Its hard to wax lyrical about a 55-5 game. At 26-0 after 20 minutes it could have been a lot worse. Three of the first four tries were almost directly from Manly dropped ball and Randwick's ability to counter attack immediately. The next forty minutes did belong to Manly, the last twenty of the first half was spent conducting a focus group on scrumming.
I don't know if Randwick didn't bring that gun to the fight but once the difference in that skill set was realised the Manly captain was going nowhere else given the opportunity. This ultimately led to the referee inviting the Randwick three to take a rest for the last 10min of the 1st half.
A long distance try early in the second brought the score to 26-5
Randwick finished with a flurry of tries the final being reflective of the match. Convinced that the Manly pack had gone George Foreman in the first couple of rounds Randwick opted for a five metre scrum believing now they could drive the Manly scrum the required distance for a try. They failed....... with Manly again gaining possession against the feed, Manly lost the ball in the tackle, quick hands saw Randwick score in the corner
Manly were their own worst enemies by presenting not less then four tries through handling errors to a team of Randwick's quality