Monday has the last game for NRL Round 20 is between Wests Tigers and Manly Sea Eagles with the opening kick to commence at 7:00pm local time. The game is to be played at Campbelltown Stadium with the favourite for the match being Manly Sea Eagles. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Wests Tigers and Manly Sea Eagles.
WHERE AND WHEN: Campbelltown Stadium, 29th July, 7:00pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Wests Tigers | 4.50 | 5.00 | 4.60 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
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Manly Sea Eagles
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1.20 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.20 | 1.21 |
Preview:
The last match of round 20 is between the Wests Tigers and Manly, kicking off on Monday night at Cambelltown Sports Stadium, 7pm. The Sea Eagles are big favourites to win here, managing to find some momentum again after an ordinary mid season. While the Tigers could still make the finals on paper, it is looking more and more unlikely as the weeks roll by. While Wests are very much outsiders for this one, they might just get inspired by skipper Robbie Farah’s 200th game.
Teams:
Wests Tigers:
1 James Tedesco
2 David Nofoaluma
3 Blake Ayshford
4 Chris Lawrence
5 Tim Simona
6 Benji Marshall
7 Curtis Sironen
8 Jack Buchanan
9 Robbie Farah (c)
10 Adam Blair
11 Liam Fulton
12 Bodene Thompson
13 Sauaso Sue
Interchange
14 Ava Seumanufagai
15 Shaun Spence
16 Ben Murdoch-Masila
17 Braith Anasta
Coach: Michael Potter
Manly Sea Eagles:
1 Brett Stewart
2 Jorge Taufua
3 Jamie Lyon (c)
4 Steve Matai
5 David Williams
6 Kieran Foran
7 Daly Cherry-Evans
8 Brenton Lawrence
9 Matt Ballin
10 Brent Kite
11 Anthony Watmough
12 Justin Horo
13 Glenn Stewart
Interchange
14 Richie Fa’aoso
15 Jamie Buhrer
16 James Hasson
17 George Rose
21 David Gower
Coach: Geoff Toovey
Stewart surpasses Fulton in Manly NRL win
Brett Stewart has surpassed rugby league Immortal Bob Fulton on Manly’s all-time tryscorers’ list as the Sea Eagles cemented their position in the NRL top four with a stylish 38-20 win over Gold Coast.
The prolific fullback needed just five minutes to bag his 130th career four-pointer in 171 games before delivering the final pass for three others in a dazzling man-of-the match display on Sunday.
Stewart’s tryscoring haul is second only to Manly legend Steve Menzies’ 151 from 280 games and, boasting the best strike rate in the league, the 28-year-old is on track to break the club record some time next season.
On a milestone day at Brookvale, Manly captain Jamie Lyon also collected his 100th career try, fittingly off a nice short ball from Stewart, as the Sea Eagles chalked up their third straight win.
Manly out-scored the Titans eight tries to four and the victory margin would have been even more comfortable had Lyon not missed five conversion attempts.
Stewart opened the scoring in the sixth minute when he charged onto a short pass from Anthony Watmough to split the defence, with Lyon’s conversion making it 6-0.
Gold Coast replied with a try five minutes later to winger Kevin Gordon, who embarrassed his Manly opposite David Williams to cross in the left-hand corner.
Williams atoned in the 24th minute, capitalising on Stewart’s skills to touch down for the home side’s second try.
Stewart did brilliantly in juggling the ball behind his head before offloading to Williams as the Titans’ defence closed in.
Lyon again added the extras to extend Manly’s lead to 12-4.
Three further tries in seven minutes, to Lyon, centre Steve Matai and interchange forward Jamie Buhrer, gave the Eagles a commanding 24-4 lead after 34 minutes.
A converted try to winger David Mead on the stroke of halftime gave the Titans hope and they narrowed the gap to eight points in the 52nd minute when Gordon leapt high to take Albert Kelly’s cross-field bomb to score his second four-pointer of the afternoon.
Stewart earned Manly a 12-point buffer when he put second-rower Justin Horo over in the 55th minute, but a shocking piece of play from Glenn Stewart invited Gold Coast back into the contest.
Deep on the attack, Stewart grubber-kicked straight into the arms of Titans five-eighth Aidan Sezer, who raced 98 metres to score – only to miss with his conversion attempt to leave the visitors trailing by eight points with 13 minutes remaining.
But the Eagles clinched victory with two more tries in the last five minutes, to replacement Nick Skinner and winger Jorge Taufua.