over and over and over again for years on end, that’s not coincidental.
10:17pm
eagleJack said | 10:17pm | Report comment
Honestly QGIRL (a very apt handle considering your constant whinging) the 2nd try was not from a forward pass. Taufua is running at speed and passes inside to Stewart. Maybe floated forward but that is legal.
If you think that was forward then you must also think Thurston’s pass to Winterstein for his try was forward. After all he caught it in front of where Thurston threw it from. I personally think it was a try. It’s called physics. But it is exactly the same as the example you are throwing up.
Cowboys had a great year. But it looks like the Top 4 teams will play out the rest of the comp
10:20pm
soapit said | 10:20pm | Report comment
mate your losing your credibility if you think that was a forward pass. perfect example of ball going well backwards from the hands while moving forward over the ground (legal pass).
10:23pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:23pm | Report comment
If you are going to say that then the match winning try that was taken away from the Cowboys in 2010 was also a try. I haven’t heard you admit the Cowboys were robbed then.
It’s difficult to get an inside passl to travel backwards out of the hand when running at full speed. Forward pass to Stewart. No try.
10:26pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:26pm | Report comment
soapit,
So how come the Cowboys’ match winning try in 2010 was deemed forward?
It was no different to the Stewart try. Only difference refused to award the try in the 2010 game, even though they were about 40 metres away from the man who passed the ball.
How can a ref see the line that the hands of the passer were travelling when he’s 40 metres downfield?
Seems a bit too coincidental that it also happened to be a try that would have won the match for the Cowboys. Something’s going on with the refs. Deny it all you want, I know the truth.
10:30pm
soapit said | 10:30pm | Report comment
qgirl
no idea bout that other pass. i dare say they’ve also benefited from plenty of decisions that go their way also in other part of those games and others.
not sure picking out 2 passes out of the hundreds thrown in a game (and several forward ones pulled up or missed in this game), out of 2 specific games , 2 years apart really shows any connection other then you being upset about both of them.
10:41pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:41pm | Report comment
soapit,
Play dumb if you like. I don’t care. The big match calls keep on going Manly’s way. I don’t think there’s anything coincidental about it. It happens again and again and again. Something has got to be done about it.
10:10pm
Matt said | 10:10pm | Report comment
It’s hard in fast mode to keep it up. Video ref has all the time + angles in the world, in fast mode I made both of those decisions correctly, and I’m a mere local ref + supporter, so how the hell could they possibly get that wrong given their experience and situation. Hence why I find it hard to believe it could have been a mistake, which only leaves they deliberately awarded it. Too involved with the betting companies for my liking (what’s wrong with alcohol + tobacco, no worse than gambling surely).
I don’t remember the 2nd try, as a once off I didn’t see anything wrong with it.
10:12pm
WQ said | 10:12pm | Report comment
eagleJack there is a fairly big difference, one of those issues was not looked at in slow motion 20 times before a decision was made!
10:15pm
Nick said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Actually, if you pretend that the “minor blunder” hadn’t occurred (which resulted in a Cowboys 6-pointer and a restart) and the two poor referee decisions hadn’t occurred that would leave the scoreline at 12-6 in Manly’s favour. Of course this is a fallible measure of how the game would have panned out.
However:
The simple fact that Manly got themselves into those positions where the video referee had to be consulted, is testament to their far greater attacking strength on the night. They got themselves into position to make a genuine ATTEMPT at a try (regardless of whether the tries’ awardings were legitimate or not) and that is something that the Cowboys simply failed to do.
Yes – the calls were controversial and probably unjust. No – this doesn’t mean that the Cowboys deserved to win instead. If Manly hadn’t secured those two tries, I am positive they simply would’ve scored other ones – given the attacking strength of their second half, and the relative weakness of the Cowboys during this period.
Of course, you all assume i’m a Manly supporter. In fact, I support the Broncos and whilst I would much rather see a victory for a QLD side over a NSW side, it is simply true that the better side won on the night.
No discredit to the Cowboys. They’ve had a great season – particularly these last few weeks – and probably didn’t do themselves justice tonight.
10:42pm
eagleJack said | 10:42pm | Report comment
Nice and balanced comment Nick.
10:43pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:43pm | Report comment
Tate bombed a try because of the poor decisions. That would have been the try that won us the match if the video refs had have done their job. Cowboys were the better team in the 2nd half.
Manly only won the first 25 minutes.
10:06pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:06pm | Report comment
Wasn’t Thurston tackled in the air after he kicked the ball just before that?
Should have been a penalty to Cowboys.
Go to hell, obnoxious loser!
10:09pm
PLANKO said | 10:09pm | Report comment
Not one replayed showed foran touching the ball. What we are suppose to believe Thurston ahead of Foran
10:11pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:11pm | Report comment
Thurston put two hands up for the ball. Foran’s hand then comes into the picture and the ball travels in the direction that Foran’s hand was travelling. Physics state that the ball cannot travel like that unless a force from Foran’s direction (his hand) makes contact with the ball.
11:04pm
Jimbo Jones said | 11:04pm | Report comment
I do love it when you start trying to talk physics
11:07pm
PLANKO said | 11:07pm | Report comment
I am trying to work out wtf physics has to do with it especially cOnsidering he only got one to it
10:10pm
Haz said | 10:10pm | Report comment
Taufua’s try was completely legit. Here’s why:
1) Referee was 100% convinced he had momentum, so flipping over isn’t a problem.
2) He didn’t touch the sideline. Linesman never flagged it, and the TV cameras show no evidence to the contrary.
3) He flips, and he still has control.
4) The ball sits on the ground for half a second before it pops loose, thanks to Ashley Graham (who had his hands in the ruck a few tackles previously.)
Try. QED.
10:12pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:12pm | Report comment
Taufua’s hand rolled away from the ball when it was on the ground in the field of play. Knock-on. No try.
