'Genius' Moses called out for sneaky tactic

By Simon Brunsdon and Emily Patterson

A crafty determination from Mitchell Moses wasn't capable to people the Paramatta Eels a triumph against the Manly Sea Eagles astatine Brookvale Oval connected Thursday night.

It looked similar Tom Trbojevic had his 2nd effort of the lucifer aft streaming implicit the enactment aboriginal successful the 2nd half, nevertheless it was called backmost erstwhile Moses was spotted lying connected the turf.

Manly centre Brad Parker was penalised for making nonstop interaction with Moses, taking him retired of the play.

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Mitchell Moses was called retired for initiating interaction successful the antiaircraft line, preventing a try. (Nine)

However, Nine commentators Phil Gould, Andrew Johns, and Brad Fittler could lone giggle astatine the "genius" ploy from the halfback.

They suggested the crafty No.7 has made a wont of seeking interaction successful the antiaircraft enactment successful an effort to forestall absorption tries.

"He's a genius, Mitchell Moses, astatine that," Gould said.

"He tin find them.

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"He did 1 precise akin successful the expansive last past year, and they awarded the try. That's his large play connected the extremity enactment - to get successful the mode of those decoy runners. He's a genius astatine it."

Fittler agreed.

"I'm with you determination Gus," Fittler said.

"I reckon he's gone successful astatine fractional clip and thought, 'You cognize what?... I request to crook this astir and enactment it successful my favour, and conscionable leap successful beforehand of someone'."

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Johns past questioned who could person taught Moses specified a tactic.

"Uncle Benny?," helium laughed, alluding to Moses' uncle and Balmain fable Ben Elias.

"It's successful the DNA," Gould added.

Trbojevic aboriginal got different accidental to adhd to his stats, pouncing connected a Josh Schuster footwear to score.

This triggered a flood of tries from the location broadside arsenic Parker, Haumole Olakau'atu and Reuben Garrick went implicit arsenic the Sea Eagles won 34-30.

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