Sunday’s NRL 2018 Round 6 match is between Manly Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:10 local time with the game to be played at Lottoland, Sydney. The home team Manly Sea Eagles are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Manly Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers.
When: 16:10 | Sunday 15/04/2018
Where: Lottoland, Sydney
Preview:
Big dilemma for Ivan clearly with big dollar signing Josh Reynolds set for his return from injury and where he might go and what impact he may have to the team’s dynamic is an interesting question.
Unibet Odds:
Manly Sea Eagles at $1.79
Wests Tigers at $2.18
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Teams:
Manly Sea Eagles:
1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Brad Parker, 3 Dylan Walker, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Akuila Uate, 6 Lachlan Croker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Jack Gosiewski, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Interchange: 14 Jackson Hastings, 15 Shaun Lane, 16 Lloyd Perrett, 17 Frank Winterstein. Reserves: 18 Matthew Wright, 19 Jonathan Wright, 21 Taniela Paseka, 22 Tofofoa Sipley.
Wests Tigers:
1 Corey Thompson, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Kevin Naiqama, 5 Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, 6 Benji Marshall (c), 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Alex Twal, 9 Jacob Liddle, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Chris Lawrence, 12 Robbie Rochow, 13 Matthew Eisenhuth. Interchange: 14 Josh Reynolds, 15 Josh Aloiai, 16 Michael Chee-Kam, 17 Sauaso Sue. Reserves: 18 Tim Grant, 19 Chris McQueen, 20 Tyson Gamble, 21 Tuimoala Lolohea.
NRL News:
Jai Arrow has emerged as one of the NRL’s form forwards and the Gold Coast as the leading Queensland team following their 32-20 NRL upset of Manly.
Arrow was an unlikely two-try hero at Gladstone’s Marley Brown Oval on Sunday as the Titans rocketed into the top eight.
Gold Coast were forced to hold off a Sea Eagles fightback but got the job done thanks to tries to Anthony Don and Arrow in the final six minutes.
After their second win in a row, Garth Brennan’s side sit above more highly fancied Sunshine State rivals Brisbane and North Queensland.
Following their 54-8 humiliation at the hands of St George Illawarra two weeks ago, the Titans have rebounded with victories over the Broncos and Sea Eagles.
Jarrod Wallace, Bryce Cartwright and Michael Gordon were great but lock Arrow was again the Titans’ standout, running for 143m as well as making 20 tackles.
After his off-season move from Brisbane, the 22-year-old workhorse has been the Titans’ best and arguably one of the leading middle forwards of the competition.
Through five rounds, he has averaged 148m – the third most in the league behind David Klemmer and Martin Taupau.
“He was best on-field. He’s probably been our best on-field for the first five rounds,” Titans skipper Ryan James said.
“He’s up there as one of the better locks in the comp at the moment.”
The Titans looked home and hosed at 22-8 with 26 minutes remaining but Trent Barrett’s side fought back with two quick tries in front of a crowd of 5135.
Daly Cherry-Evans, who famously backed out of a deal to join the Titans in 2015, taunted Gold Coast by intercepting an Ash Taylor pass and running 95m to score.
And when Api Koroisau scooted out of dummy-half to send Brian Kelly over, it was game on at 22-20.
However, the Titans showed a resolve that’s been missing in past years.
The Sea Eagles had their share of bad luck – they were missing superstar fullback Tom Trbojevic (ankle) and Brad Parker was pulled at the last minute after suffering a “severe case of vomiting” in the warm-up.
His replacement, Jono Wright, crossed for first points but the Sea Eagles gave up the lead at the 26th minute when Arrow crossed for his first.
“It was brave, you could say that. It was a good effort to get back in the game but I just thought we were our own worst enemies at times,” Barrett said.
“We conceded two tries directly off our own errors and two tries on last plays, which we spoke about. They were disappointing.
“We still scored 20 points, which should have been enough to win us the game.”


