that try has lifted the storm

now their forwards are getting stuck into manlys

inglis leaves the field with an ankle injury

looked serious at first but probably just a sprain

storm have had some good ball

all storm in the 2nd half with chance after chance but manly bravely hanging on

manly 18 - 6

56 mins gone

weight of possession finally tells

cooper cronk scores with 15 minutes to go

game on

cameron smith misses an easy conversion!

manly retain an important 8 pt lead as the game ticks down

manly force a storm drop out and a repeat set

11 mins to go

storm need 2 tries

now the storm force a manly drop out and a repeat set of 6

8 mins to go

game on

storm score next to the posts

7 minutes to go and manly hang onto a 2 point lead

ryan hoffman knocks on as the storm are attacking

manly narrowly miss scoring

4 minutes to go, the storm have 80 minutes to travel ...


but cameron smith knocks on!

storm have 90 seconds to score

they start their set on the half way line

adam blair knock on and manly will win it

what a fantastic performace

crowds just over 14,000

one punter put 50,000 at manly 5:1 to win $250,000!

camerom smiths missed conversion costs the storm

the look on cameron smiths face after missing that goal.............PRICELESS...........................


LOVE YOU MANLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

28 posts out of 43 to dally messenger (25 of them in a row, to...er......dally messenger)......and apparently I have no mates.
Steven Hawkins has an excuse...but that's just plain sad.

My consolation is that although Manly led 16 - nil after 16 minutes, Storm lost Inglis early and generally played their worst game of the year, the difference was ultimately just a penalty goal.

Bellamy will be furious but, with a 16-2 scoreline in the final 64 minutes, I don't know that behind closed doors Dessie will be too happy either.