LIVE: Origin star's 'special' effort leaves legend in awe

It's afloat clip astatine AAMI Park arsenic Melbourne decorativeness the lucifer 24-6 winners, showing excessively overmuch people to polish disconnected Manly.

The Storm did it with Sir Bob Geldof watching on, successful a unexpected appearance. 

Xavier Coates has scored 1 of the astir spectacular tries you'll spot successful the NRL this year.

The winger jumped incredibly precocious successful the corner, avoiding heading retired and doing the splits implicit the country station to people his second.

NRL fable Greg Alexander compared the effort to Dallin Watene-Zelezniak's jumping effort connected Friday nighttime against the Dragons.

"Some of his (Watene-Zelezniak) enactment downs were spectacular but Coates conscionable matched that with his ain peculiar (effort)," helium said.

Melbourne pb 24-6 with 4 minutes to spell arsenic Daly Cherry-Evans departs for a rest. 

Newcastle Knights manager Adam O'Brien has sprayed Jack Hetherington for a slap connected Izack Tago that led to the firebrand being misdeed binned.

"I could intelligibly spot helium got slapped from the ground. That 1 was hidden, Jack's wasn't — Jack's was beauteous blatant," O'Brien said successful his property conference.

"It wasn't a astute happening to bash by Jack — I deliberation he'd beryllium the archetypal 1 to admit that.

"But if you're getting 10 minutes for striking successful the face, I tin intelligibly spot him getting struck from the crushed up. It's inactive a onslaught to the face."

After playing an important relation for Queensland successful its Origin II victory, Xavier Coates' signifier has continued, scoring against Manly.

The winger finished disconnected a fantastic grubber from Jonah Pezet, 40 metres retired from the tryline earlier Coates barged implicit the defence.

Nick Meaney misses the kick. 

Nelson Asofa-Solomona has his archetypal effort of the night, moving disconnected a abbreviated shot from Jahrome Hughes and going consecutive past Josh Schuster.

The Melbourne large antheral deed the try-line with a lingua retired to the assemblage aft uncovering nary fullback covering successful defence.

Nick Meaney converts the try. 

Lachlan Croker has near the tract aft a dense collision portion trying to tackle Aaron Pene.

The Storm guardant was past penalised for foul play.

"I've seen worse elbows than that this twelvemonth that haven't been penalised," NRL fable Greg Alexander said connected Fox League. 

Play has resumed astatine AAMI Park, the past lucifer the Melbourne volition play the crushed until circular 24.

Manly kicked disconnected to the Storm. 

A hail Mary play from Justin Olam close connected half-time didn't travel to fruition for the Storm with the centre kicking connected fractional mode with a fig of Melbourne runners coming through.

Manly managed to bat it dormant though arsenic the Storm pb 10-6 astatine the break.