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Manly Sea Eagles vs Sydney Roosters NRL Betting Tips - DCE backed on return to Brookvale

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Ryan Tucker
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Last updated: Tue 24 Mar 2026 20:16
The Manly Sea Eagles are set to face off against the Sydney Roosters in an exciting Rugby League clash. Despite a rough start to the season for the Sea Eagles, Sydney is favored to win, having dominated recent encounters. Key players like Daly Cherry-Evans, formerly of Manly, and Tolu Koula are expected to shine for the Roosters. Manly's defense has been shaky, but they aim to turn things around, while the Roosters are looking to bounce back after a heavy defeat to the Panthers. Sydney is backed to cover the -6.5 line.
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  • Sydney Roosters favored to win against Manly Sea Eagles.
  • Daly Cherry-Evans returns to face his former team.
  • Roosters aim to cover the -6.5 line as road favourites.
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Daly Cherry-Evans makes his return to Manly Sea Eagles for the first time and he can inspire his new Sydney Roosters team to victory. Manly are struggling defensively and the Chooks can take advantage.

  • Sydney have dominated this matchup in recent years winning 3 straight and 7 of the last 10. 
  • Manly allowed tries to halves in both of their games this season. It would be a fairytale for Cherry-Evans to cross against his former club on their home turf.
  • Tolu Koula has had 1 Try, 2 Linebreaks and 7 tackle breaks in 2 games this season.
  • In 2025 Koula scored 17 tries in 22 games for the Sea Eagles and lines up against a Roosters right edge that allowed 4 tries last weekend.

Head to Head 


The Roosters have won three straight against Manly including a 2024 finals matchup. Seven of the last 10 regular season meetings have gone the Roosters way including two of four at 4 Pines Park.

Manly are 4-4 ATS as the Underdog since 2019 in this matchup. The last four games straight played at Brookvale have gone Under the Game Total. 

Manly Sea Eagles In Rough Start


Manly have had a rough start to the season, they were done by one point in Golden Point in Round 1 then touched up by the Knights in Round 2. Last week was their first bye of the year and a chance for them to recalibrate.

There are already rumblings around coach Anthony Seibold being in the firing line if results can’t turn around quickly and they have the lineup to do it. 

The defence has given up over 1600 Run Metres in both games and while they were good at completing their sets in Round 1, they were abysmal in Round 2, leading to a heavy loss.

Sydney Roosters To Bounce Back

 
The Roosters were absolutely caned by the Panthers last weekend, losing 40-4 at Allianz on Friday night. Sydney scored first but it was all uphill from there as Penrith scored seven unanswered tries to take victory.

Sydney completed at just 67% on the night and despite being able to make 1716 Run Metres on the best defensive team in the comp, they were unable to turn that into points on the line. Sixteen errors, seven penalties and four ruck infringements didn’t help their cause.

The Roosters had just 31 missed tackles compared to the Panthers 44 but their individual misses led directly to tries, especially on Mark Nawaqanitawase’s wing and through the centres of Junior Pauga.

Verdict

Sydney are backed to cover the -6.5 line as the road favourite. We are backing DCE for a try at Brookie but also Tolu Koula on the left side up against a poor Roosters right edge defence.

Best Bet1: Roosters -6.5 Line @9/10 at Hollywood bets - 3 Units
Best Bet2: D Cherry Evans Anytime Tryscorer @5/2 at bet365 - 1 Unit
Best Bet3: T Koula Anytime Tryscorer @6/4 at Star Sports - 1 Unit
Best Bet4: T Koula First Tryscorer @14/1 at Hollywood bets - 1 Unit
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