Manly Sea Eagles

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The Cowboys had been slow out of the blocks without the talismanic Cotter, allowing Christian Tuipolotu and Harper to push the Sea Eagles out to a 10-0 lead after 24 minutes. The Cowboys flipped the script to bag three tries in as many minutes and secure a valuable victory. Tabuai-Fidow copped a lazy knee from Manly's Morgan Harper as he gathered a loose ball and did not return to the field.

'Where do you start?' Des dismayed as Sea Eagles cop 'harsh lesson' in horror finish.

That’s the real lesson here tonight. That’s the harsh reality. That’s the real lesson here tonight.” Hasler began his press conference after the match by declaring: “It’s a fair argument that for 72 minutes we were probably the better side, we had the better rub of the game. That’s the harsh reality. (But) I make no excuses, we should not have lost that game.

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Hughes capped a starring performance with a clever grubberkick into the in-goal which he followed up to put the result out of doubt. Melbourne dominated the early exchanges and came up with the first try of the night with Tui Kamikamika running on to a Harry Grant pass and crashing over line. After six tries in the opening stanza they proved harder to come by in the second half with Ieremia coming up with the goods in the 56th and 63rd minutes. With five minutes left on the clock, Cherry-Evans had the ball dislodged from his grasp after a scrum and Holmes picked it up to run the length of the field. Cherry-Evans had a crack at a 50-metre field goal on the last play of the game but his effort faded away to the right of the sticks. The 20-year-old flyer copped a bang to the head when Manly centre Morgan Harper slid in with his knees while the Cowboys winger was picking up a loose ball.

North Queensland Cowboys scored three tries in five minutes to beat the Manly Sea Eagles.

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! "And that's the harsh reality. With just seven minutes to go, the Cowboys trailed the Sea Eagles by 14 points, before a simply stunning three-minute burst.