NRL Saturday AS IT HAPPENED: Manly produce insane round one performance to blow Cowboys off the park; Tom Trbojevic leaves North Queensland shellshocked with insane first half

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Manly were unreal. But what about the Cowboys?

The stats weren't really against them. They made 389 tackles to 284.

They missed 37 but when you consider how many they made, it's not awful in comparison to Manly's 27.

In terms of errors, Manly made 10 as opposed to the Cowboys' seven.

Penalties hurt them though. They conceded nine to Manly's five.

Comprehensive from the Sea Eagles!

Manly wins 42-12 to make a massive statement.

"They just blew the Cowboys off the park," Mal Meninga said on Fox League.

"I don't think I can remember a better round one performance," Cooper Cronk added.

Is there a bit of feeling between ex-teammates Karl Lawton and Reuben Garrick?

Lawton gave Garrick some attention to his face when he was on the ground and has subsequently been placed on report late in the match.

It's been a very tough night but the Cowboys are producing some positives late here.

They went from inside their own half and spread the ball down the right.

Viliami Vailea was the man breaking the line before Braidon Burns finished it off, throwing dummies and beating defenders.

Manly leads 42-12.

The Cowboys are finally on the board!

And it's all because of Tom Trbojevic. He knocked the ball and gave the Cowboys a chance to attack.

He's human after all.

In the following few plays, the Cowboys pushed up the field and then Scott Drinkwater took the ball off the ruck and beat Ethan Bullemor and Jazz Tevaga to score.

It's 42-6.

"It's an absolute riot at Brookie to kick off the season."

That's the words of Greg Alexander has Manly score again.

Manly threw the ball around again before Daly Cherry-Evans dummied and slipped past Jeremiah Nanai, with ease, to score.

Is the half-century on the way?

Manly have never scored over 44 points in an opening match of football.

It's getting ugly for the Cowboys now.

The Manly Sea Eagles are in again.

They went down the shortside and Tom Trbojevic has another linebreak assist.

Jason Saab then grubbered inside after beating Murray Taulagi and Reuben Garrick scored.

"I can't believe what I'm watching," Greg Alexander said on Fox League.

The Manly dominance is continuing.

Tom Trbojevic broke the line earlier to put Jason Saab in attacking territory.

Then the Sea Eagles just did it easily.

Daly Cherry-Evans dropped him under and then Toafofoa Sipley just navigated his way around the defence and stretched out to score.

30-0.