Manly Sea Eagles ... Daly Cherry Evans stars in win over Cronulla. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
Manly have moved to second on the NRL ladder courtesy of their 25-18 win over Cronulla at Brookvale Oval on Sunday.
| 5 Tries 3 | |
|---|---|
| Justin Horo 4' | Nathan Stapleton 29' |
| Daly Cherry-Evans 18' | Nathan Stapleton 46' |
| Tom Symonds 25' | Stewart Mills 71' |
| Peta Hiku 59' | |
| Steve Matai 64' | |
| 2 Conversions3 | |
| Jamie Lyon 20' | Michael Gordon 31' |
| Jamie Lyon 26' | Michael Gordon 48' |
| Chad Townsend 72' | |
| 1 Field Goals0 | |
| Daly Cherry-Evans 75' | |
The Sea Eagles dominated the opening exchanges of the round six match to lead 16-0 through tries to Justin Horo, Daly Cherry-Evans and Tom Symonds before Cronulla twice mounted gritty fightbacks before a crowd of 17,504.
Despite the absence of key playmaker Todd Carney, the Sharks were able to breach Manly's much vaunted defence through winger Nathan Stapleton each side of halftime to fight their way back to 16-12 after 48 minutes.
But Manly then found another gear.
Peta Hiku crossed in the 59th minute, after bombing a try only minutes before, when Brett Stewart sliced through the Sharks defence and passed on to the rookie winger who scored on his NRL debut.
Steve Matai then stretched the home side's lead to 24-12 after 64 minutes when Stewart Mills spilt a crossfield kick.
The Sharks weren't done though and Mills scored after clever lead-up work from Ben Pomeroy.
Chad Townsend landed the sideline conversion to bridge the gap to 24-18 and keep the Sharks' hopes alive.
A Cherry-Evans field goal with five minutes to go sealed the victory for Manly, who move above Souths into second position on the ladder on for and against - behind only undefeated defending premiers Melbourne.
The loss continued Cronulla's woeful record at Brookvale Oval where they have won just five of 36 encounters.
Manly's win was soured by a possible snapped achilles to Joe Galuvao which may mean the end of his 16-year career.
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