Match Report: NSW Cup Round 14 vs Knights

The boys in maroon-and-white outscored their opponents eight tries to four, with five of them coming in the first half.

Manly's halves were on fire, playing a direct hand in six of the tries.

 Jake Arthur added to his already monstrous tally for the season with another four try assists and Joey Walsh continued to build momentum with a try and try assist to go with it.

The 24-point victory is their second biggest of the season, falling short of their 26-point victory over the Magpies in round five.

The result takes them to 12 competition points, with five wins from 13 matches played this season.

Manly shot out to a commanding 30-point lead with five tries in the opening 25 minutes.

Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega intercepted a pass and raced 60 metres downfield to score the opening try for a 6-point lead.

The Sea Eagles carried the momentum with a high ball deep in the Knights' territory that was allowed to be contested three minutes later.

Michael Chee Kam batted the ball backwards to Hugo Hart, who has made his way through the ranks with 4 games in the SG Ball and five in the Jersey Flegg Cup sides this season. The second row caught the ball and ran 20 metres to score for a 12-0 scoreline.

A smart offload by Joey Walsh and a phenomenal cut-out pass by Jake Arthur, who sits at the top for try assists in the NSW Cup this season, sent Tuaimalo Vaega over in the corner for his second try of the match in the 12th minute, pushing the side's lead to 18-0.

Manly scored their third nine minutes later off the back of another looping cut-out pass by Arthur, skipping three defenders to send winger Navren Willett over for a 24-point lead.

Brandon Wakeham, who was named at full-back for the first time in his career, got himself on the scoreboard in the 25th minute.

Arthur played an integral part once again with a smart grubber kick behind the line that sat up perfectly for Wakeham to scoop up and crash over, extending their lead to 30 points.

The Knights pulled two back in the final six minutes of the half through Connor Votano and Riley Jones for a 30-12 scoreline at the break.

Manly scored the first of the second half with another aerial challenge going in their favour.

Willett came down with the ball off a high kick deep in Newcastle's territory, dummied a pass to make space and then passed infield to Walsh to send the young half-back over untouched to take their lead to 36-12 in the 56th minute.

The Sea Eagles scored their seventh try of the match in the 68th minute with a well-worked team effort. A quick shift to the left edge freed up space for Walsh, who goose stepped and freed up space by dragging in three defenders to send Jacob Sykes over for a 42-12 scoreline.

Arthur had the ball on a string with another spectacular grubber kick to the in-goal area to set Wakeham up for his second try six minutes later, pushing their lead out to 48-12.

Newcastle scored two consolation tries through Francis Manuleleua and Taj Annan in the final five minutes to cut the deficit to the final score of 48-24.