Warriors Snatch Points From Manly
March 22, 2009
Manly the 2008 NRL Premiers are still winless after round two of the 2009 NRL season. The premiers were rocked by the Brent Stewart incident just before the season kicked off and did not look like winning their first round match, as more than likely they heads were elsewhere.
Today against the New Zealand Warriors Manly looked likely to claim their first win after being ahead 24-16 with 10 minutes left. Manly had started the match well going out to a 10-0 lead after a Michael Bani try after 7 minutes and Jamie Lyons try after 11 minutes.
After 25 minutes the Warriors had taken the lead and they took a 16-10 lead into the halftime break. Early in the second half Manly scored three tries to look like they would secure the points before a Brent Tate try on 70 minutes and a late Joe Ropati try levelled the scores. It was left to Denan Kemp to kick the conversion to take the match for the Warriors. As time ran out he did just that to give the Warriors a 26-24 victory.
In the other match on Sunday the Sydney Roosters turned around their first round thrashing at the hands of South Sydney to defeat the Canberra Raiders in Canberra. The final score was 28-4. The match was evenly poised at halftime with the Roosters up 4-0. The made a 24-0 run to seal the match. The Raiders scored a late consolation try as time ran out.
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