NRL round 9 LIVE: Manly Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders at 4 Pines ...

A two-point field-goal attempt by DCE is astray and the Raiders score a famous win, fighting back from a 20-0 deficit to win 26-24. Not bad for a mob who were thrashed 40-0 by the Sharks last week.

Billie Eder writes: It was Manly’s game to lose, and lose it they did. After being up 20-0 at the 29th minute mark, the Sea Eagles only mustered another four points for the rest of the game.

For the Raiders, it was a different story. After a 40-point shellacking last week, the Green Machine looked like they were about to have another 40 points put on them.

But after a sloppy first half, and a Albert Hopoate sin bin, Canberra fought back to give themselves a fighting chance. Led by young half Kaeo Weekes and veteran Elliott Whitehead, Canberra brought the difference within two points with 14 minutes to go, before Hudson Young sealed victory with a try in the 76th minute. Manly have struggled to win a full 80 minutes all year, and this week it cost them the game.

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76 min: Young wins the race to an Ethan Strange grubber and scores. What a comeback! Weekes misses the kick.

58 min: Deep in his own half, Waddell spills a pass which lands straight into the arms of Whitehead, who scores his second. Hasn’t Whitehead made a welcome return to the Raiders tonight. Weekes converts. Manly 24-18

Billie Eder writes: The Raiders have certainly come out with fire in the belly this second half. Veteran Elliott Whitehead gets a double, but it’s not going to make a difference unless they fix their disciplinary issues.

It was a crusher tackle on Tolutau Koula that led to a Reuben Garrick double, and Manly are too good a team to gift them field position and points.

If the Raiders want to stay in the contest, they need to keep this effort up and their defence tight. For Manly, it’s about not letting the game go when they’re ahead - they’ve blown leads a couple of times this year, and they don’t want to leave themselves with a clean -up job in the dying minutes of the game.

53 min: Whitehead spins out of a tackle close to the line and scores. Weekes converts to make things interesting again. Manly 24-12

49 min: Manly catch the Raiders short out wide and Garrick goes in for his second try. Garrick, having an off night with the boot, misses the kick that would have put Manly up by more than three converted tries. Manly 24-6

Matt Lodge doing a solid job for Manly off the bench, but the jury is out on his new look, having had a hair transplant in Turkey in the off-season. I think he looked more intimidating sans hair.

41 min: Raiders kick off, needed to overturn a 14-point deficit. No small feat in these conditions.

Chasing five straight wins, Manly go to the break leading 20-6 thanks to four unanswered tries before the Green Machine hit back with one of their own.

Billie Eder writes: That could be the best first half Manly have played all year. Just six points leaked in those opening 40 minutes, and 20 points to their name - including an impressive runaway try for Tommy Talau.

Daly Cherry-Evans crosses for Manly’s third try.Credit: Getty

The Sea Eagles should be one or two more tries up, but the Raiders managed to tighten their defence in those final 15 minutes, even when they had a man in the sin bin.

Overall, Canberra’s first half can be summed up by that Albert Hopoate sin bin - too many penalties, too many set restarts. A lucky intercept from Elliott Whitehead means the Raiders don’t go to the sheds completely in the dust, but they need to clean up their discipline if they want to stay in the game.