Live: Sin bin leads to remarkable Manly blitzkrieg

Round 25 of the NRL season continues on Saturday with a triple-header.First up, Newcastle will host Manly as the Knights look to keep their top four hopes alive on Old Boys Day. Then we head to Homebush, where South Sydney will take on New Zealand in what shapes as the match of the round. Later we'll cross to the Sydney Football Stadium for Canterbury's local derby with St George Illawarra.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:25pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:25pmLive: NRL and NRLW scoresSat 22 Aug 2026 at 4:07pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 4:07pmSecond half is underwayAnd we're back at it in Newcastle.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:52pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:52pmHalftime: Manly 24 lead Newcastle 18Geez, bit happening in that half! The Young sin bin has turned the game on it's head with Manly scoring two tries in a matter of moments.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:51pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:51pm38' Manly take an unlikely lead!Wow, Manly are going to lead at halftime!A penalty gives them field position, Trbojevic challenges the defence and gets dragged down by three players and then Feledy just barges through some awful tackling to score his second!That's three tries in what feels like about 30 seconds. Once Fogarty converts it's 24-18 and Manly are in control.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:46pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:46pm37' Manly go in for anotherManly go straight at the space Young would have been in and they're away down the left. Trbojevic is dragged down by Saifiti in a trysaver but next play Simpkin hits Feledy short and he scores with his first touch!In no time at all, the Sea Eagles have a chance to be level at the break. Fogarty, again from the extreme left, and again it's good.We're level at 18-all.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:43pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:43pmSin bin: Dom YoungWhile all that was happening, Koula was on the ground injured after a tackle from Young that was pretty clearly a hip drop.The winger is on report and off to the bin. Koula is off, replaced by Feledy at left centre.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:42pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:42pm34' Navale pulls one back for ManlyA McEwan error gives Manly field position, they run the ball on the last and Trbojevic goes short to Navale to score!Navale is playing his first game of the season and he's got some story - he did his ACL in the pre-season but is back after just six months. That's just his second touch in the NRL of the year and he's in to bring Manly back into this match.Fogarty from out wide....nails it. Manly have pulled it back to 18-12.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:38pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:38pm30' Knights add two moreSaab cleans up a Ponga kick and seems to have heaps of time but he slips under pressure from Sharpe and loses the ball right on his own line! It's all going wrong for Manly right now.Smith gets whacked late and off the ball by Ben Trbojevic, Knights penalty and they'll take the two, that's a surprise given their dominance.Smith kicks it and it's 18-6 Knights.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:34pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:34pm28' Young makes another playKoula shakes past Young and he's in the clear, Ponga slows him down then Young comes again to hit him hard and force the error. Nice effort from the Englishman.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:31pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:31pm24' Knights go 100 metres in two plays to scoreGarrick gets a repeat set with a nice little kick, Trbojevic very nearly got there first.But the Knights force an error, Marzhew picks it up and gets to halfway, next play they swing it right for Young and he scorches down the sideline to score!That's what they can do - the Knights have so much strike and they aren't afraid to use it.Smith converts and it's 16-6 Knights.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:26pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:26pm21' Fogarty saves it for ManlyHopoate gets Ponga high and the Knights will have a chance at more points.They look likely only for Fogarty to force an error out of Ponga with some aggressive defence.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:22pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:22pm17' Sharpe creates one for MarzhewSharpe puts a grubber in, Trbojevic is slow to it and Marzhew manages to put it down!Super effort from the big man and a very sharp - pardon the pun - kick from the playmaker. It was only the fourth as well, he must have spotted him out of position.Smith from touch.....no good. Knights lead 10-6.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:19pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:19pm14' Manly hold fastNewcastle make a break down the right through Young and swing it back left, Best loses it but the ref pings Brown for a strip. Manly challenge but don't get it, rough call on the Sea Eagles.They run a nice shape down their right, Ponga puts Young one-on-one with Trbojevic and he brings him down, Young tries to flip it inside to Ponga but he loses it.Good defence from Manly.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:15pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:15pm10' Hunt goes over for NewcastleThe Knights have hit back, they go straight at Wakeham - the new man on the edge - and Sharpe creates some space for Hunt, who runs 30 metres and as he's taken down by Koula he bounces over.Good try, good turn of pace from Hunt and once Smith converts we're square at six.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:13pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:13pmInjury: Clayton FaulaloThe five-eighth copped a high shot from McEwan a set back and is now off for an HIA. Jake Simpkin comes on with Brandon Wakeham moving to the halves.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:12pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:12pm9' Knights hold the lineHunt has the chance to put Young away but the pass is slightly behind him and the winger knocks it on.Fogarty forces a repeat set with a well-aimed bomb as Manly build pressure.Knights go short and not only get it back, they get a penalty after Hopoate loses it and Wakeham picks it up from an offside position.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:08pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:08pm3' Faulalo scores a controversial openerWhat a start for Manly - Hopoate goes through some soft ruck defence and offloads to Faulalo and he wrong-foots Ponga to score a 70-metre solo try!The pass from Hopoate looked forward but the ref let it go. That's taken the air out of the place. Fogarty from out wide, he swings it through and it's 6-0 Sea Eagles.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:02pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 3:02pmAnd we're underway in NewcastleKnights kick us off, running right to left.Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 2:56pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 2:56pmNewcastle is HEAVINGThe Knights are about to run out now and there's a big crowd in the Hunter - it's Old Boy's Day and a heap of Newcastle legends are forming a tunnel for the home side. Sat 22 Aug 2026 at 2:46pmSat 22 Aug 2026 at 2:46pmFinal teams: Knights vs Sea EaglesJust the one change from the sides named on Tuesday - on return from a hamstring injury, Jacob Saifiti has been benched for Cody Hopwood for the Knights.