Cuthbo killed it. Was best on ground for sure.
Afa didn't play - replaced by Vic Mauro.
Bani had a good wingers game. Man he's got some speed - the lead-up to Manly's first try he made a 40-50 metre run down the right wing - absolutely burnt whoever the Panthers winger was on that side and put Manly in the position to cross one tackle later. Got a try at the end of the game as well. He's got so much natural talent, it's crazy. Loves a dummy half run as well - went searching for the ball a lot in the first half. Also he won like 5 penalties. For a little while it seemed like everytime he ran the ball the Panthers were penalised for a strip or a high tackle or something.
The other bloke who I have been really impressed with in the last two weeks is a guy called Bead Tuohy. I'm guessing he is a prop. I hadn't heard of him before the Bulldogs game last week, but he's made an impression. I don't think he has the natural advantages that Cuthbo/Afa etc have, but he really has a dig. Ran hard every time he had the ball, and he got smashed quite a few times but kept going back and giving it another go. He made a couple of errors in the Dogs game, and made another one or two today - but I like his attitude.
Had to laugh at Trindall as well - he was pretty ordinary for most of the game (made one good clean run in the second half, but his kicking game was pretty poor), and at one point (after a fairly generous penalty to Manly) he went slightly bonkers and looked like he wanted to bring in a blackboard and go to town on the Ref.
But you're absolutely right Pepi - it was Cuthbo's day.
