Live: Tigers threaten upset of the season as Manly blow 16-point lead, have two sent to the sin-bin

The Tigers are roaring.

Latu Fainu has scored. 

He is on the field for Aiden Sezer, who is off with an injury.

He has scored after Ethan Bullemor had a kick from Wests deflected off his legs, picked up by Fainu and he runs into a massive gap to score.

The Wests Tigers lead and their fans are going wild.

Against 12 men, Alex Seyfarth glided through the defence.

Latu Fainu threw the perfect pass to Seyfarth.

Wests lead 18-16.

Haumole Olakau’atu is off for 10 minutes for a high tackle on Heath Mason. 

The sin-bin comes as Ethan Bullemor returns from his 10 minute stint in the bin.

Manly will play 20 minutes with 12 men.

Manly holds a four-point lead, but they will be down to 12 men for the first six minutes of this half.

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Manly were their own worst enemy, which led to the sin-bin.

We have a very intriguing second half coming up.

Manly have a fight on their hands.

The Sea Eagles had a 16-0 lead and looked set for a comfortable evening.

But Manly we poor in the final 20 minutes of that half.

They dropped the ball, gave away many penalties and conceded two tries.

The Sea Eagles will be down to 12 men for the first six minutes of the second half as Ethan Bullemor completes his time in the sin-bin.

Ethan Bullemor has been sent to the sin-bin after repeated penalties against Manly.

The discipline of the Sea Eagles has been poor. Well below NRL standard.

Fortunately for the Sea Eagles, Wests were unable to score off the subsequent set.

Heath Mason has his first try in the NRL and the Wests fans are roaring.

The Tigers were on the attack after a penalty for a lifting tackle against Manly forward Jake Trbojevic.

The Tigers are happy to throw the ball around.

Mason got on the outside of his defender and was able to slide over the line.

Wests finally get a reward for their hard work.

They rolled down the field and had Manly on the backfoot.

Api Koroisau darts from dummy half, 10 metres from the line.

The ref calls for six-again, but the Tigers do not need it.

Api bumps off three would-be tacklers and scores.

Manly has their third try of the night and interchange Ethan Bullemor deserves all of the credit.

With his first touch off the bench, he split the Tigers defence.

He went between Fonua Pole and Api Koroisau.

Tom Trbojevic was there in support and received the pass from Bullemor to score.

The Tigers have crossed the line twice in the past 10 minutes, but the final pass was forward both times.

Wests have lifted since conceding twice.

Prop Stefano Utoikamanu has caused problems with each carry.

You expected the reception for Manly’s Luke Brooks at  Leichhardt Oval would be frosty.

The former Tiger, who played more than 200 games for the club, has been booed and jeered every time he has touched the footy.

Lehi Hopoate has crossed in the left corner for his seventh try of the season.

Manly earned a goalline drop-out when Wests fullback Heath Mason incorrectly believed a kick from Daly Cherry-Evans would go dead.

Wests were then penalised for being in front of the kicker from the drop-out.

Four players later, Hopoate scores.

Right winger Jason Saab has the first try of the match.

After completing a set and putting up a high kick, the Tigers fumbled the kick and gave Manly a repeat set, 25 metres away.

The Tigers then conceded three six-again infringements, putting themselves under more pressure.

Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans took the ball to the line, passed it out the back, centre Reuben Garrick beat his defender and then gave the pass to Saab who scored untouched.

Aidan Sezer has gone within one millimetre of scoring the first try of the match. 

Sezer collected a grubber kick which rebounded off the goalpost padding.

The Tigers halfback is under the posts and wrapped up by Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic.

The pair go to ground and Sezer is trying to ground the footy, but Manly’s five-eighth Luke Brooks has come in and got his hand under the ball.

Great defence from Manly.

This might be the earliest loss of a challenge this season.

Haumole Olakau’atu took a hit-up and was deemed to have lost the ball.

The Manly forward claimed the ball was stripped by a Tiger, but the Bunker deemed it was not a stripping action.

Manly have lost their captain’s challenge.

Round 25 of the NRL has begun.

Manly kick-off to Wests. Manly will run to the left of your screen.

Manly can move into fifth on the ladder with a win.

Victory for Wests will help their bid to avoid the wooden spoon.

Manly enter round 25 in sixth on the NRL ladder.

They are one point behind Canterbury, who are fifth.

A win tonight for the Sea Eagles will move them into fifth, with the Bulldogs to play tomorrow night in Auckland against the Warriors.