10:14pm
Matt said | 10:14pm | Report comment
1) It doesn’t matter what the referee thinks. It clearly shows he stops moving, then moves his arms to promote the ball
2) Sideline wasn’t the issue
3) Again, none of this matters. The only problem is he stops moving, then picks the ball up and promotes it over his head
4) In goal it could be 10 on 1 and it’s fine to rake it, irrelevant
9:52pm
hatamahata said | 9:52pm | Report comment
Manly & the Refs will surely make it to the Big Dance. Outstanding effort by the 19 Manly players tonight.
9:51pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:51pm | Report comment
No worries Schuey but I still think the Cowboys were robbed hahahah
10:02pm
PLANKO said | 10:02pm | Report comment
The replayed showed foran did not touch it and they raked the ball for their second try. Good luck try being professional
10:07pm
Matt said | 10:07pm | Report comment
Get real. The ONLY people thinking it wasn’t ridiculous are manly supporters, and only because they won, somehow taking pride in winning when they shouldn’t have (or at least, not the way it went down). I watch purely for the game (I watch every game every week. I only support the broncs) and that was dreadful. Absolutely dreadful.
10:11pm
PLANKO said | 10:11pm | Report comment
Foran did not touch the ball
10:13pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:13pm | Report comment
Do all Manly supporters come from the nuthouse?
Must explain why no one goes to their games. They’re all locked up!
10:21pm
Schuey said | 10:21pm | Report comment
Keep the insults coming QGISL …. it’s more fuel in the tank….GO MANLY
11:05pm
PLANKO said | 11:05pm | Report comment
No I am in household that earns 200k interstate mate live in huge house on an acre in a stunning home built in 1870
10:15pm
Matt said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Physics says you are entirely wrong
10:58pm
PLANKO said | 10:58pm | Report comment
Can you afford foxtel more balanced coverage
10:19pm
WQ said | 10:19pm | Report comment
PLANKO, open your eyes mate, if you did not see Foran knock the ball forward you must have been watching something else other than the Rugby League!
10:25pm
soapit said | 10:25pm | Report comment
watched it the first time and thought for sure foran had touched it. watched it again just then and thought i could see that thurstons hands hit it away a fraction before forans hands get near it so happy enough with beneft of the doubt.
10:29pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:29pm | Report comment
PLANKO was probably BLANKO on grog when he was watching it.
11:09pm
PLANKO said | 11:09pm | Report comment
Nah love my stunning house and kids more than beer
10:15pm
Haz said | 10:15pm | Report comment
That’s because everyone’s going with the commentators. The question no-one is asking from the replays are, where is Thurston’s right hand?
If you watch the reply, you NEVER SEE Thurston’s right hand. So where is it? It’s directly in line with Foran’s hand, We simply don’t have any depth perception coz the camera is 2D. So the likelihood is that it touches it AT THE SAME TIME as Foran’s hand. Hence benefit of the doubt.
10:18pm
Matt said | 10:18pm | Report comment
Thurston is jumping up. Foran is coming forward. Ball travels forward off Foran, there is no way Thurston could have, or wanted to, tap it backwards, he used to 2 hands to jump (vs Foran who used 1 hand to bat, because you get higher).
Far out guys, I referee local games for free and this is SO cut and dry even from the first viewing.
10:31pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:31pm | Report comment
The NRL is going to lose fans over tonight’s injustice. Manly fans are turning more fans away from the game by being so damn obnoxious and full of crap.
10:16pm
PLANKO said | 10:16pm | Report comment
Put replay online that shows him hitting the ball definitely
10:22pm
Matt said | 10:22pm | Report comment
It’s physics. Hell, it’s like the attempted intercepts where you “can’t see that they touched the ball” but you clearly see the ball start rotating differently after it passes them. Not hard to add 1+1.
11:13pm
PLANKO said | 11:13pm | Report comment
One got the ball thurston he knows it
9:50pm
Steve said | 9:50pm | Report comment
What an absolute joke of refereering. I just think that NRL don’t want an outside Sydney sideto be in the finals hence the crap I have just seen. Well done refs got a Sydney side through. I will not watch another game of NRL. – AFL – Union yep bring it on – very disappointed in NRL.
Steve
10:26pm
Kim Hart said | 10:26pm | Report comment
They should cut the non sydney teams and accept a revised offer from 9 and foxtel – NRL with only sydney teams about a 20 game keno ticket.
9:49pm
rascally rabbit said | 9:49pm | Report comment
You have to be joking, that was the most blatantly unfair game I think I have ever seen! How can the video ref give tries for obvious no tries??? I may be a rabbitohs supporter but I cannot stand to see a team have their hopes stolen from them! UN-AUSTRALIAN
9:48pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:48pm | Report comment
Manly secure a showdown with Melbourne for a place in the 2012 NRL grand final after defeating the Cowboys 22-12 in a hugely controversial game. The Cowboys will be blowing up (and rightfully so) after two very controversial Manly tries were awarded to Taufua and Whare respectively in the second half. It was a blow that the Cowboys never recovered from despite Tate bombing a try minutes later after failing to pass to Graham who was unmarked in the corner. Overall this was a fiery and entertaining contest marred once again by some shocking video referee decisions that have effectively cost the Cowboys a realistic chance of knocking Manly out of the premiership race. The Cowboys can be proud of their efforts tonight and throughout the season and will use this match no doubt to spur them on to greater things on 2013. Manly live to fight another day but Melbourne now awaits at AAMI Park. Thanks for joining us tonight and please have your say on tonight’s very controversial match
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:51pm
stanza said | 9:51pm | Report comment
Great summary of your blog and enjoyed your live blog! Congrats to Manly
12:18am
blinkybill said | 12:18am | Report comment
Fair dinkum
The NRL can go and get stood on !
We’ll have our QLD competition with fair refs thanks.
Placing a ball before then line – then rolling over as a second movement without control of the ball – you call that a try!
As for next one – the video ref is as a blind as a bat!
Cowboys weren’t just having to play Manly, they had to play against the reffing as well…
9:46pm
eagleJack said | 9:46pm | Report comment
Cowboys the idea is to score more points than the opposition. Until you work that out you won’t win a premiership
9:54pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 9:54pm | Report comment
Shut up eagleJack. You always toss out stupid arrogant comments. Your team are a pack of cheats. You know it. I know it. We all know it. Do yourself a favour and admit it.
