At the end of a 90-minute game which saw 12 tries scored, the Sea Eagles and Knights couldn’t be split in a 32-32 draw in Mudgee on Saturday afternoon.
In what was the first drawn NRL match since Round 3 in 2020, the lead changed hands multiple times, with the Sea Eagles having appeared to have won the game after scoring three tries in the last 22 minutes, before Dom Young got over for his fourth try three minutes from time to force golden point.
Both Daly Cherry-Evand and Jackson Hastings had wayward field goal attempts in golden point, but in the end a draw felt like the fitting result.
Earlier the Sea Eagles got out to a 10-0 lead before the Knights, off the back of a 95 percent completion rate through the first 40 minutes, battled back to lead 22-16 at the break.
After being dropped to reserve grade last week, and initially being left out of the squad for Round 5 before a late call-up, Young was exceptional, scoring four times and running for 227 metres.
On the other side of the park tireless Manly forward Jake Trbojevic played every minute in the middle, making 49 tackles including a couple of crucial interventions late in the game.
Both sides emerged with injury concerns, with Ben Trbojevic injuring his hamstring and Tyson Gamble failing a HIA.
Source: NRL.com