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An 11th straight win was secured by the One New Zealand Warriors as they cruised past the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26-4 in their round 17 New South Wales Cup match at 4 Pines Park in Sydney on Saturday.
Manly stayed with the visitors for the first 30 minutes before the Warriors finally found scoring touch with Freddy Lussick's double pump creating time for Taine Tuaupiki and Morgan Harper to engineer the first of two tries for right winger Setu Tu.
A Clayton Faulalo try brought Manly back into the contest for a 4-4 halftime scoreline.
From distance the Warriors lit up when they went left in the 53rd minute with Lussick, Jett Cleary, Luke Hanson and Moala Graham-Taufa stringing together deft passes to set left winger Sio Kali free on a 40-metre blast down the touchline for a brilliant try.
Tuaupiki and Hanson were the providers for Tu's second in the 60th minute, hitting the right for the winger to squeeze in.
Match: Sea Eagles v Warriors
Round 17 -
home Team
Sea Eagles
11th Position
away Team
Warriors
1st Position
Venue: 4 Pines Park, Sydney
The same side was exposed once again for the Warriors' fourth try, this time through former Manly centre Morgan Harper who beat four defenders to have his side in complete control for the first time in the match.
For their final try, the Warriors again had the ball singing through multiple sets of hands, second rower Kayliss Fatialofa breaking clear, linking with Graham-Taufa who put Geronimo Doyle over.
Just as impressive was the Warriors' defence as they kept the Sea Eagles scoreless in the second half to complete their 15th win of the season to go to 32 points on the table.
With the second-placed Dragons falling to third-placed Parramatta, the Warriors now have a five-point lead in the competition with a bye next week.
