The Sydney Roosters have suffered one other heartbreaking loss with Manly holding on for an 18-16 loss at 4 Pines Park on Sunday afternoon.
Sea Eagles captain Daly Cherry-Evans led the way in which with two tries together with an opportunist intercept simply earlier than halftime to grab the lead.
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While Roosters and NSW captain James Tedesco responded to the criticism about his place at fullback with a 27 run, 299m efficiency, the Manly and Maroons skipper as soon as once more claimed the candies.
Late within the first half down 10-6, Cherry-Evans anticipated a Luke Keary go completely to dash away to grab the halftime lead.
Michael Ennis mentioned: “They talk about the greats being one step ahead of everyone on the field.
“Whenever you hear people talk about Thurston and Johns and those sorts of guys, they say they’re always a step or two ahead of everyone else.
“You see there, he saw that coming before it even came out of the hands of Keary, he was sweating on that pass. He really is one of the champion halfbacks of the game Daly Cherry-Evans.
“I can’t believe Keary threw it. He was so far out of the defensive line moving forward, I can’t even believe Luke Keary threw the pass.”
At halftime on Fox League, Greg Alexander slammed Keary for throwing the go.
“Complacent stuff there from Luke Keary — he wasn’t looking,” Alexander mentioned.
Former Roosters half Braith Anasta known as it a “brain explosion” because it gifted the Sea Eagles the halftime lead.
In the post-match press convention, Manly coach Anthony Seibold paid tribute to his captain.
“I’ve said it a couple of times now, but I think ‘Chez’ has been our best player this year,” Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold mentioned.
“It’s a credit to where he’s at. There are a lot of distractions this time of year with State of Origin, and he’s also led them exceptionally well.”
It turned out to be the pivotal second of the match because the Roosters scored by Joey Manu early within the second half however couldn’t get a decisive blow.
It left the door simply large sufficient for Ben Trbojevic to run by and steal the lead with 10 minutes left.
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The grandstand end went proper right down to the wire as with one minute left, the Sea Eagles had been deemed to have knocked on on their very own line.
Although James Tedesco virtually grounded his head on the road with the primary run, the Roosters weren’t in a position to get shut once more with Keary’s last-gasp kick knocked lifeless by Manly winger Christian Tuipulotu to seal the win.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson mentioned his facet had “an awesome” efficiency however had execution let the facet down.
“The best thing about tonight was that you saw a Roosters team tonight, that was Roosters-style, that was a Roosters performance,” he mentioned.
“And it wasn’t good enough tonight, and so be it, but we played our style.”
The Roosters have now slumped to thirteenth on the ladder, 4 factors out of the highest eight, whereas Manly transfer to eleventh, three factors out of finals competition.
Source: www.foxsports.com.au