Sea Eagles chase top four spot against Roosters
The opportunity to move into the NRL top four awaits the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Allianz Stadium on Saturday night.
The fifth placed Sea Eagles tackle the fourth-placed Roosters in what is shaping up to be a blockbuster in the race towards the finals.
Team News
The loss of Lehi Hopoate (eye socket) sees Tommy Talau push out to the wing and Ben Trbojevic move to the centres and Corey Waddell comes into the back row. Taniela Paseka starts at prop after returning from a thumb injury last week with Toafofoa Sipley going to the interchange bench.
Form Guide
Ladder position: Roosters (4th, 26 points)., Sea Eagles (5th, 25 points)
Head to Head since 1998: Played 41: Sea Eagles 22, Roosters 19
Last Round: Manly 38 d Titans 8, Storm 24 d Roosters 8
Last 5 premiership games: Manly 4 wins, Roosters 4 wins
Last Time We Met: Manly 21 d Roosters 14, 4 Pines Park, Rd 2, 2024
Gotcha4Life Cup
For the third year running, the Roosters and Manly will be playing for the Gotcha4Life Cup and sharing Gotcha4Life’s important messages around mental fitness: the importance of building emotional muscles, and having the skills to reach out, speak up and connect through meaningful conversations.
Both teams will have Gotcha4Life branding on their playing jerseys and will wear their branded playing socks.
The Sea Eagles thank Premier Partner, Shaw and Partners, for again giving up their branding on the sternum of our jersey.
Shaw and Partners are again donating $100,000 to the Gotcha4 Life cause this year.
Following the match, the Sea Eagles will auction off their playing jerseys with all proceeds going to Gotcha4Life.
Stat Attack
- The Roosters have won four of their past five games at Allianz Stadium.
- The Sea Eagles have not defeated the Roosters in the Moore Park area since 2017.
- Roosters winger Daniel Tupou has scored 13 tries in his last 14 games against the Sea Eagles.
- Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic requires two tries for a century of NRL tries.
- Roosters winger Dominic Young has scored seven tries in his last five games at Allianz Stadium.
Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, author of the official annual of the NRL.
