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Michael Jennings has scored two tries in his 200th NRL game as Parramatta registered a fourth straight win, 22-10 over Manly in Kieran Foran’s return to Brookvale Oval.
It was a deserved win for the Eels, who were denied two controversial tries to Corey Norman and Brad Takairangi either side of halftime in Parramatta captain Foran’s first game against his old club on Thursday.
Under-strength Manly, who lost Matt Parcell and Brenton Lawrence shortly before kickoff in addition to having Daly Cherry-Evans sidelined, matched Parramatta for most of the first hour. But the Eels drew away after that, scoring three tries in the final 10 minutes through Jennings’ double and Semi Radradra before 14,633 fans.
After Brett Stewart blew an early tryscoring chance, Michael Gordon opened the scoring through a 12th minute Eels penalty goal.
Five minutes later Stewart combined brilliantly on the short side with right winger Tom Trbojevic and Jamie Lyon, for the Sea Eagles skipper to score and push the home side out to an 8-2 lead.
In a rough and ready game up front Manly dominated for much of the first 20 minutes and Parramatta enjoyed the ascendancy for the next 20 minutes.
A no try was ruled against Eels pivot Corey Norman for obstruction in the 29th minute, before Dylan Walker spilt a Kieran Foran kick for Brad Takairangi to score. Michael Gordon’s conversion brought the scores to 8-8, after 34 minutes.
Michael Jennings was unable to put the Eels ahead before the break when he dropped the ball with the try line beckoning.
The Eels had another try disallowed in the 48th minute when the bunker backed up the questionable onfield call of no try to Takairangi, due to offside
A Lyon penalty goal put the home side ahead 10-8 in the 56th minute.
Apisai Koroisau failed to clean up an Isaac De Gois kick in the 69th minute and the converted try to Jennings put the Eels ahead 14-10, before his double and Radradra’s effort sealed the win.
Eels forward Tepai Moeroa suffered a first half leg injury and could be sidelined for a few weeks.
Manly winger Jorge Taufua left the field in the 60th minute with a suspected broken collarbone.
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