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Round 14, 2004: Parramatta 52 d Manly 12
SMH
Dust-ups mar Eels try feastBy Jacquelin Magnay
June 14, 2004
Parramatta 52 Manly 12
The winning margin was a record, as never before had Parramatta so whipped the Sea Eagles. But it was the brawling, high shots and sheer spite of the clash that were the dominant aspects at Parramatta Stadium match yesterday.
By the end of the 80 minutes, the Eels were the clear winners, scoring nine tries to two, largely because their halfback John Morris and five-eighth Adam Dykes managed to scoot underneath the fighting that everyone else seemed to be embroiled in.
The busiest man was referee Tony Archer, who only just kept control of the tinderbox game that featured a deliberate trip; two players sin-binned for fighting and two players on report for high tackles that could see considerable spells on the sideline.
A number of players will also be looked at following an all-in melee in the first half that initially involved John Hopoate and Craig Stapleton.
In a controversial finish, Manly coach Des Hasler furiously walked out of a press conference after referring to written notes, commenting there was a 13-5 penalty count against his team, that a first grade referee in Tim Mander was sitting in the video referees' box and that his side was denied a try because of a "questionable offside" while Parramatta were awarded a try that "followed a double movement". Hasler's comments will now be scrutinised by the NRL.
Hasler had every right to be upset but a small part of it should have been directed towards his players' ill-discipline. Up until the early stages of the second half, Manly were well in the game but a series of incidents broke their concentration.
What follows is a 10-minute snapshot of the match that highlights just how nasty it was and how easily decisions could have gone the other way.
In the 46th minute Kylie Leuluai went high in a swinging tackle that poleaxed Michael Vella, only seconds after Albert Torrens escaped scrutiny for a high shot. Leuluai was placed on report. Three minutes later Eels fullback Wade McKinnon crawled across the try line after appearing to have been tackled, but video referee Mander awarded the try. Then the bad boy Hopoate, who had already been sin-binned for 10 minutes with his Eels fight partner Stapleton, worked over Eels' Luke Burt. In the 54th minute, Torrens tripped Eels winger Ashley Graham, who took out the corner post. Torrens should have been sin-binned for a professional foul or Graham awarded a penalty try, but Archer, after consultation with Mander, disallowed the try but then inexplicably gave Parramatta a penalty. Torrens was placed on report and may face the judiciary this week.
Even Manly captain Steve Menzies was perplexed, arguing that if there was to be a penalty, then it should be a penalty try. And so on it went. Tit-for-tat shots between Stapleton and Hopoate, Stapleton and Chris Hicks and Leuluai and Corey Pearson. And the Eels just kept on scoring.
For a brief period it appeared the ever-defending Manly may edge their way back into the game when Menzies appeared to score under the posts after gathering a nicely weighted Andrew Walker kick, but his teammate Kane Cleal was ruled to have been in front of the kicker and it was disallowed. Suddenly the scoreline exploded from 28-12 in the 60th minute to the record 52-12 at full-time.
Parramatta coach Brian Smith, who noted that "I get to keep my job for another week", was asked whether he was surprised at the "woolly" nature of the game. "No," he said . . . Manly like to get off the line, they have got Kylie [Leuluai] and Hopoate who get out there and at you and try to force errors. It is the way the culture of the game is playing and a couple of our guys were willing to do the same."
But he was pleasantly shocked at the extreme scoreline. The only sour note for Parramatta was a dislocated shoulder to lock Chris Muckert and a shoulder injury to Justin Tsoulos.
Smith, ruing the loss of yet another player to injury to disrupt the momentum of the side said: "I didn't know how many more players I've got to lose before the man upstairs says enough is enough."
SMH
Dust-ups mar Eels try feastBy Jacquelin Magnay
June 14, 2004
Parramatta 52 Manly 12
The winning margin was a record, as never before had Parramatta so whipped the Sea Eagles. But it was the brawling, high shots and sheer spite of the clash that were the dominant aspects at Parramatta Stadium match yesterday.
By the end of the 80 minutes, the Eels were the clear winners, scoring nine tries to two, largely because their halfback John Morris and five-eighth Adam Dykes managed to scoot underneath the fighting that everyone else seemed to be embroiled in.
The busiest man was referee Tony Archer, who only just kept control of the tinderbox game that featured a deliberate trip; two players sin-binned for fighting and two players on report for high tackles that could see considerable spells on the sideline.
A number of players will also be looked at following an all-in melee in the first half that initially involved John Hopoate and Craig Stapleton.
In a controversial finish, Manly coach Des Hasler furiously walked out of a press conference after referring to written notes, commenting there was a 13-5 penalty count against his team, that a first grade referee in Tim Mander was sitting in the video referees' box and that his side was denied a try because of a "questionable offside" while Parramatta were awarded a try that "followed a double movement". Hasler's comments will now be scrutinised by the NRL.
Hasler had every right to be upset but a small part of it should have been directed towards his players' ill-discipline. Up until the early stages of the second half, Manly were well in the game but a series of incidents broke their concentration.
What follows is a 10-minute snapshot of the match that highlights just how nasty it was and how easily decisions could have gone the other way.
In the 46th minute Kylie Leuluai went high in a swinging tackle that poleaxed Michael Vella, only seconds after Albert Torrens escaped scrutiny for a high shot. Leuluai was placed on report. Three minutes later Eels fullback Wade McKinnon crawled across the try line after appearing to have been tackled, but video referee Mander awarded the try. Then the bad boy Hopoate, who had already been sin-binned for 10 minutes with his Eels fight partner Stapleton, worked over Eels' Luke Burt. In the 54th minute, Torrens tripped Eels winger Ashley Graham, who took out the corner post. Torrens should have been sin-binned for a professional foul or Graham awarded a penalty try, but Archer, after consultation with Mander, disallowed the try but then inexplicably gave Parramatta a penalty. Torrens was placed on report and may face the judiciary this week.
Even Manly captain Steve Menzies was perplexed, arguing that if there was to be a penalty, then it should be a penalty try. And so on it went. Tit-for-tat shots between Stapleton and Hopoate, Stapleton and Chris Hicks and Leuluai and Corey Pearson. And the Eels just kept on scoring.
For a brief period it appeared the ever-defending Manly may edge their way back into the game when Menzies appeared to score under the posts after gathering a nicely weighted Andrew Walker kick, but his teammate Kane Cleal was ruled to have been in front of the kicker and it was disallowed. Suddenly the scoreline exploded from 28-12 in the 60th minute to the record 52-12 at full-time.
Parramatta coach Brian Smith, who noted that "I get to keep my job for another week", was asked whether he was surprised at the "woolly" nature of the game. "No," he said . . . Manly like to get off the line, they have got Kylie [Leuluai] and Hopoate who get out there and at you and try to force errors. It is the way the culture of the game is playing and a couple of our guys were willing to do the same."
But he was pleasantly shocked at the extreme scoreline. The only sour note for Parramatta was a dislocated shoulder to lock Chris Muckert and a shoulder injury to Justin Tsoulos.
Smith, ruing the loss of yet another player to injury to disrupt the momentum of the side said: "I didn't know how many more players I've got to lose before the man upstairs says enough is enough."
