ROUND 19
Sun 17 July 2005
3:00PM

Brookvale Oval
Crowd: 17,218
Referee: Stephen Clark
Half time: Dragons 24-6

Scorers:
MANLY SEA EAGLES 10
Tries: Stewart, Hicks
Goals: Hicks 1/2
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS 36
Tries: Creagh ,Greenshields ,Naiqama, Best, Bailey, Thompson
Goals: Naiqama 6/6

Live commentary:

A bright, sunny, and windy day at Brookvale Oval for this Round 19 clash between the Sea Eagles and the Dragons. The Dragons will be looking to move back into the top 8 after the Bulldogs' victory over Penrith on Friday night moved them out of the 8 momentarily, as for the Sea Eagles they will be pressing for a top 4 position at the end of the round with a win today.

Changes:
Sea Eagles:
in: Mark Bryant
out: Steve Matai, Glenn Stewart

Dragons:
in: Ben Hornby, Michael Henderson
out: Corey Payne, Chris Sheppard

0 min: KICKOFF!

9 min: TRY-Dragons
Ben Creagh scores under the posts off a brilliant ball from Mark Gasnier.
Conversion successful from Wes Naiqama.
Dragons 6-0

15 min: TRY-Dragons
Clint Greenshields runs through some fragile Manly defence to score for the Dragons.
Conversion successful from Wes Naiqama.
Dragons 12-0

17 min: TRY-Dragons
Wes Naiqama scores after a terrible missed tackle from Jason King to score under the posts.
Conversion successful from Wes Naiqama.
Dragons 18-0

22 min: NEWS-The Dragons have dominated possession and have shell-shocked Manly and the Brookvale faithful with some excellent attacking football.

26 min: NEWS-The Dragons look sharp in both attack and defence and Manly cannot cope with the intensity shown by the Dragons early on.

28 min: TRY-Dragons
Colin Best scores off a pin-point bomb from Daniel Holdsworth.
Conversion successful from Wes Naiqama.
Dragons 24-0

33 min: NEWS-The Dragons appear to be in complete control of this game, they have taken the Brookvale crowd right out of the equation.

35 min: NEWS-Kylie Leuluai injured and taken from the field.

39 min: TRY-Sea Eagles
Brett Stewart scores off a crafty grubber from Michael Monaghan.
Conversion successful from Chris Hicks.
Dragons 24-6

HALF TIME-Excellent first half effort in both attack and defence from the Dragons which is showing on the scoreboard. Manly at least give themselves a glimmer of hope in the second half with the try just on halftime. On the injury front, Michael Witt is suffering from concussion and Kylie Leuluai was taken from the field after a heavy tackle from a Dragons defender.

Second half underway at Brookvale Oval

43 min: NO TRY-Matt Cooper forced into touch by Chris Hicks out wide, Manly needed to come out firing in the second half and are missing elementary tackles already.

50 min: NEWS-Still no change to the halftime score, Manly appear to be taking more risks this half, one feels they will either go close to winning this game or produce a mistake-riddled perfromance.

56 min: NEWS-The Dragons appear to have allowed mistakes to creep into their game in the second half, they are playing touch football with the Sea Eagles who look like a beaten side.

62 min: TRY-Sea Eagles
Chris Hicks scores off a beautiful pass from Michael Monaghan.
Conversion unsuccessful from Chris Hicks.
Dragons 24-10

67 min: NO TRY-Ben Kennedy ruled to have knocked the ball forward in the in-goal area by the Video Referee.

71 min: TRY-Dragons
Luke Bailey charges over the line and scores under the posts from close range.
Conversion successful from Wes Naiqama.
Dragons 30-10

79 min: TRY-Dragons
Lance Thompson crosses the line after a break from Wes Naiqama.
Conversion successful from Wes Naiqama.
Dragons 36-10

FULL TIME: The Dragons have beaten the Sea Eagles 36-10 at Brookvale Oval. The Dragons only completed half of their sets of six in the second half but still managed to win the half 12-4.

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Leagueunlimited.com players of the match:
3 - L Bailey (Dragons)
2 - B Creagh (Dragons)
1 - W Naiqama (Dragons)
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