{"id":780902,"date":"2026-07-05T16:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780902\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:24:28","slug":"nrl-news-2026-dylan-walker-flick-pass-video-parramatta-eels-vs-manly-sea-eagles-round-18-result-cooper-cronk-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780902\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026: Dylan Walker flick pass video, Parramatta Eels vs Manly Sea Eagles round 18 result, Cooper Cronk reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parramatta<\/a> utility Dylan Walker<\/a> has produced the pass of the NRL season, setting up teammate Kelma Tuilagi for an incredible try against Manly<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In what ended with an upset 23-14 win at CommBank Stadium, the hosts trailed at half time after a brain fade from Tuilagi gifted the Sea Eagles an easy penalty goal.<\/p>\n

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Dylan Walker throws a flick pass against Manly.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

Tuilagi was caught out by a rarely-used rule when the Eels made a break from inside their own half and he never played himself back onside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s well-spotted by the referee, but also Kelma Tuilagi should know better,\u201d lead commentator Jake Duke said on Fox League.<\/p>\n

That moment from Tuilagi was quickly forgotten right after the break, however.<\/p>\n

Walker, who has been heavily linked with a Super League<\/a> move for next year, wound back the clock with a piece of pure brilliance. <\/p>\n

The 31-year-old threw a dummy and ran straight past some Manly defenders before he was grabbed in a tackle and produced a flick pass for the ages.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my lord – we\u2019re gonna have to see that again, that was special,\u201d Duke said.<\/p>\n

Cooper Cronk<\/a> was left in awe of the flick pass from the Eels veteran.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake a bow because this is an exceptional pass … that\u2019s a highlight reel that he will be playing for the rest of his career,\u201d the NRL great said.<\/p>\n

The joy was short-lived for the blue and gold outfit, who were caught napping by Reuben Garrick from the ensuing kick-off.<\/p>\n

Walker was waving to the crowd in celebration when Garrick spotted the Eels were down a man in their front-line, giving Manly the ball back straight away. <\/p>\n

The visitors scored moments later through young gun Joey Walsh to regain the lead, before Isaiah Iongi hit back for the Eels in a see-sawing contest.<\/p>\n

Jonah Pezet<\/a> produced his best moment in a Parramatta jersey when he grubbered for himself to score what ended up being the match-winning try.<\/p>\n

Ethan Bullemor had a chance to set up a grandstand finish with six minutes to go, but was dragged down and dropped the ball short of the line, before Pezet nailed a late field goal to put the icing on the cake for the Eels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parramatta utility Dylan Walker has produced the pass of the NRL season, setting up teammate Kelma Tuilagi for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-780902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}