ELMO Match Preview: Sea Eagles v Wests Tigers

Author: Wayne Cousins
Timestamp: Thu 22 Jul 2021, 01:48 PM

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles will be looking to keep building momentum in the run home to the finals against the Wests Tigers at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.

Coach Des Hasler’s men sit in sixth place on the Telstra Premiership ladder on 22 points with 10 wins from 17 games.

The Sea Eagles are two points behind the fifth placed Sydney Roosters and four points clear of the seventh placed St George-Illawarra Dragons with seven rounds remaining of the regular season.

The Wests Tigers sit in 12th place on 14 points with six wins from 17 matches.

Here is a look at some of the key points for the Sea Eagles-Tigers match.

The Last Encounter

Saturday night’s match will be the second clash of the season between the two clubs.

Three tries in five minutes saw the Sea Eagles record a crushing 40-6 victory over the Wests Tigers at Bankwest Stadium in the Round Seven Anzac Day match at Bankwest Stadium in April.

The win made it three straight victories for Manly who built on an 18-6 half-time lead to cruise home with 22 unanswered points in the second half. Captain and half-back Daly Cherry-Evans scored two tries in the win.

Match Highlights: Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles

The troops are returning

Manly welcome back Cherry-Evans and brilliant full-back Tom Trbojevic after both were rested from last week’s 32-18 win over St George-Illawarra Dragons.

Jake Trobjevic is set to play his first game since suffering a glute injury in the 50-18 win over the Cowboys at 4 Pines Park in round 14.

Prop Josh Aloiai will be itching to go in his return from a wrist injury after last playing against Penrith in Bathurst in round eight.

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Full Time

Sea Eagles

Wests Tigers

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Sea Eagles is number 1 Tom Trbojevic

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Daine Laurie
Winger for Sea Eagles is number 2 Jason Saab

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 David Nofoaluma
Centre for Sea Eagles is number 3 Brad Parker

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Junior Pauga
Centre for Sea Eagles is number 4 Morgan Harper

Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Tommy Talau
Winger for Sea Eagles is number 5 Reuben Garrick

Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Ken Maumalo
Five-Eighth for Sea Eagles is number 6 Kieran Foran

Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Adam Doueihi
Halfback for Sea Eagles is number 7 Daly Cherry-Evans

Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Luke Brooks

Forwards

Prop for Sea Eagles is number 8 Taniela Paseka

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Stefano Utoikamanu
Hooker for Sea Eagles is number 9 Lachlan Croker

Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Jacob Liddle
Prop for Sea Eagles is number 10 Martin Taupau

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 James Tamou
2nd Row for Sea Eagles is number 11 Haumole Olakau'atu

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 11 Luke Garner
2nd Row for Sea Eagles is number 12 Josh Schuster

2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Luciano Leilua
Lock for Sea Eagles is number 13 Jake Trbojevic

Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Thomas Mikaele

Interchange

Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 14 Dylan Walker

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Joe Ofahengaue
Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 15 Josh Aloiai

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Tukimihia Simpkins
Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 16 Sean Keppie

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 17 Moses Mbye
Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 17 Toafofoa Sipley

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 20 Alex Seyfarth

Reserves

Reserve for Sea Eagles is number 18 Mosese Suli

Reserve for Wests Tigers is number 18 Michael Chee Kam

Match Officials

Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judge: Todd Smith
Touch Judge: Darian Furner
Senior Review Official: Steve Chiddy

Last updated: 5/29/2023 4:40:55 AM

The big men

Look out for big games from Manly props and former Wests Tigers players Taniela Paseka, Martin Taupau, and Josh Aloiai.

Players always ‘lift’ against their old clubs and enjoy nothing better than getting one over their old outfit.

Paseka has been in damaging form this season in the NRL, averaging 119 metres and 26 offloads.

Taupau continues to lead from up front with his hard running and offloads while Aloiai will bring plenty of aggression in his first game back.

Points galore

Manly wingers Jason Saab and Reuben Garrick along with full-back Tom Trbojevic have been on a tryscoring roll this season.

Saab has crossed for 16 tries in 17 games, Trbojevic 14 tries in nine games, and Garrick 14 tries in 17 games.

Tigers winger David Nofoaluma has scored 12 tries in 17 games and last week became the joint-venture club’s all-time leading tryscorer.

Garrick is the premiership’s leading pointscorer with 198 points. The 24-year-old needs just 10 points to become the 13th player for Manly to break 500 points for the club. He is also bout to enter Manly’s top 10 list of players to have scored the most points in a season.

The Run In

The Sea Eagles have won four of their last five games, racking up over 50 points in their big wins over Canterbury-Bankstown, Gold Coast, and Nth Qld.