Manly Sea Eagles take on Penrith Panthers in the NRL’s round six. Get The Roar‘s live scores and join our live commentary chat from 7.00pm AEST.
After a terrible off season the Sea Eagles started the 2012 season looking the goods. Impressive wins against some very good opponents had many suggesting the Sea Eagles would be in with a big chance of retaining their title.
Then, injuries and suspensions started to take the toll, and here we are in round 6 and with the Sea Eagles having lost three games in a row.
On the other side of the field, the Penrith Panthers have probably exceeded expectations so far this season as Ivan Cleary looks to rebuild the club.
Losing last week at home against the Sharks probably took a bit of the wind out of their sails and while they probably lack the ability to put a lot of points on decent opposition, they are certainly no easy beats this season.
This will be the Sea Eagles first home game of the season, and what a time for it to happen. They will be boosted by the return of Jamie Lyon who should help their defense out wide.
You have to favour the Sea Eagles in this game. They really need this win to get their season back on track. If they lose this, making it four losses in a row, it wouldn’t take too much to push their season into free fall.
Just ask the Tigers.
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Well that will do it for me tonight. If you want to follow me on Twitter add me @LeagueFreak You can also visit me at my web site which is at http://www.LeagueFreak.com Congratulations to the Manly Sea Eagles! Great win tonight!
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Sea Eagles 30 Panthers 0 - A great win for Manly at home, a terrible performance away for Penrith. Showed a real gulf between these two teams. Very different goals this season.
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Sea Eagles 30 Panthers 0 - As for Penrith, that was pathetic really. They just didn't turn up for a tough contest. Too soft, they looked terrible when they went wide. Up the middle they were not in the contest. Only Coote can really hold his head high.
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Sea Eagles 30 Panthers 0 - Hard to pick Manlys best. Jason King and Daley Cherry-Evans were both brilliant. Lyon set up a couple of tries, Williams got the job done. Just a great win for the Manly club after dealing with so many injuries. They crowd was over 14,000 too.
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go panthers there loosing and they lost ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wait there i lost my breath ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok im done
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Sea Eagles 30 Panthers 0 - Penrith kick the ball deep. Kite runs it back. On that last run it looks like Panthers Kevin Kingston has hurt his forearm or shoulder. That sums up Penriths night really. That was a great win by Manly. Dominant and composed. Game over!
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Sea Eagles 30 Panthers 0 - Lyons conversion is off the upright. No goal! 45 seconds left.
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Sea Eagles 3- Panthers 0 - 77 minutes gone. manly have completed 32/36 sets of six. Thats says it all. They are ino the Panthers half now. Evans chips it for himself, kicks again, and Watmough scored on the right hand side of the field. Now the score line really shows the difference between these two teams. Kick to come.
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i agree with you about david simmons is having a shocking game even though i go for panthers.
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Sea Eagles 26 Panthers 0 - penrith knock the ball forward from the short kick off. Manly scrum feed 30 meters out from their own line. More good meters up the middle. They have dominated the Panthers pack. They get to the Panthers 40 meter line and kick deep. Coote juggles it but its play on. Get get its 20 out from his own line with an elusive tackle.Penrith just dont even looked bothered right now. They get to the half way line and Weston maked 15 meters with a good run. Walsh puts up a bomb and Burns knocks it on. Manly have the ball 12 out from their line.
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Sea Eagles 26 Panthers 0 - Lyons conversion is brilliant. Between the sticks! The six longest minutes of my week coming up here...
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Sea Eagles 24 Panthers 0 - Oh its a try. Not even a question. A good wingers try by Williams.
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Sea Eagles 20 Panthers 0 - manly punching holes in the middle. They go right again and David Williams may have scored in the corner again. We are going to the video referee.
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Sea Eagles 20 Panthers 0 - A good set by Manly. DCE kicks deep and gets a 40/20. With all their stars available, this would have been a 40 point slaughtering. 8 minutes left, Manly have the scrum 20 meters out from the Panthers line.
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Sea Eagles 20 Panthers 0 - Short kick off for Penrith. They are showing urgency now. They get the ball to the Sea Eagles 20 meter line. They go left and Manlys defense is solid. Back to mid field now. They look to go right and Walsh is tackled on the 5th. Burns bombs to the left hand side and the Wolf Man takes an easy catch.
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Sea Eagles 20 Panthers 0 - Lyons conversion is successful!
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Sea Eagles 18 Panthers 0 - TRY for Steve Matai right next to the posts. David Simmons has had a shocking game. Matai ran through and controlled the ball, only just though. 68 minutes gone at this point. Lyon will make this 20-0 with the conversion.
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Sea Eagles 14 Panthers 0 - 66 minutes gone and Manly have the ball on their own 30 meter line after the deep kick. They are making more and more meters up the middle now as the Panthers start to tire. They go right and Lyon flicks it back on the inside to Williams. DCE puts a nice kick back to the middle and its anyones ball. Penrith dont cover it up and Steve Matai looks to have scored. Video referee decision.....
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Sea Eagles 14 Panthers 0 - So Manly win the scrum and make it to the half way line on the second tackle. They are winning this up the middle of the field. Its not even close. DCE bombs it mid field and Coote once again cleans it up. He has played well tonight.
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Sea Eagles 14 Panthers 0 - Manly kick from half way and Coote fields it. 64 minutes gone at this point. As a Panthers fan, it feels like 34 years. Penrith are walking now. They just havent turned up really. They cross their own 40 meter line. making it to half way now. They then knock on 40 meters out from the Manly Sea Eagles line.