Your team only scored one legitimate try tonight. That means Cowboys win 12-6.
9:58pm
WayneO said | 9:58pm | Report comment
Funny that we will play next week and the Cowboys will not!
7:03am
soapit said | 7:03am | Report comment
check the paper mate. it’ll say the real score if you’re confused.
7:34pm
Locky666 said | 7:34pm | Report comment
Totally agree with all your comments. Manly won due to inept referring and Cowboy’s were ripped off. What a disgrace. If Manly make the GF, hope they get flogged and yes, Manly are a pack of cheats and grubs. Enough said.
10:39pm
Sleemo said | 10:39pm | Report comment
“Manly are a pack of cheats and grubs” … what did you expect the Manly players to do? Go up to the ref and say “No sir, I knocked it on, so please don’t award my team a try” or “No sir, I think it may have been a double movement, so please give a penalty to the other team”. As if. Funny too that you should label Manly a team of cheats and grubs when it was the Cowboys who were lying all over the Manly players in the ruck all night, and your team contains Thurston, who as some of his former teammates at NQ would consider the biggest grub of them all…
10:02pm
Daniel said | 10:02pm | Report comment
you realise how the refs are against all of the queensland teams. you should take a look at yourself champ cause that game was obvisouly favoured in manlys way
10:16pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:16pm | Report comment
Manly fans aren’t doing their team any favours tonight. If any of them dared to act like this in front of a mob of Queenslanders then they would get beat half to death.
10:41pm
Sleemo said | 10:41pm | Report comment
Haha good one mate, another pearl of wisdom. Well guess what, I’m a Manly fan AND a Queenslander, and I’m still 100% fine after last night! Queenslanders aren’t all ret@rds like you, don’t paint us all with the same brush.
10:26pm
soapit said | 10:26pm | Report comment
i thought queenslanders didnt whinge about refs?
9:45pm
Fair Sport Lover said | 9:45pm | Report comment
I for one would be keen to put some cash to pay Neil Henry fines for telling the blind, stupid, words fail me referees. Fix the problem John Grant or the fans are gonna walk!!!
10:13pm
PLANKO said | 10:13pm | Report comment
Keep walking maybe we should call you Johnny Walker
10:18pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:18pm | Report comment
I won’t watch another NRL game if the match isn’t replayed and the refs aren’t sacked. Manly fans, think before you write crap. If Queenslanders turn away from the NRL then the game is stuffed. I’ll gladly reserve myself to watching the Queensland Cup only. Maybe a bit of Super League every now and then, but I’ll mostly follow the Queensland Cup.
Other Queenslanders will jump to the Reds, Lions and Roar.
Do you really want that for the game?
10:46pm
Sleemo said | 10:46pm | Report comment
Haha enjoy your self-imposed NRL purgatory mate. Great to see you are a true supporter of the game. Do you think the NRL will care if you don’t watch another game again? No. And you won’t convince any Queenslanders to take what you obviously see as the moral high ground so the NRL won’t really be affected at all. Enjoy watching the ballet instead champ.
10:54pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:54pm | Report comment
“Great to see you are a true supporter of the game”
Are you dumb?
I said I’m going to limit myself to watching the Queensland Cup, and some Super League. The Queensland Cup is a RUGBY LEAGUE competition. So I’m not turning my back on the game, just refusing to support the rigged NRL.
I’m a ticketed member of one QLD Cup club, a non-ticketed member of another and a Distant Star member of the Cowboys. I’ve been to a dozen Queensland Cup matches, 2 NRL matches and 1 State of Origin this year. Spent well over $1,000 on memberships, merchandise and tickets. I’ll be spending another $1,000 next year, except all of it will be on the Queensland Cup. Don’t tell me I’m not a true supporter.
12:09am
PLANKO said | 12:09am | Report comment
I am going to try and watch my yass magpies this weekend hope you watch next year qgirl and the rest of the disgruntled fans I know personally will struggle to watch a bulldogs storm gf
12:38am
Sleemo said | 12:38am | Report comment
If you blindly claim that your team was robbed by decisions of referees employed by a “rigged” NRL just because they lost…if you’re refusing to consider the possibility that Manly were the better team…if you’re refusing to be anything but a one-eyed, biased commentator of the game…if you throw the toys out of the cot and overreact dramatically by saying something like “I’ll never support the NRL again”…then you are very obviously not a true supporter of the game. And I will tell you that, repeatedly.
Jeez, my team has copped some rough decisions in the decades that I’ve supported them (since I first touched a football) but I don’t make irrational and ridiculous statements like this whenever they’re beaten in a big game. Grow up son. I tell you what, if you have kids I hope they don’t see this kind of behaviour…what a great example to set, in sport and in life!
9:42pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:42pm | Report comment
80′ – Cowboys will once again taste finals defeat against Manly as Tamou races away now on a big run! He has been terrific tonight but Segeyaro’s pass goes forward and that’s all she wrote!
FULLTIME:
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:43pm
Schuey said | 9:43pm | Report comment
Cheers for the updates Alan.
9:49pm
Jeffrey Baxter said | 9:49pm | Report comment
Very enjoyable game, the usual reffing shockers but manly were the better team, the cowboys pack is too leightweight and too much o thurston shoulders. what they going to do when he retires?
9:49pm
2BB (AKA 2 Bob Billy) said | 9:49pm | Report comment
This game is beyond disgraceful. I have never seen a worst referring display EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Like a 70′s interstate match. Who ever plays Manly next week I want to see them crush them (yes including bones) and take out the referree’s. Bill Harrigan and Raper must go. This is it. Beyond disgusting.
9:51pm
eagleJack said | 9:51pm | Report comment
“Yes including bones”.
Very tough mate. Manly were the better side. Fullstop. Cowboys should be proud of their season
9:57pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 9:57pm | Report comment
Manly were the better side?
Are you writing this from a mental patients ward in a hospital?
Manly were better for the first 25 minutes. They were outplayed after that. THe only reason Manly got through is because 4 officials were on their side.
