When Daly Cherry-Evans landed his field goal at 4 Pines Park on Sunday, he did more than just secure victory for the Sea Eagles.
With Manly leading 20-14 over the Sydney Roosters, the experienced half-back and captain showed his class and experience with a 71st minute field goal to give the Sea Eagles a match-winning seven point lead.
It was Cherry-Evans' 27th field goal of his career, and in doing so, he entered the record books for the most field goals in the NRL era since 1998.
Cherry-Evans now sits third behind Eric Simms on 86 field goals and Bob Fulton on 58 for most field goals overall in the history of rugby league.
Top Five Field Goals (NRL era since 1988)
27: Daly Cherry-Evans
26: Jamie Soward
25: Adam Reynolds/James Maloney
21: Cooper Cronk
Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, author of the official annual of the NRL.
