An impressive 80-minute performance by Dragons hooker Ben Hunt has inspired his team to win a 34: 4 win over a fighting sea eagle who has lost for the third time in a row.
Manly missed inspiring full-back Tom Trbojevic, props Addin Fonua-Blake and fifth eighth Dylan Walker, and never got out of first gear when the Dragons won three games in five games.
Manly got off to a good start and built up early pressure on the failure forced by Cade Cust. Joel Thompson crashed through Red V’s right defensive
It was as good as it was for the visitors; The dragons rose through a spirited defense, including two monster hits from winger Mikaela Ravalawa, and struck back over bench support Josh Kerr, with Ben Hunt holding up a short ball to get the big man one on one against full-back Brendan Elliot .
A line break from Daly Cherry-Evans ended with the worst result for his team with a loose pass for the Dragons Center Zac Lomax, which passed to a flying Matt Dufty, who after half an hour attempted a distance and completed a 10: 0 lead .
A tense and goalless start to the second half began with a line break by Matt Dufty.
Jorge Taufua illegally took out the dragon’s full-back after stepping forward, ended up in sin and gave Lomax two free points from the front.
Just as Manly was threatening to go through sin without further harm, a nice game from Center Zac Lomax added the killing blow.
Lomax pulled the edge defenders and threw a flick pass on an unmarked Ravalawa. Then he managed to bring the sideline to 18-4, just under 20 minutes before the end.
Zac Lomax hit a 40-meter section seven minutes before the end, then Corey Norman joined the party and shot a clever kick from Adam Clune to bring the result to 28: 4.
Euan Aitken scored at the last minute to complete the router.
Lomax with the Shimmy, Shimmy, Whoosh