10:23pm
Haz said | 10:23pm | Report comment
Uh, the game is both about attack and defence.
They only defensive fault in the first half was T-Rex coming off the line 2 metres ahead of his inside man, letting Tamou step his way to a try.
Thurston, and in fact the entire Cowboy’s goal-line attack was completely woeful in the first half, except for Bowen’s kicks, and Tamou, who is crazy-awesome. Thurston did throw an awesome cut-out for the Cowboy’s second try, but made up for that by throwing another cut-out pass to the touch judge.
10:34pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:34pm | Report comment
You don’t know crap!
Tamou’s try was on the back off the Cowboys defence. The line speed from the Cowboys restricted Manly to just 15 or 20 metres in the set that got the Cowboys back into the game. From that moment the Cowboys controlled possession for the next 5 minutes and scored through Tamou.
10:00pm
Matt said | 10:00pm | Report comment
No-one except a manly fan would say they should have won that. I don’t know who would have won (12 all), but the possibility was taken away by the blatantly biased officiating.
10:19pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:19pm | Report comment
Thank you for being honest and sane. The Manly people are obviously nuts. No wonder the nuthouse they all live in don’t let them loose to go to the games.
9:42pm
stanza said | 9:42pm | Report comment
Wow, Heads need to roll after this game. Talking about Harrigan and Rapers Head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:41pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:41pm | Report comment
NO TRY SEA EAGLES – Watmough penalised for offside and the Cowboys win a penalty. Thurston has failed to find touch however and Manly will go back on the attack!
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:40pm
Red Block said | 9:40pm | Report comment
Almost as big a farce as Hodges try in Origin 3. This has been a stitch up first class.
9:41pm
Ian Whitchurch said | 9:41pm | Report comment
And that one goes against Manly
10:08pm
Stu said | 10:08pm | Report comment
token call with 90 seconds on the clock. This call will be Bill Harrigon’s rebuttal to the media.
9:40pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:40pm | Report comment
VIDEO REFEREE – Looks like the Cowboys have run their race here as Manly play out the clock. Cowboys though have every right to be filthy with the video ref tonight. Manly right on the attack as Cherry-Evans grubbers and Tate fails to handle the football and Watmough have have grounded the football and scored!
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:38pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:38pm | Report comment
77′ – One on one strip from Thurston here and the Cowboys are back on the attack and need a miracle ala Storm, Dragons, Rabbitohs and Roosters….
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:41pm
yewonk said | 9:41pm | Report comment
lets see how the nrl gets out of this
9:56pm
PLANKO said | 9:56pm | Report comment
What about the strip then they went on to score. Did you miss that Alan.
9:58pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 9:58pm | Report comment
Wasn’t Thurston tackled in the air after he kicked the ball before Manly got that set?
Should have been a penalty to Cowboys.
10:43pm
Sleemo said | 10:43pm | Report comment
Didn’t Taufua have the ball raked out early in the second half in the lead-up to Winterstein’s try? Should have been a penalty to Manly.
9:37pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:37pm | Report comment
76′ – Cowboys desperately trying to keep possession alive now as they reach Manly territory. Thurston with a bad kick and Foran regathers possession and he finds Oldfield.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:37pm
Shaz said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Based on ref decisions it seems like this game was decided long before it started. Disgraceful. Video ref needs to be sacked immediately and cowboy punters to sue. And no, i am not a cowboys fan either.
10:43pm
Sleemo said | 10:43pm | Report comment
Cowboy punters to sue hey…thank God you’re not a lawyer!
9:37pm
Matt said | 9:37pm | Report comment
If I wanted scripted sport I’d watch wrestling
9:47pm
PLANKO said | 9:47pm | Report comment
Lol
9:36pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:36pm | Report comment
75′ – Taufua is forced into touch as Manly produce some great second phase play but the Cowboys scramble well with Hall. Cowboys are still alive just.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:36pm
Schuey said | 9:36pm | Report comment
The Manly haters will be out in force. Perfect for us…we feed off it. GO MANLY
9:49pm
WayneO said | 9:49pm | Report comment
Absolutely, go you eagles!
9:35pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:35pm | Report comment
74′ – Tate now loses possession as the Cowboys go for hail mary plays and the Sea Eagles are back on the attack…..
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:35pm
yewonk said | 9:35pm | Report comment
absolutely robbed by the grubs
9:34pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:34pm | Report comment
73′ – Taufua with a huge run here and Manly right on the attack and with a chance to put this controversial win in the bag. Lyon now throws the football over the sideline and the Cowboys earn the changeover 30 metres out.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:33pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:33pm | Report comment
73′ – Cowboys with a terrific set here as they attack. Thurston takes on the line but his pass finds Lussick and Manly hold on in defence.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:33pm
Bill Larkin said | 9:33pm | Report comment
Manly’s only a handful of shocking refereeing decisions away from a Grand Final. Seriously, after this disgrace, the Storm might be the next team robbed.
9:49pm
PLANKO said | 9:49pm | Report comment
It came off thurston that is the way it was
10:02pm
Matt said | 10:02pm | Report comment
He jumped at it with two hands straight up. Foran swings at it with 1 hand. Ball travels in the direction Forans hand swings at it. You do not even need to see the replay to know who touched it, it’s physically impossible for someone who is catching it upwards to somehow propel the ball a completely different direction. That was callable in fast mode on the first view, can’t believe they even went to video ref.
9:55pm
WayneO said | 9:55pm | Report comment
How does the age old chestnut go? Yes, yes the powers that be always want Manly to win!! Whatever! You roll with what you are given. Apparently we never deserve any wins and when the decisions go against us it is justice, and a travesty when we benefit! Blah, blah……see you in Melbourne!! We like it this way. Go you mighty Sea Eagles!
10:01pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:01pm | Report comment
Count me out as an NRL fan. I’m done with this rubbish. I’ll gladly step back and support the Queensland Cup and Super League, but I’m done with NRL until tonight’s injustice is corrected. The game has to be replayed and the referees have to be sacked. Cowboys members deserve better. We don’t pay for our memberships just so that the N(SW)RL can cheat us out of a grand final qualifying match to keep their precious Manly alive. Without Queensland the NRL is dead. Queenslanders, do your bit and NEVER WATCH ANOTHER NRL GAME!
