Farmduck

HT: Dolphins 20 Manly 16

38min: Another try from halfway, this time to try-scoring machine Mark Nicholls finishing off an Armadillo break hat's happened to Isaako's goal kicking? Aquatic mammals 20 - 16

36min: solo try from halfway to Trai Fuller. Isaako goal 16-16

34min: Lemuelu try Isaako goal from right in front of the black dot\ Dolphins 10 - 16

26min: Another intercept. Brooks takes the ball 70m out, runs a bit then passes to Koula who finishes it off Garrick goal Manly 16 - 4

24min: Cory Waddle try off T-Turbo kick Garrick goal Manly 10 - 4

Saab has left the field

17min: Saab drops the ball while diving into the corner and also hurts his shoulder

14min: You 'n' Achin' intercepts and runs 50m to score Isaako hits the post and bounces away. 4-4

10min: try to Tommy Talau no goal to Garrick Manly 4 - 0 Once again I forgot the Thursday game starts at 7:50, not 8:00

Well that didn't take long. It's almost as though he'd made the decision in advance.

I'm slightly inclined to tip the Sea Beagles. Dunno why. Not much value there for punters. Perhaps if I had a lazy $1 sitting around I might take Isaako for First Try Scorer at $8.50 If I wanted to get fancy then maybe Dolphins by 6-10 at $6.25 AND Manly by 6-10 at $5.80 Overall I'm very disinclined to bet anything. I've had one bet this season and I won so I don't want to ruin it.

DWZ is still on contract for next year. Tupou is off contract at the end of this year but with Manu and Sualii leaving I can't see why the Chooks would need to punt him. They could probably give him a 1-year deal which, considering the cost and disruption of moving to the UK, would be a much simpler way to finish up his career. (if that's what he's planning. He's 32 now but he has scored 5 tries in 7 games this year so he's still paying his way for the Chooks.)

For some reason this video can't be embedded. This is the Sezer tackle on Curran. I've cued the video to the time of the tackle. https://youtu.be/NlY0Go1Yams?t=183 So the speed setting doesn't work with a link. Anyway, if you slow the speed to 1/4 you can see the whole thing pretty clearly. Sezer doesn't drop on Curran, his leg doesn't even drop on Curran's leg. It's been legal to use your legs in a tackle for 100 years as long as you have a grip on the tackled player.