The chance to quickly correct their ways to finish off teams is what is driving the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Jersey Flegg Cup side in a tough road trip to Newcastle on Sunday.
The Sea Eagles suffered a 22-18 away loss to Melbourne last Saturday that saw their four game winning run halted.
"It was a hard loss. We had plenty of chances to win the game but just couldn’t ice the final pass,’’ said Coach Scott Kenna.
"Even though we lost, I was still happy with the way we defended with Melbourne scoring three of their four tries off kicks.
“We have a good challenge against Newcastle this week. We are just focusing on us and what we have to do to achieve a win again.”
The loss leaves the Sea Eagles in sixth position with seven wins ahead of the seventh-placed Knights, who suffered a 32-4 away loss to the Bulldogs last round.
Match: Knights v Sea Eagles
Round 14 -
home Team
Knights
5th Position
away Team
Sea Eagles
7th Position
Venue: Newcastle Permanent Centre of Excellence, Newcastle
The promotion of talented half-back Tylor Bunting to the Blacktown Workers team for the NSW Cup this Sunday has seen Kenna make a few positional changes.
Exciting full-back Blake Metcalfe shifts to five-eighth to partner half Travis May with winger Kallum Weatherall-Stacey now at the back.
“Kallum gets his chance at his preferred position of full-back where he has played the majority of his career before joining Manly this season.’’ Kenna said.
“Blake has played a lot in the halves in the past and did the majority of our pre-season at six. He will bring a running game and a smart short kicking game.”