10:42pm
Sleemo said | 10:42pm | Report comment
Enjoy your off-season mate and your self-imposed punishment of never watching an NRL game again, we still have a game to look forward to next week…GO MANLY!
9:32pm
Pat said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Looks like the result was predetermined. I think that is fairly obvious.
Cowboys didn’t stand a chance from the start.
9:32pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:32pm | Report comment
72′ – Cherry-Evans with a grubber but it goes dead and the Cowboys win a 20 metre tap but time is running out…..
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:31pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:31pm | Report comment
71′ – Scott has been tremendous tonight as Thurston kicks for Bowen but Stewart regathers possession well. Sea Eagles with great field position now.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:30pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:30pm | Report comment
70′ – Manly with a good set here and are a try away from sealing a win here. Cherry-Evans with a kick now and Bowen recovers and reutrns now before finding Winterstein.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:29pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:29pm | Report comment
69′ – Tate should have passed to Graham who was unmarked! Oh what a chance gone begging outwide! Thurston with a kick and the Cowboys are ruled to have knocked on and the Sea Eagles win a 20 metre restart. Huge moment there!
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:29pm
oikee said | 9:29pm | Report comment
Cows did not pay enough for the win tonite. Not dirty enough, just go home cows do some more grazing.
Your not a Sydney team remember that, be thankful your playing in front of a huge crowd, 16 thousand.
9:28pm
Bazzio said | 9:28pm | Report comment
Video Referee decision is complete, total, unmitigated idiocy.
9:29pm
Matt said | 9:29pm | Report comment
So bad it’s hard to believe it was a legitimate mistake
9:31pm
Schuey said | 9:31pm | Report comment
Manly always seem to get those kind of calls too…. just the way we like it… GO MANLY
9:31pm
2BB (AKA 2 Bob Billy) said | 9:31pm | Report comment
This is the worst referring display I have ever seen. If I was on that pitch I would break Shayne Hayne’s jaw. Awarded two tries that are clearly not tries. First double movement, second knock on. This game will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for referring in the NRL this year. This is it and heads will F#$%#$#$%ing roll.
10:40pm
Sleemo said | 10:40pm | Report comment
What’s referring???
9:43pm
Barb said | 9:43pm | Report comment
My god did the video ref feel guilty and thought he would call it correctly, Cowboys should be given another match without the video ref who didn’t anything fair.
10:35pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:35pm | Report comment
What he said. The match has to be replayed.
10:40pm
Sleemo said | 10:40pm | Report comment
Haha my God…you seriously are a gee-up…
9:27pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:27pm | Report comment
67′ – Cowboys win a line drop-out as Morgan produces a nice grubber. Stewart bats the football dead and the Cowboys remain on the attack!
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:26pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:26pm | Report comment
66′ – Stewart knocks on and the Cowboys are on the attack and need to score here one would think. Thurston can’t believe what’s happening! I feel so sorry for him! Taufua also knocked on earlier before racing away!
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:25pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:25pm | Report comment
65 – Cowboys are still in this but they know who to blame if they fly home early. Thurston with a kick now and Taufua regathers possession well and is away before finding Whare who is nailed!
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:28pm
Schuey said | 9:28pm | Report comment
They can blame themselves not the ref..that’s why the game goes for 80 mins.
9:32pm
Matt said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Take away the rubbish it’s 12-12, if cowboys won from 2 ridiculous decisions you’d be bitching
9:37pm
stanza said | 9:37pm | Report comment
Mentality of a team changes when calls constantly go against them
9:25pm
James said | 9:25pm | Report comment
What the hell are these refs watching
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9:24pm
stanza said | 9:24pm | Report comment
I’m usually a good sport but my god, when a season is on the line the refs are not up for it. Geez im filthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:30pm
WQ said | 9:30pm | Report comment
Can’t blame you it’s a joke!
9:24pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:24pm | Report comment
64′ – That is a disgraceful decision in such a huge game. Talk about a decision that ends a team’s season. Cowboys ever right to be pissed with that decision. Cherry-Evans with a kick now as Bowen regathers.
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:23pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:23pm | Report comment
CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
Sea Eagles 22
Cowboys 12
9:22pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:22pm | Report comment
TRY SEA EAGLES – Foran has touched the football and knocks on while attempting to regather the bouncing football despite attention from Thurston. Sea Eagles though are awarded the try nonetheless! Shocking decision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sea Eagles 20
Cowboys 12
9:27pm
Bill Larkin said | 9:27pm | Report comment
Breath-takingly bad decision. This is as poor a crucial decision as I’ve seen.
9:28pm
WQ said | 9:28pm | Report comment
How could anybody take Rugby League seriously after the awarding of that try?
I am a neutral observer as I am a Rugby Union fan so don’t care who wins the game. That is a joke and only makes a joke of the game!
9:46pm
Jeffrey Baxter said | 9:46pm | Report comment
course you are
10:03pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:03pm | Report comment
I might go watch rugby union. I’m sick of this rubbish from the N(SW)RL. No wonder the Reds drew higher attendances than the Broncos this year. Queenslanders are fed up with the bias. The Broncos were dudded so many times in the last few rounds by poor refereeing. I don’t believe it’s unintentional. The refs have to be doing it on purpose.
10:39pm
Sleemo said | 10:39pm | Report comment
Haha good to hear from you again QGIRL. I thought you would come up for excuses this time. I’m just glad Manly could overcome 1) the obvious rake from Taufua that led to a try by NQ 2) Thurston’s forward pass that put Winterstein into the corner and 3) the Cowboys’ blatant holding down in the tackle all night long. Hallmarks of a great Manly team to come out over the top of such clear, unadulterated cheating!
