Manly sink boot into Sharks

IT was the golden-point leftfoot field goal that put the boot into Cronulla’s top-four chances – and possibly their premiership tilt.

In an extra-time thriller, Manly captain Daly Cherry Evans landed the decisive one pointer in the 82nd minute to give his side an amazing 33-32 win at Southern Cross Group

Stadium yesterday. The scores were locked 32-all at full-time after Manly scored through forward Joel Thompson just six minutes from the end of regular time.

“We need to start winning if we want to crack that top four – we need to string some games together,” Sharks skipper Paul Gallen said.

“And it’s got to start soon. Now. Next week.”

Matchwinner Daly Cherry-Evans.

Sea Eagles: S Lane 2 J Thompson T Trbojevic D Walker tries D Cherry-Evans 6 goals D Cherry-Evans field goal Sharks: W Graham V Holmes M Moylan J Ramien A Woods tries V Holmes 6 goals