[Please refresh for the latest updates] Sea Eagles 46 - 12 Warriors Full-time, wow - what a thrashing from Manly, stay tuned for the match report. 79 min: TRY - Sea Eagles, this is just silly now, Cherry-Evans kicks to the corner and it's Reuben Garrick who scores. Kick is wide. Sea Eagles 46 - 12 Warriors. 77 min: The Warriors go so close, but it's called a knock on. 73 min: Tuivasa-Sheck is still running a muck and just eating metres - but he is alone. 70 min: TRY - Sea Eagles. It's just far too east and the Sea Eagles are getting whatever they want - the Warriors are struggling to make a tackle - Jorge Taufua scores the try. Kick is wide. Sea Eagles 40 - 12 Warriors. 66 min: TRY - Sea Eagles, too easy from Manly - they gain 86 metres in their five tackles and it's Tom Trbojevic who gets his second. Kick is good. Sea Eagles 36 - 12 Warriors. 65 min: Dominance from the Sea Eagles when they have had ball in hand. 59 min: TRY - Sea Eagles, Tom Trbojevic makes the break - it's too easy for them, he finds Cherry-Evans who crosses for his second. Kick is good. Sea Eagles 30 - 12 Warriors. 57 min: Forward pass from Tuivasa-Sheck stops the momentum. 56 min: The Warriors win a penalty and look to score the first points of the second half. 52 min: An intercept from the Sea Eagles - and all the Warriors hard work is over. 49 min: Penalty for the Warriors - you feel they need to score here. 47 min: A turnover from the Warriors after six tackles. 45 min: A nothing set from the Warriors but a good kick from Green gets them another set. 43 min: Knock on from Manly in goal and the Warriors have the ball in great position. 41 min: Second half is back underway! Half-time and the Warriors have plenty of work to do in the second 40. 37 min: TRY - Sea Eagles, Manase Fainu goes over, far too easily to undo all the Warriors hard work over the last 10 minutes, kick is good. Sea Eagles 24 - 12 Warriors. 33 min: The kick comes to nothing for the Warriors. 31 min: Great work from the captain - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck makes another break and earns a penalty. 27 min: Penalty awarded to Manly and they run it back at the Warriors. Time to get our breath back - 30 points have been scored in the opening 25 minutes. 24 min: TRY - Warriors, Tuivasa-Sheck makes some incredible metres and it's Issac Luke who scores a much needed try for the visitors after a fantastic offload from Adam Blair - kick is good. Sea Eagles 18 -12 Warriors. 22 min: Intercept from Manly as Papali'i thinks he's Carlos Spencer and tries to throw one between his legs but it falls straight to Brad Parker but Kata makes a good tackle to stop him. 20 min: The Warriors have the ball for the first time in 11 minutes - need to do something with it, very timely penalty. 18 min: TRY - Sea Eagles, it's all Manly early on here as the Warriors can't make a tackle - Joel Thompson scores. Kick is good. Sea Eagles 18 - 6 Warriors. 15 min: TRY - Sea Eagles,Addin Fonua-Blake puts Tom Trbojevic through with a great offload and Daly Cherry-Evans goes after a pass from the fullback. Kick is good. Sea Eagles 12 - 6 Warriors. 13 min: Easy metres for Manly here as they close. 11 min: TRY - Sea Eagles, it's too easy for Manly here and Tom Trbojevic goes over for a try. Kick is good. Sea Eagles 6 - 6 Warriors. 8 min: A cross-field kick from Keighran nearly falls to Fusitu'a but is collected by Manly. 6 min: Sea Eagles get a penalty and have their hands on the ball for the first time. But there is a knock-on. 5 min: Great start to the game from Tuivasa-Sheck to gain more metres for the visitors. Great start from the Warriors. 3 min: TRY - Warriors, errors from Manly to start the game as they fail to collect the kick from the Warriors, Luke carries the ball and a kick from Isaiah Papali'i and the big front rower goes over for the first. Kick is good. Sea Eagles 0 - 6 Warriors. 2 min: Great take from Tuivasa-Sheck and leads the run for a 30 metre run. 1 min: Kick off here in Christchurch, it's game time. A moment's silence as both teams link in arms on half-way. ============================================== Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the NRL match between the Sea Eagles and the Warriors at AMI Stadium. Manly have come off two losses through the first two weeks of the competition and are desperate for a win. The Warriors on the other hand looked impressive in their first outing against the Bulldogs but looked all out of sorts against the Wests Tigers in week two. Both sides are coming off losses last week and will be looking to get their season's on track with a win in Christchurch. TAB Odds: Sea Eagles $2.26 Warriors $1.60 Pre-game chat: Warriors and Sea Eagles to wear 'They Are Us' jerseys The Warriors and Manly Sea Eagles will proudly wear the hashtag #TheyAreUs on their jersey's for Saturday's NRL match in Christchurch. The hashtag came about after New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Arden used the words after the shooting attacks at two mosques in Christchurch that resulted in 50 deaths earlier this month. The two NRL sides will square off at AMI Stadium in the first major sporting event to take place in the Garden City since the terror attack two weeks ago. The hashtag will appear on the on the back of the Warriors jersey below the player numbers, while it will sit under the Sea Eagles crest on the Manly jerseys.