Welcome to a sun drenched Brookvale Oval for tonight's game. Manly are unchanged while Newcastle have one change, Travis Waddell is out replaced by Matt Hilder.
8 min: TRY Manly! Jorge Taufua on the end of a slick passing play. Lyon from out wide, misses.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0
9 min: Penalty! Beau Scott offside.
13 min: PENALTY again to Manly. They will start from the Knights 30.
13 min: Jumpin' Jamie Lyon does it! Kieran Foran puts the kick on the spot for Lyon to jump high and take it easily, scoring the Sea Eagles second. Lyon converts his own try. TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Jamie Lyon. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10-0
20 min: Almost there for Newcastle, Mullen puts a crossfield kick in for Uate who gets a touch but knocks it on.
22 min: Sloppy work by the Knights, a forward pass from Hilder to Costigan.
22 min: PENALTY against Newcastle, offside from the scrum. The count is 4-1 to Manly currently.
23 min: Manly try the sweeping move again but it breaks down with a knock on.
24 min: Tyrone Roberts is through and he tries to draw Brett Stewart while passing to Boyd. The latter knocks on though.
Dane Gagai's night is done. An ankle ligament injury for the centre.
29 min: Good kick and chase from the Knights forcing an error. They have a chance to claw their way back.
33 min: Felt for Rochow there, set up for the short ball and was hit by Foran knocking it on.
34 min: A win against the feed, miscommunication between Foran and Buhrer let Scott scoop up the ball.
35 min: Newcastle just haven't got these sweeping plays working well currently, Mullen gets crunched by Matai. His second big hit in as many minutes.
36 min: Manly busting the line at will currently, Galuvao bursting through. Cherry-Evans puts some icing on the set with a grubber that earnt them a repeat set.
37 min: They tried the sweeping play down the right this time Manly but Lyon is hit as he passed and fumbles the ball.
39 min: PENALTY to Manly, offside.
40 min: Error by Justin Horo trying to offload. Knights will work it away into halftime.
40 min: PENALTY to Newcastle, offside. Beau Scott is trying to lift his side here. They will have thirty seconds to put on a play.
40 min: There was no cohesion for the Knights in those three tackles and Taufua takes the harmless bomb, taking us to halftime.
41 min: Back underway! Knights with first use.
45 min: It looked like the play had broke down, several passes going backwards but Watmough picks up the ball and sprints 60 metres to score untouched. Lyon with the conversion, is unsuccessful. TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Anthony Watmough. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon unsuccessful.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14-0
47 min: Fresh from the try, Watmough spills an easy inside ball.
52 min: Some quick play the balls earn the Knights some momentum and a PENALTY.
53 min: Held bellows the referee and one of the Manly players reefs at the ball, so an easy penalty.
54 min: Make that three straight penalties. Markers not straight this time.
59 min: Newcastle haven't been organised tonight. Another hospital pass is penalised by being knocked on.
VIDEO REFEREE: Checking if Jorge Taufua has his second.
62 min: After extensive looks, GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Jorge Taufua takes the ball around his ankles, spins and plants the ball down right in the corner. Jamie Lyon bends it between the sticks and converts. TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Jorge Taufua. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 20-0
65 min: Snowden and Costigan try to link up but it is knocked on.
66 min: Add Willie Mason to the injury list, a calf injury. He joins Dane Gagai and Travis Waddell on the sideline.
67 min: A teasing kick forces Boyd to play at the ball and it was inches away from another Manly try. Dropout.
69 min: SIX MORE.. Newcastle! Can they get some points on the board?
70 min: Costigan knocks on. Manly work it away and are likely to add another victory over Newcastle at Brookvale.
70 min: VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Brett Stewart try.
72 min: GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Jamie Lyon takes it down the left, hooking a kick back in for a tussle between Brett Stewart and Jeremy Smith for the ball, Stewart wins the race and plants the ball down. That is 67 tries in 70 games at Brookvale. Lyon with his easiest kick tonight, punches it over.TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Brett Stewart. Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26-0
75 min: There is some sloppiness creeping into the game as it inches to the conclusion.
80 min: Manly finish the game in style! They go to that left side once again, Tom Symonds making an impact bursting through the line and sending Taufua away for his HAT-TRICK! Lyon ticks down the seconds with this conversion and slides it between the posts. FULLTIME
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 32-0
32
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
0
Newcastle Knights

Sunday, March 17 2013, at 6:30pm

@ Brookvale Oval

Crowd: 12263

Referees: Chris James, Ben Cummins

Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Russell Turner

Video Referee: Steve Clark, Gavin Badger

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (32)
Tries: Jorge Taufua (3), Jamie Lyon, Anthony Watmough, Brett Stewart
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jamie Lyon (4/6)
Penalty Goals:

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (0)
Tries:
Field Goals:
Conversions:
Penalty Goals: