Manly Sea Eagles

Manly's superstar fullback bagged two tries in a thrilling home win that keeps Parramatta winless after three games.

The last four-pointer was the best and featured a rifle-like Moses cutout pass for winger Maika Sivo. His second try was even better because he reached out at full speed to ground the ball after Schuster had chipped over the Eels defensive line. Had Parker not been pinched for an obstruction, ‘Turbo’ could have had a hat-trick. Without stating the bleeding obvious, if Trbojevic stays fit, the Sea Eagles will win more than their share of games. But the comeback essentially ended when Manly milestone man Brad Parker helped shove Eels playmaker Mitchell Moses into touch. Ryan Matterson will return after he opted for the three-match ban over a $4000 fine after the grand final, but the blue and golds will need to lift - quickly - otherwise they will spot their fancied rivals too great a start, even this early in the season.

The clash between the Sea Eagles and the Eels went down to the wire at Brookvale Oval.

"Then the game started to go into their hands. We probably just lost our attack a little bit and allowed them to do that," he said. "It's frustrating, but I feel like (a win) is not far away at all. For three weeks we've been in the game to the last second." "They are a very good side and they get a lot of offloads, and they put a lot of pressure on the second phase of footy. Arthur is no doubt feeling the heat with the Eels to face the Panthers and the Roosters in the coming weeks.

The Eels fell short of a miraculous victory as they were downed by Manly in a thriller.

With the next attacking set, Moses faked a pass out the back before delivering a beautiful short ball for Matt Doorey to score, making it 14-10 at half-time. Attacking the left edge, Dylan Brown passed out the back to Gutherson, who bamboozled three defenders with a dummy and change of direction to slide over. A penalty goal nudged the lead to 8-0, before Tom Trbojevic exploited some backpedalling defence to crash over for Manly’s second try.

Doubles to Haumole Olakau'atu and Tom Trbojevic help seal Manly's dramatic 34-30 triumph at Brookvale Oval, as Parramatta remains winless after three rounds ...

It was one of two tries to come off Schuster's boot, with Olakau'atu bagging another when the five-eighth put up a shallow bomb after a Trbojevic bust and quick play-the-ball. He put Trbojevic over for his second try when he collected a Kelma Tuilagi offload and put a chip kick into the in-goal for his chasing fullback. The five-eighth and Trbojevic combined for the Sea Eagles' opening two tries, with the first coming when they spread it down the left and the latter put Reuben Garrick over.

Doubles to Tom Trbojevic and Haumole Olakau'atu helped Manly hold off Parramatta to kick off Round 3 with a 34-30 win and keep their undefeated start to the ...

"I think one of the things we did really well was we build a good platform that first 30 minutes and we were definitely in control of the game and the learning is what we did that last 50 minutes. We are still building as a team and it was a bit chaotic at the end." We have scored some good footy tries the last few weeks, but the tries scored against us have been too easy." In his 100th game, Manly forward Brad Parker scored a remarkable - but somewhat messy - try to celebrate the milestone. We've been out there right at the death for three games, but we need more than just fighting up with effort each week, we need to execute our plan and that's probably more individually at the moment. "We came with effort and we have got plenty of fight and resolve.

Local junior Brad Parker celebrated his 100th NRL game in fine style in Manly's 34-30 win over the Parramatta Eels at 4 Pines Park tonight.

The Sea Eagles take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Round 4 of the NRL Telstra Premiership at Accor Stadium at 7.35pm. Manly played it safe and held the ball for the remainder of the match for the four point win. Eels lock J’maine Hopgood attempted to offload the ball, allowing for Olakau’atu to snatch the ball and race away for the try. Manly snatched the lead back in emphatic fashion when 'Turbo’ scored his second after a phenomenal chip from Schuster metres out from the line. Schuster scooped the ball out of dummy half 10 metres out from the line and found ‘Turbo’ who used sheer strength and acceleration to crash over. Parker was chasing hard alongside and dived to get his hand to the ball to extend the lead to 22-16.