9:20pm
Matt said | 9:20pm | Report comment
Oh no, they’re going to award it
9:21pm
Matt said | 9:21pm | Report comment
As Gould would say: no no no no no no
9:23pm
yewonk said | 9:23pm | Report comment
what are they looking at, this is a farce
9:22pm
Matt said | 9:22pm | Report comment
Games rigged, NO doubt at all. 2 of the most rubbish calls of the year awarded. This is fricking SOO Inglis all over again (and I go for qld)
9:24pm
Matt said | 9:24pm | Report comment
Put your money on manly to win the premiership, the agenda has been shown
9:26pm
Schuey said | 9:26pm | Report comment
We’ll take it… go Manly!
9:28pm
Matt said | 9:28pm | Report comment
I must be one of the only people who want to deserve their win, not by cheating
9:28pm
Barb said | 9:28pm | Report comment
One mistake, two mistakes but three mistakes by the referee, this is bullshit
9:29pm
Gary said | 9:29pm | Report comment
NRL refs are either incompetent or corrupt.
9:19pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:19pm | Report comment
VIDEO REFEREE – Manly starting to dominate territory now as Cherry-Evans goes high and the ball bounces and Whare eventually grounds the football and scores!
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:18pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:18pm | Report comment
61′ – Bowen with a kick and Taufua regathers possession and returns now. He has been very solid tonight as he offloads to Cherry-Evans.
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:17pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:17pm | Report comment
60′ – Foran with a bomb now but Graham defuses it well and the Cowboys regather possession. Both teams eager not to concede points now.
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:16pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:16pm | Report comment
59′ – Manly in Cowboys territory now as Cherry-Evans kicks ahead and finds Winterstein who nearly loses possession. Game has turned into an arm wrestle
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:14pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:14pm | Report comment
58′ – Thurston with a brain snap as he throws a huge pass over the sideline. Not what the Cowboys needed and a huge opportunity lost!
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:14pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:14pm | Report comment
57′ – Cowboys win a penalty as Thurston is taken out after Winterstein puts a kick inside that was of huge danger to the Manly defence. Thurston with a great cut out pass yet again to put Winterstein away! Cowboys right on the attack.
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:13pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:13pm | Report comment
56′ – Cherry-Evans with a kick and Winterstein gets the football on the full but is driven back by strong Manly defence. Game well in the balance here
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:12pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:12pm | Report comment
55′ – Cowboys in Manly half as Thurston goes high and its well taken by Oldfield under pressure. Great take!
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:11pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:11pm | Report comment
54′ – Cowboys need to recover from that decision and keep their heads here. Manly on the halfway now as Williams charges. Foran with a kick and Bowen returns now.
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:09pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:09pm | Report comment
CONVERSION UNSUCCESSFUL
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:08pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:08pm | Report comment
TRY SEA EAGLES – Benefit of the doubt try to Manly here as Taufua scores in the corner despite the attention from Graham. Big call that one!
Sea Eagles 16
Cowboys 12
9:08pm
Matt said | 9:08pm | Report comment
Classic double movement, they’ll call it try
9:09pm
Ian Whitchurch said | 9:09pm | Report comment
Benefit of the doubt to the attacking team …
9:11pm
Matt said | 9:11pm | Report comment
No doubt at all, he rolled over after stopping and planted it. Double movement every day of the week
10:04pm
Queensland's Game Is Rugby League said | 10:04pm | Report comment
Plus he lost control of it just before the line. His hand came away from the ball as it was about 10 cm from the line. Knock-on. Double movement. No try.
8:50am
Bozo said | 8:50am | Report comment
Plus his foot was over the sideline.
9:07pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:07pm | Report comment
This is a huge call coming up….. has he lost it?
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
9:06pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:06pm | Report comment
VIDEO REFEREE – Taufua may have scored in the corner here…..
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
9:05pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:05pm | Report comment
51′ – Williams with a big run here and Manly now win the penalty and will go right on the attack for the first time in the second half. Manly desperate for a try to regain the ascendacy
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
9:04pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:04pm | Report comment
50′ – Tate with a good run as the Cowboys attack. Thurston with a bomb here and Stewart takes the football superbly. That was a great catch under pressure!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
9:04pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:04pm | Report comment
49′ – Cowboys have all the energy at the moment as Cherry-Evans kicks ahead and finds Bowen before finding Graham. Manly need to remain alert here….
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
9:03pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:03pm | Report comment
48′ – Scott with another strong charge from the kickoff here. He and Tamou have been huge tonight yet again. Cowboys now with the momentum here and its Manly who are on the back foot here as Thurston kicks and Stewart regathers and is tackled.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
9:01pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:01pm | Report comment
CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 12
Thurston has been terrific tonight with his kicking and passing. Cowboys needed to be the first to score in the second half and have done so. Manly in a huge fight now!
9:02pm
Ian Whitchurch said | 9:02pm | Report comment
Great game of footy
Too much footy isnt enough
9:00pm
Alan Nicolea said | 9:00pm | Report comment
TRY COWBOYS – Tate tackled very well by Whare. Thuston with a great cut out pass to Winterstein and he scores! Cowboys back in this!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 10
8:58pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:58pm | Report comment
43′ – Manly lose possession now and the Cowboys will go right on the attack and with a great chance to level the scores. Taufua was the man who lost the football.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
10:00pm
PLANKO said | 10:00pm | Report comment
Alan you are a joke you missed the blatant rake didn’t you
8:57pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:57pm | Report comment
43′ – Taumalolo is tackled now and he could be a huge X factor in this second half for the Cowboys. Thurston with a bomb now and Stewart regathers well and its a 20 metre tap for Manly
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:56pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:56pm | Report comment
42′ – Cherry-Evans with a kick and Bowen regathers and returns now. Cowboys with a solid start territory wise in this set.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:55pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:55pm | Report comment
41′ – Cowboys spread possession as Linnett is tackled. Cowboys in Manly territory as Thurston kicks ahead and Taufua has to regather the football deep in his in-goal. Another great kick from Thurston.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:54pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:54pm | Report comment
SECOND HALF KICKOFF – Cowboys with possession. Can Manly finally produce a solid second half or will they fade and allow the Cowboys to secure the upset? Do or die now for both teams!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:42pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:42pm | Report comment
The Cowboys have done very well to stay within reach of Manly after the Sea Eagles raced out to a 12 nil lead and looked likely to blow the Cowboys away early. Lyon and Stewart were dominating down the right hand side while Williams, Taufua and Foran were causing havoc down the left. The Cowboys though managed to hold on in defence and some great kicking from Thurston allowed the Cowboys to gain field position. Tamou then muscled his way over to score a big try for the Cowboys and it was a try that provided the Cowboys with the momentum they needed to dominate the latter stages of the first half. Can the Cowboys come back and cause the upset or will Manly fire and secure a match against Melbourne next week?
