Roosters take flight with win against Manly Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles' pre-season woes continue as Anthony Watmough is injured in their loss to Sydney Roosters. Roosters' Roger Tuivasa-Shek in action against Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford. WITH superstar signing Sonny Bill Williams earning his keep signing autographs, the Roosters have kicked off a new era with a comprehensive win against heavyweights Manly. The Roosters finished four tries to one winners, but the really bad news for Manly fans was the injury to tough back-rower Anthony Watmough. While Manly officials were saying it wasn't serious, it was enough to limit Watmough's game time to only six minutes at the start of the match. But Trent Robinson launched his NRL coaching career with a first-up win that showed plenty of positive signs for Roosters fans. With no Williams or Mitch Pearce, new buy James Maloney stepped up and took control of a flawless first-half performance as they raced to a 10-0 lead. Maloney didn't return for the second half but he showed enough in the opening 40 minutes to prove his new partnership with Pearce could end up just as exciting as when Todd Carney was still at Bondi Junction. At this stage of the season, it's hard to get too carried away with trial form, but at the very least tonight suggested the new era at Bondi is going to bring with it plenty to cheer. The Roosters rounded out a good night with second-half tries to Isaac Liu and Samisoni Langi. Manly's only try came late to winger Jacob Gagan. The Roosters started sharply with back-to-back tries for a 10-0 half-time lead. Both came in the opening 13 minutes down the left edge. Some slick ball movement gave Daniel Tupou the first try, before centre recruit Michael Jennings pounced for his first four-pointer for the Tri-colours. Even without some of their biggest stars, the Roosters were showing promising signs in attack and defence. Twice in the opening half they held the Sea Eagles out for back-to-back sets on their tryline, while dropped balls and some poor options minimised Manly's first-half opportunities. Maloney's kicking game was the other highlight of the opening 40 minutes in his first game for the Roosters. Fans of the Bondi-based club can look forward to him teaming up with halfback Mitchell Pearce next Saturday night against the Wests Tigers in the Foundation Cup. With both teams trialling almost two full squads of players, it was hard to get too carried away with the performance of both teams. The Roosters were resting plenty of big names. Williams and Pearce, along with Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Aidan Guerra, were all non-starters, while the Sea Eagles were without the Stewart brothers, Jason King and Matt Ballin.