<doc-sep>Tom Trbojevic's scintillating return to the NRL has kick-started Manly's season with a 46-12 dismantling of the Warriors in Christchurch. In his first appearance since shaking off a pre-season hamstring injury, Trbojevic bagged two tries on Saturday and set up two more for Daly Cherry-Evans to hand the Sea Eagles an emphatic first win in Des Hasler's second coming as coach. The Warriors couldn't respond to the occasion in the first major sporting event in Christchurch since the mosque shootings, succumbing to a second-successive heavy loss. They lacked attacking spark and were unable to contain NSW State of Origin star Trbojovic, who made nine tackle breaks, three line breaks and had heavy involvement in five of the eight Sea Eagles' tries. Hasler predicted Trbojevic's return would lift his teammates and that proved the case for halfback Cherry-Evans, who backed the fullback up to bag two tries and landed seven goals in a 22-point haul. The result left both teams with a win and two losses. The Warriors face serious problems after a defensive display that matched last week's disjointed showing against the Wests Tigers. New Zealand props Martin Taupau and Addin Fonua-Blake led an impressive Manly forward effort, allowing their star teammates to shine and cap a week in which they endeared themselves to Christchurch by engaging with the community. It was an inauspicious start for Trbojevic who was partly to blame for the Warriors' opening try, palming a grubber kick into the path of the chasing Isaiah Papali'i. The classy fullback made amends soon afterwards, giving early momentum to a seven-tackle set and finishing it by barging through a stranded Roger Tuivasa-Sheck. Trbojevic set up Cherry-Evans when he burst onto a Fonua-Blake offload and the halfback turned provider with a grubber kick for Joel Thompson. Issac Luke stopped the rot with a close-range Warriors try but Manase Fainu put the Sea Eagles 24-12 up at the break with a stepping try from dummy-half. After absorbing Warriors pressure throughout the third quarter, Trbojevic and Cherry-Evans completed their doubles before wingers Jorge Taufua and Reuben Garrick rounded out the scoring against a dishevelled defence.<doc-sep>Referee David Munro came under fire for a call in the first half Daly Cherry-Evans was fuming with referee David Munro when he awarded the Warriors a penalty on Manly’s line. And he wasn’t alone. Munro’s call had just left the Sea Eagles seriously under the pump. In the 31st minute, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck had just made a stunning break into Manly territory. He was tackled a mere four metres from the Sea Eagles line by Tom Trbojevic and Jorge Taufua. Live stream the 2019 NRL Telstra Premiership on KAYO SPORTS. Every game of every round live & anytime on your TV or favourite device. Get your 14 day free trial > The Warriors man then got up and attempted to play on. Trbojevic and Taufua were game and felled the New Zealand international again, before dragging him into touch. After some consultation with his touch judge, Munro awarded a penalty to the Warriors - ruling that the tackle had been complete and the Manly players had pushed him out illegally.. Munro was heard saying “I had him (Tuivasa-Sheick) held on the ground, you’ve then pushed him over.” Cherry-Evans was furious. So too was Fox League expert, Greg Alexander. “That’s a bad call, that,” said Alexander. “He just lost that under the pressure of Trbojevic and Taufua. MORE NRL NEWS LATE MAIL: Rabbitohs hit by late Inglis blow DOUBLE TROUBLE: Friend and JWH facing spells out for Roosters CAPITAL GAINS: New Raider shakes off hoodoo NOT WORKING: Could Ponga ditch halves switch and go back to No. 1? GUTHERSON: My Eels bonding moment that brought me to tears “What? Did you hear what he just said? He (the referee) should miss next week because of that comment. “It’s up and he was running, and he was up for another go then.” Alexander was joined by fellow Fox League expert in his assessment Michael Ennis, who said: “It looks like the old days of Bill Harrigan v Geoff Toovey — a slanging match. Daly’s frustrated, I agree with Greg Alexander it was a complete tackle and a loose carry from RTS.” It was one of a number of calls Munro was seen to have made incorrectly.<doc-sep>Warriors coach Stephen Kearney has serious concerns for his side, after their defeat to the Manly Sea Eagles - particularly their defence. The Sea Eagles ran in eight tries to claim a 46-12 win - the most points the Warriors have conceded under Kearney, since he took over in 2017. Manly headed into the match without a win, while only scoring 24 points in their first two games of the season. Following their 34-6 loss to the Tigers last Sunday, Kearney said things would improve, but the Warriors were much worse against Manly, lacking composure on both attack and defence. Kearney was furious with his team's defence, saying it was not up to NRL standards, as they missed 41 tackles during the match. "I'm very disappointed," said Kearney. "Given the situation on the back of last week and obviously the circumstances of the game, I was very disappointed with the effort. "There is a lack of resilience at the moment, which is an area of concern for us. "To have 46 points tonight, 34 last week - that's not good enough in the NRL. It's not acceptable." The Warriors opened the game scoring a try in their first set through Isaiah Papali'i, but things quickly went downhill.<doc-sep>
