Bani, Michael

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Manly Injury Update
Sat April 19, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Manly scored a couragoues 20-16 victory against Parramatta last night with four Sea Eagles players forced to leave the field during the match and Manly also had to overcome a lopsided penalty count to get the two points.

Winger Michael Bani has been cleared of any serious injury. Manly's medical staff will assess his situation before next week's game against the Bulldogs at Brookvale Oval. Bani was stretchered off the field seconds before half-time.

Steve Menzies hopes of beating Terry Lamb's all-time premiership record for appearances this season appears out of reach after suffering a low grade hamstring tear and will miss at least 2 weeks. Menzies was injured supporting a break leading up to the opening try where Bani scored following some crazy football by Eric Grothe in the lead up to the try.

Prop Mark Bryant suffered a knee injury and is in doubt for next week and Luke Williamson suffered a concussion and will be assessed before next game.

Manly led 10-4 at half-time against the Eels and extended that lead to 14-4 before two quick tries got Parramatta back to 16-14. A try to Heath L'Estrange in the 75th minute saw the Sea Eagles grab the lead and they held on for the two points despite having four players off the field.

The Sea Eagles at home to the Bulldogs next Saturday night with kick off at 5:30pm.

====================================================================================================== 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8 games; 5 tries, 20 points. [View] Round 1 [15 Mar 08] L 10-16 v Sharks (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 2 [22 Mar 08] L 12-13 v Knights (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 3 [31 Mar 08] W 52-6 v Warriors (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 4 [06 Apr 08] W 20-2 v Rabbitohs (H). [WG] [View] Round 5 [11 Apr 08] L 4-26 v Storm (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 6 [18 Apr 08] W 20-16 v Eels (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 7 [26 Apr 08] W 30-22 v Bulldogs (H). [WG] [View] Round 16 [28 Jun 08] W 28-12 v Knights (H). [WG] ====================================================================================================== 2007 VB NSWRL Premier League Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2 tries, 8 points. ====================================================================================================== 2007 NRL Telstra Premiership Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 3 games; 1 tries, 4 points. [View] Round 24 [26 Aug 07] L 14-36 v Warriors (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] W 28-24 v Dragons (H). [WG] [View] Finals Week 3 [22 Sep 07] W 28-6 v Cowboys. [WG] ======================================================================================================

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