Match Report: Round 14 NRL vs Manly Sea Eagles

The home side fought valiantly, but were reduced to twelve men and couldn’t overcome a second-half deficit.

Brent Naden looked to have scored the first points of the afternoon but his try was waved away due to a knock-on.

Instead, former Wests Tigers prop Josh Aloiai got the scoring underway as he crashed over at the Northern end of the stadium.

Under immense pressure, Brett Kimmorley’s men stood firm in defence and held the potent Manly attack scoreless for the remainder of the first half.

They were soon rewarded for their efforts as Luke Garner latched onto the ball and crossed in the left corner.

The score remained at 6-4 until half-time.

After a scoreless start to the second forty, tries to Reuben Garrick and Haumole Olakau’atu pushed Manly’s lead out to twelve points.

Brent Naden then became the first Wests Tigers player to be sent off in twenty years after a dangerous throw on Jake Trbojevic.

The Sea Eagles capitalised on the man-advantage to score two late tries, pushing the margin out to 26 points.

Despite the loss, Joe Ofahengaue and Ken Maumalo each ran for over 140 metres and were among the best performers for the home side.

Earlier in the day, the Wests Tigers Jersey Flegg side defeated Manly 22-20 before the Western Suburbs Magpies piled on 40 points in their high-scoring victory over Blacktown Workers.