8:39pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:39pm | Report comment
40′ – Bad discipline from the Cowboys here right on halftime because Manly will roll the dice as Cherry-Evans goes for field goal but he misses.
HALFTIME:
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:38pm
jmacredie said | 8:38pm | Report comment
watching the Manly/Cowboys game and there is so much more skill in Union. Leaguies get so much more space and still look so orfull. Rugby union players do it with so much more pace.
8:43pm
Schuey said | 8:43pm | Report comment
“Rugby union players do it with so much more pace.” — unless you are a Waratah
8:53pm
p.Tah said | 8:53pm | Report comment
8:52pm
Jeffrey Baxter said | 8:52pm | Report comment
fascinating
8:55pm
Chris said | 8:55pm | Report comment
Funny, because last time I watched the Manly Rugby Union team running around I saw a bunch of overweight amateurs… oh wait.
8:38pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:38pm | Report comment
40′ – Cherry-Evans with a kick and Bowen returns possession now before finding Tate who kicks ahead but Stewart regathers possession and Manly win a penalty right on halftime!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:39pm
Schuey said | 8:39pm | Report comment
kickable penalty? how far out?
8:37pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:37pm | Report comment
39′ – Bowen with a grubber now but Ballin with superb hands regathers the football well and Manly survive!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:35pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:35pm | Report comment
37′ – Bowen with a cross field kick and the Cowboys win another line drop-out here as Taufua bats the football dead. Cowboys looking dangerous now. Another big set coming up!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:33pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:33pm | Report comment
36′ – Scott with a huge run here as he powers his way through! Thurston with a kick and Lyon recovers the football well but the Cowboys earn the repeat set. Cowboys now are on top for the first time in the match!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:32pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:32pm | Report comment
35′ – Foran with a kick now and Winterstein gets the football on the full. Cowboys are looking solid now after a nervous start.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:32pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:32pm | Report comment
34′ – Thurston with a kick and Taufua returns now. Cowboys starting to find their rythem now with possession
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:31pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:31pm | Report comment
33′ – Cherry-Evans with a kick now and Winterstein recovers and returns now for the Cowboys. Cowboys desperate not to concede points heading into halftime
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:31pm
jmacredie said | 8:31pm | Report comment
What a shocker. League players can’t tackle. James try was touch rugby.
8:36pm
Schuey said | 8:36pm | Report comment
My brothers texting Lummox Williams was at fault for the try…. useless….
8:30pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:30pm | Report comment
32′ – Well for all of Manly’s dominance, the Cowboys are within reach now and will get great confidence from that try. Bowen with a kick now and its straight to Taufua who returns.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
8:28pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:28pm | Report comment
CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 6
Manly will be filthy with their defence there because Tamou was flat footed and nothing was on in attack yet he scores. Great individual effort nonetheless from Tamou.
8:27pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:27pm | Report comment
TRY COWBOYS – Tamou beat four defenders there and the Cowboys are back in this contest! Huge play from Tamou!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 4
8:27pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:27pm | Report comment
VIDEO REFEREE – Tamou flat footed powers his way over and scores a huge try for the Cowboys!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:24pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:24pm | Report comment
27′ – Morgan with a nice grubber and the Cowboys get the repeat set here as Foran cleans up possession well. Manly though are producing some good defence here.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:23pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:23pm | Report comment
26′ – Thurston with a bomb and Stewart knocks on and the Cowboys are right on the attack. Big opportunity for the Cowboys to score against the run of play. Huge set coming up!
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:22pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:22pm | Report comment
25′ – Ballin with a kick and Bowen returns and the Cowboys finally have some field position. They need to remain calm here.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:21pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:21pm | Report comment
25′ – Thurston with a bad cross field kick and Manly recover possession as the Cowboys are tackled on the last. Manly reading them very well.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:20pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:20pm | Report comment
23′ – Lyon with a kick now and that’s a great defensive set from the Cowboys as Graham returns now over the halfway.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:19pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:19pm | Report comment
23′ – Thurston with a kick and Stewart does well to get back into the field of play. Great kick by Thurston and good work from Stewart.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:18pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:18pm | Report comment
21′ – Cowboys have to be the next to score here. Manly though have all the momentum and are carving the Cowboys up as Foran makes the halfway. Cherry-Evans kicks but the football goes dead and the Cowboys get the 20 metre tap.
Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
8:18pm
Matt said | 8:18pm | Report comment
Where were these cowboys and manly sides last week? Manly were useless and cowboys were good, total opposite this week
8:17pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:17pm | Report comment
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Sea Eagles 12
Cowboys 0
Yep Manly have turned up to play and the Cowboys have no answers at the moment. Tony Williams is causing havoc down the left and Stewart and Lyon are causing havoc down the right hand side. Cowboys under the pump bigtime.
8:15pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:15pm | Report comment
TRY SEA EAGLES – Its been all Manly here and Taufua is away and he finds Stewart on the inside who scores!
Sea Eagles 10
Cowboys 0
8:14pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:14pm | Report comment
PENALTY SUCCESSFUL
Surprised that Manly went for goal. They had the Cowboys at their mercy….
Sea Eagles 6
Cowboys 0
8:13pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:13pm | Report comment
17′ – Stewart and Lyon causing havoc down the right hand side. Manly now win the penalty
8:12pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:12pm | Report comment
16′ – Oldfield with an early kick and Bowen regathers possession and is trapped in-goal before passing to Graham who is trapped. Sea Eagles with a repeat set and looking likely to post the points.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:11pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:11pm | Report comment
15′ – Sea Eagles win another penalty here and the Cowboys have been under the pump here. Danger period for the Cowboys.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:10pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:10pm | Report comment
14′ – Thurston kicks from inside the 40 but Oldfield regathers well and returns. He has had a terrific start to this match!
