The canine days are removed from over for Canterbury, as a medical Manly aspect shook off the satisfaction jersey drama to placed on a present for a offered out Brookvale Oval.
In his first recreation for Manly since Could of 2022, famous person fullback Tom Trbojevic loved a stellar return to 4 Pines Park, enjoying a number one hand in his workforce’s 31-6 win over Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon.
You might sense the Sea Eagles’ devoted holding their collective breath every time the champion fullback examined hamstrings so precious and risky that the Sea Eagles flew him to America for reconditioning by Invoice Knowles, a well-known hamstring professional.
Trbojevic’s actions away from the Steeden had been managed and low-key. He clearly performed inside himself. But when he turned it on he drew in defenders and gifted area to these outdoors.
Merely, the place Turbo went there loomed chance.
And a full-house of 17,217 left ‘Fortress Brookie’ – after their first win since spherical 18 of 2022 – comfortable to see him play 78 minutes effectively – and injury-free.
With temperatures nudging 27 levels, Manly centre Brad Parker’s defence was sturdy early, ripping off three stable tackles within the opening ten minutes.
Maybe rattled, Canines pivot Matt Burton kicked out on the complete. 4 minutes later he swung a large ball to Viliame Kikau who additionally kicked out on the complete.
Trbojevic opened the scoring when he fell on a Daly Cherry-Evans grubber on the Bob Fulton Stand finish.
Reed Mahoney scored on debut for the Bulldogs after his grubber ricocheted off the left hand upright and again into his arms earlier than he was adjudged to have grounded the ball regardless of the ministrations of a number of Sea Eagles.
With six minutes to go within the first half Kyle Flanagan was despatched to the sin bin for putting a hand within the small of Trbojevic’s again.
Reuben Garrick was over within the subsequent set, beneficiary of a Turbo-charged attempt help.
After Garrick transformed his personal attempt, rather a lot occurred: Burton put the kick-off out on the complete, Trbojevic fumbled, Garrick kicked twice, Josh Addo-Carr fumbled, the ball ricocheted into the Bulldogs’ in-goal, prop Max King grounded the ball simply earlier than Cooper Johns.
And the Sea Eagles went to the break main 12-6.
Three minutes into the second stanza the 12-man Canines shifted it extensive inside their very own 20m zone earlier than debutant Paul Alamoti fumbled and Daly Cherry-Evans toed forward to attain.
The captain had a double after Trbojevic ran off a Taniela Paseka bust and set Cherry-Evans free on 30m run to the road.
Garrick’s conversion notched 800 NRL factors earlier than Cherry-Evans landed a subject objective and plucked an intercept and ran 60m for his hat-trick.
Kikaut
The Bulldogs $3.2 million man, Viliame Kikau, had an abnormal first outing in blue-and-white, kicking out on the complete and being simply contained by Manly’s proper aspect defence.
When he was taken off after 65 minutes he’d made seven runs for 74 metres.
Residence Debut for Hunter Prince
Melbourne Storm recruit Cooper Johns, the son and nephew of Newcastle royalty Matthew and Andrew Johns, loved one thing of a house debut when he jogged out onto 4 Pines park within the No.6 jumper.
Johns is a resident of Collaroy and an outdated boy of St Augustine’s Faculty, the highschool a torpedo punt kick away on Alfred Highway.
Johns loved a largely composed and managed debut with some tidy touches below stress.
Initially printed as NRL 2023: Manly Sea Eagles win 31-6 over Canterbury Bulldogs, Kyle Flanagan sin bin
