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Manly Sea Eagles vs Wests Tigers: NRL live scores, blog

15th April, 2018
Kickoff: 4:10pm (AEST)
Venue: Brookvale Oval
TV: Live, Nine and Fox League
Last meeting: Wests Tigers defeated Sea Eagles 30-26 (Round 23, 2017)
Head-to-head: 25 played – Sea Eagles 15, Wests Tigers 10

Manly Sea Eagles
1. Tom Trbojevic, 2. Brad Parker, 3. Dylan Walker, 4. Brian Kelly, 5. Akuila Uate, 6. Lachlan Croker, 7. Daly Cherry-Evans, 8. Addin Fonua-Blake, 9. Apisai Koroisau, 10. Martin Taupau, 11. Joel Thompson, 12., Jack Gosiewski, 13. Jake Trbojevic
Interchange: 14. Jackson Hastings, 15., Shaun Lane, 16. Lloyd Perrett, 17. Frank Winterstein
Reserves: 18. Matthew Wright, 19. Jonathan Wright, 21. Taniela Paseka, 22. Toafofoa Sipley

Wests Tigers
1. Corey Thompson, 2. David Nofoaluma, 3. Esan Marsters, 4. Kevin Naiqama, 5. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, 6. Benji Marshall (c), 7. Luke Brooks, 8. Alex Twal, 9. Jacob Liddle, 10. Ben Matulino, 11. Chris Lawrence, 12. Robbie Rochow, 13. Matthew Eisenhuth
Interchange: 14. Josh Reynolds, 15. Josh Aloiai, 16. Michael Chee-Kam, 17. Sauaso Sue
Reserves: 18. Tim Grant, 19. Chris Mcqueen, 20. Tyson Gamble, 21. Tuimoala Lolohea
Daly Cherry-Evans. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
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Match result:

The Wests Tigers’ revival continued strongly on Sunday with a 26-point smacking of the Manly Sea Eagles.

Final score
Manly Sea Eagles 12
Wests Tigers 38

Match preview:

The Wests Tigers visit Fortress Brookie to take on the Manly Sea Eagles in Round 6 of the NRL. Join The Roar from 4:10pm (AEST) for live scores and coverage.

The Sea Eagles have been inconsistent so far in 2018, dominating at home but looking vulnerable on the road.

For the Tigers, consistency has been their modus operandi, with a 4-1 start to the season.

It will be tough for the joint venture returning to Sydney after defeating the Melbourne Storm in New Zealand – especially since Manly are unbeaten at Brookvale Oval in 2018.

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The Sea Eagles delivered an impressive 54-0 win over the Eels in Round 2 before knocking off the Raiders 32-16 a fortnight later, although they are yet to come up against quality opposition.

Daly Cherry-Evans will be expected to carry his team after a heavy loss to the Titans in Gladstone, while also attempting to secure a State of Origin jumper.

The Tigers will be boosted by Josh Reynolds’ return from injury, the enigmatic livewire providing head coach Ivan Cleary with a healthy headache as a result of Benji Marshall’s form.

There is a bitter rivalry between these two clubs, dating back to the ‘Fibros versus Silvertails’ battles of days gone by, between the Magpies and Sea Eagles. Since the joint venture in 2000 however, these two teams have met 25 times with Manly winning 15 games compared to Tigers’ ten.

Wests Tigers have been victorious just once from nine outings at Brookvale Oval, going down at the venue in Round 19 last year 28-16 before returning fire with a 30-26 win at Leichhardt Oval in Round 23.

Prediction
This will be a close, low-scoring affair, but expect the Silvertails to come home strong.

Sea Eagles by 2.

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