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:10pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:10pm | Report comment
14′ – Sea Eagles are looking ominous here in attack. Cowboys struggling to contain a Manly side eager to break the line and post points. Ballin with a kick and Bowen fields it very well and the Cowboys hold on.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:08pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:08pm | Report comment
12′ – Lyon finds Oldfield who is away now but Bowen gets him and Winterstein comes up with possession for the Cowboys. Great chase by Bowen and Oldfield passes the football away. Manly though are in the mood to attack as the Cowboys now produce a forward pass. Not what they needed.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:07pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:07pm | Report comment
11′ – Graham is pushed over the sideline as he throws possession backwards but the football goes into touch. Manly slide well in defence as Taufua defends well.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:06pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:06pm | Report comment
10′ – Cowboys win a penalty and they will go on the attack now after withstanding an early Manly onslaught. A try here will calm nerves.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:05pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:05pm | Report comment
9′ – Cowboys defence very stretched here. Manly lose possession now and the Cowboys dodge a bullet. Big moment there for the Cowboys.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:04pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:04pm | Report comment
7′ – Cowboys need to be careful now because Manly have a great winning record when they score the first try. Manly with another strong set here as they reach Cowboys territory. Cherry-Evans with a bomb now and Bowen loses possession backwards and Manly will get a scrum here. Manly with a huge opportunity to put the Cowboys to the sword.
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
8:02pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:02pm | Report comment
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Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
Great hands by Lyon and Stewart after Foran’s kick was batted back. Sea Eagles with the perfect start. Cowboys under pressure now.
8:01pm
Matt said | 8:01pm | Report comment
You know it’s a BS penalty when ch9 don’t show a replay.
8:01pm
Tracey said | 8:01pm | Report comment
MANLY!!!!
KICK ASS, cowboys r just that cowboys!
8:00pm
Alan Nicolea said | 8:00pm | Report comment
TRY SEA EAGLES – Foran with a small bomb and Lyon bats it back very well and he finds Oldfield who scores for Manly in the corner!
Sea Eagles 4
Cowboys 0
7:59pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:59pm | Report comment
3′ – Sea Eagles win the first penalty of the night and they will go on the attack. Cowboys defence really has to be on song tonight.
Sea Eagles 0
Cowboys 0
7:58pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:58pm | Report comment
2′ – Tamou with a strong charge here as the Cowboys attack. Bowen with a bomb now and Tate bats it back and he finds Johnson but Watmough eventually secures possession for Manly.
Sea Eagles 0
Cowboys 0
7:58pm
Matt said | 7:58pm | Report comment
Too much hair gel on watmoughs hands and he drops his lollies
7:57pm
Johnno said | 7:57pm | Report comment
Is Joe Galavou playing or ommitted.
7:57pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:57pm | Report comment
1′ – Manly spread it early here as Lyon is tackled. Sea Eagles with a good set and eager to make a statement early here as they reach Cowboys territory but Watmough loses the football. Bad way to end a good set.
Sea Eagles 0
Cowboys 0
7:56pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:56pm | Report comment
KICKOFF – Sea Eagles with possession
Sea Eagles 0
Cowboys 0
7:53pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:53pm | Report comment
Ray Warren just summed up the crowd. There is more than last year’s shocking crowd but not by much….. Both teams making their way out now.
7:46pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:46pm | Report comment
Segeyaro needs a big game tonight in order to fill Payne’s shoes. Cowboys are as per program aswell.
7:44pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:44pm | Report comment
Manly are as per program…. Great names on paper. Can they fire tonight?
7:35pm
Alan Nicolea said | 7:35pm | Report comment
The Sea Eagles host the Cowboys in the NRL’s first elimination semi-final. Good evening and welcome to this live NRL blog covering the clash between Manly and North Queensland. I guess the big talking point coming into tonight’s clash surrounds the crowd. Will there be a big pro Manly crowd to support the reigning premiers? So far I am guessing there is just over 14,000 at the ground. Hopefully it builds up nicely from here on in. On the field, Lyon will take his place tonight for Manly. The battle between Stewart and Bowen should be a beauty. The Cowboys are rolling along nicely and I feel they have the momentum heading into tonight. This should be a great contest so follow this blog and have your say on the match as it happens.
7:06pm
Matt said | 7:06pm | Report comment
Come on cowboys! Upset the inlaws!
6:49pm
MFR said | 6:49pm | Report comment
Thanks Roar, best way to follow the game from London (thanks for not showing the games sky).
Go the boys, play to your potential and you will beat manly.
6:38pm
Schuey said | 6:38pm | Report comment
One eye on Melbourne next week which will be tough. Go Manly.
6:01pm
alan said | 6:01pm | Report comment
Reading that Glenn Stewart and Jamie Lyon are both in doubt for tonight’s clash on the Twitter feed….they would be huge losses for Manly tonight
5:39pm
Bondy. said | 5:39pm | Report comment
I’m going for Manly for once .
5:19pm
p.Tah said | 5:19pm | Report comment
Look at the crowd. The stadium is empty. It’s disgraceful. Manly fans hang your head in shame. Never mind that it’s several hours before kick off and the gates aren’t open, that’s not an excuse…
4:36pm
oikee said | 4:36pm | Report comment
Even a weakened Manly will get over the Cows tonite. The cows dont have the mongrel or know how to win in Sydney to win tonite.
Sorry truth is sometimes hard to except, nite nite cows, bad luck NF.
I will be totally surpised if the Cows get up. I will go as far as saying they will win the comp if they get up.
4:50pm
NF said | 4:50pm | Report comment
I’m confident in the Cows oikee I think you’re still upset the Broncos got knocked out by the Cows last week.
4:29pm
NF said | 4:29pm | Report comment
Can’t wait going to be a close one go Cowboys.