Knights too good
The Knights beat the Sea Eagles 36–16 at 4 Pines Park in front of 17,107 in Round 2. They led 30–10 at half-time and never looked back.
Dominic Young scored 2 tries. Tom Trbojevic (Sea Eagles) was the standout in a losing side with 57 fantasy points, 166 run metres, 4 tackle breaks and 1 try. The Knights won the metres battle 1,807 to 1,406 and made fewer errors (10 to 15).
Our Final Tip had the Sea Eagles at 67% (a Lean) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.
Sea Eagles
LWWWL
Knights
WLLLL
Game flow
Sea Eagles · above
Knights · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1' | Knights | Greg Marzhew | Try | 0–4 |
| 2' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Conversion | 0–6 |
| 11' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 0–10 |
| 13' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Conversion | 0–12 |
| 14' | Sea Eagles | Jamal Fogarty | Try | 4–12 |
| 16' | Sea Eagles | Jamal Fogarty | Conversion | 6–12 |
| 20' | Sea Eagles | Tom Trbojevic | Try | 10–12 |
| 25' | Knights | Kalyn Ponga | Try | 10–16 |
| 26' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 10–18 |
| 35' | Knights | Fletcher Hunt | Try | 10–22 |
| 37' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 10–24 |
| 38' | Knights | Tyson Frizell | Try | 10–28 |
| 39' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 10–30 |
| 43' | Sea Eagles | Haumole Olakau'atu | Try | 14–30 |
| 44' | Sea Eagles | Jamal Fogarty | Conversion | 16–30 |
| 46' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 16–34 |
| 67' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Penalty goal | 16–36 |
Team stats
Better on the day
Sea EaglesKnights
44%
Possession
56%
71%
Completion rate
82%
1,406
Run metres
1,807
433
Post-contact metres
502
4
Line breaks
5
19
Tackle breaks
42
8
Offloads
13
547
Kick metres
579
84.4%
Effective tackle %
89.1%
42
Missed tackles
19
15
Errors
10
5
Penalties conceded
3
| MAN | NEW | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Offside General | ||
| Professional Foul | ||
| Total | 11 | 5 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
MAN 57-36
Trbojevic
Ponga
166
Run metres
110
39
Kick return metres
24
4
Tackle breaks
6
1
Line breaks
0
Halves
MAN 98-78
Brooks, Fogarty
Smith, Brown
0
Try assists
3
0
Line-break assists
2
481
Kick metres
295
3
Errors
0
Hookers
NEW 31-24
Simpkin
Crossland
33
Tackles
25
25
Run metres
24
49
Passes
70
0
Errors
1
Middles
NEW 129-92
Paseka, Hetherington, Trbojevic
Saifiti, Mooney, Frizell
218
Run metres
332
90
Post-contact metres
122
94
Tackles
73
10
Missed tackles
3
Back row
MAN 93-82
Olakau'atu, Trbojevic
Lucas, McEwen
205
Run metres
228
4
Tackle breaks
3
54
Tackles
58
6
Missed tackles
1
Outside backs
NEW 173-64
Saab, Koula, Garrick, Hopoate
Young, Gagai, Best, Marzhew
453
Run metres
622
0
Line breaks
4
0
Tries
3
7
Errors
3
Best performers
MAN
Tom Trbojevic
57
NEW
Trey Mooney
53
MAN
Ben Trbojevic
52
NEW
Dylan Lucas
52
NEW
Dominic Young
51
NEW
Fletcher Hunt
51
MAN
Luke Brooks
49
MAN
Jamal Fogarty
49
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Trbojevic | Sea Eagles | 57 | 166 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Trey Mooney | Knights | 53 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Ben Trbojevic | Sea Eagles | 52 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Dylan Lucas | Knights | 52 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Dominic Young | Knights | 51 | 134 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Fletcher Hunt | Knights | 51 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Brooks | Sea Eagles | 49 | 155 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Jamal Fogarty | Sea Eagles | 49 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
Head-to-head
2025 R14Knights home
MAN
22
26
NEW
Knights by 4
2024 R19Sea Eagles home
MAN
44
6
NEW
Sea Eagles by 38
2023 R13Knights home
MAN
18
28
NEW
Knights by 10
2023 R5Sea Eagles home
MAN
32
32
NEW
Draw
2022 R18Sea Eagles home
MAN
42
12
NEW
Sea Eagles by 30
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Knights · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:02 UTC