Controversy has taken hold again with the NRL’s referee consistency set to be called into question once again. The Sea Eagles continued the side’s domination over the Warriors with a 46-12 thrashing in Christchurch as Manly welcomed back Tom Trbojevic with a stunning performance. But a moment late in the first half drew incredulity from Fox League commentator Greg Alexander. Late in the first half, Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck made a break, only to be taken down by Trbojevic. Trbojevic had a hand on the back of Tuivasa-Sheck’s jersey but the Warrior’s skipper got up looking as if he was going to take a second effort. But the cavalry came with Jorge Taufua pushing Tuivasa-Sheck into touch. Tuivasa-Sheck was appealing for the rake but in back play, the referee had called “held”. “That’s a bad call that,” Greg Alexander said on Fox League commentary. “He just lost that under the pressure of Taufua and Trbojevic.” But Alexander was about to explode when he heard the actual the reason behind the penalty. Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans protested saying “momentum took him over”. Referee Dave Munro’s response made Alexander explode. “Daly, I’ve called him held on the ground, you’ve then pushed him over,” he said. Alexander was stunned into almost speechlessness. “What? Did you hear just what — did you hear what he said just then?” Alexander fumed. “He should miss next week because of that comment he made just then. “He was running, he was up for another go then.” WATCH IN PLAYER ABOVE Mark Gasnier agreed and brought in a moment from last night’s move when Raiders defenders lifted the Knights’ Edrick Lee from the ground and over the sideline. Luckily for the Sea Eagles, the Warriors ended the kick with a tame kick easily defused in the in-goal. Later, Munro was also in the spotlight when he called half-time to a chorus of boos as the Warriors attacked the Manly line but were denied a last shot as New Zealand was ruled to have played the ball after the siren. At half-time, former NRL stars Corey Parker and Michael Ennis said it was a bizarre call but something you just need to move on from. “The referees are making so many calls on the run, if that’s the call he’s made, we just move on don’t we,” former Broncos star Corey Parker said. “I agree with Greg Alexander that the tackle was complete, I thought it was a loose carry from Tuivasa-Sheck but as Corey said, you’ve just got to move on from those ones,” Ennis said. The Warriors had started the game well with a try just four minutes into the game with a bizarre try Alexander described as “heartbreaking” for Manly. But the return of Tom Trbojecvic has sparked a stunning ambush in response. An innocuous kick from Warriors rookie Adam Keighran was allowed to bounce with Bunty Afoa knocking the ball back to Isaac Luke, who got the ball through the hands out out to Isaiah Papali’i, who grubbered the ball with a nightmare bounce for Trbojevic with the kicker regaining the ball to force his way over the line. One fan was particularly pleased. That Warriors try. Speechless. One of the most unbelievable set plays I’ve ever seen! #NRLManlyWarriors https://t.co/Ya1ojQq9xD — Josh Jerga (@josh_jerga) March 30, 2019 Trbojevic hit back however, crossing for a try that was described as “too easy”, burrowing over from close range in his first game of the season. It may have been a mixed bag for the Manly fullback, who took an airswing at a grubber that went through his legs. But the star ran out to the 20m for the restart and set a play in motion, with Trbojevic backing up and sending Daly Cherry-Evans in under the posts. The combination would dominate the game as the Sea Eagles, who took a home game to Christchurch, ran in eight tries to two with a pai each for Trbojevic and Cherry-Evans. “Don’t Manly look different with Tom Trbojevic hunting up in support,” commentator Matthew Russell said. Earlier, the Sea Eagles, wearing jerseys with ”they are us” the message of defiance against the terror attack that rocked Christchurch. A high-scoring first half between the Sea Eagles and Warriors has slowed in the second half but Tom Trbojevic has again sparked the go-ahead try. The fullback made yet another break, before giving Daly Cherry-Evans another one under the posts. “What about Tom’s first game back for 2019, it’s special,” Mark Gasnier said.