NRL star Dylan Walker produced an outrageous \u201chighlight reel\u201d pass as he inspired Parramatta to a shock 23-14 win over Manly.<\/p>\n
The Eels trailed 8-6 at halftime but returned from the break in fine form as Walker\u2019s inspired moment put them in front.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old looked set to be held up just short of the 10-meter line, but incredibly managed to flick the ball around the corner with a remarkable no-look pass.<\/p>\n
He perfectly picked out teammate Kelma Tuilagi who was released and went over unchallenged to give the Eels the lead. <\/p>\n
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The epic piece of invention left commentators Jake Duke and Cooper Cronk purring.<\/p>\n
On Kayo Sports, Duke said: \u201cWhat about that flick pass from Dylan Walker? Oh my lord. That was special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before analyst Cooper Cronk added: \u201cDylan Walker, take a bow. That was a spectacular pass. That is a top shelf offload from Dylan Walker.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the highlight reel that he will show people for the rest of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walker had the difficult task of filling Mitch Moses\u2019 shoes as he prepares for State of Origin III.<\/p>\n
But he showed no signs of pressure as the Eels successfully bounced back from their defeat to the Rabbitohs.<\/p>\n
Recent reports indicate Walker will join the English Super League in 2027, but the veteran still has plenty to offer Parramatta with his speed and ball playing through the middle a nightmare for opposition teams.<\/p>\n
After Walker\u2019s spectacular skill, teammate Kitione Kautoga produced a stunning offload of his own for Isaiah Iongi to score to put the Eels back in front.<\/p>\n
Tuilagi bombed a certain try when a flick pass by Manly\u2019s Joey Walsh was put down by Tom Trbojevic, only for Tuilagi to spill the ball short of the line.<\/p>\n
But the Eels closed out the game to claim just their second win in six.<\/p>\n
Eels coach Jason Ryles said that his side wouldn\u2019t have beaten a park footy side after the Souths game, and that stinging remark got the response he was searching for.<\/p>\n
Iongi came up with a brilliant tackle to deny Ethan Bullemor as Manly mounted a late fightback, while the recalled Jonah Pezet stood tall with the game on the line.<\/p>\n
Playing his first NRL game since round five, the Broncos-bound playmaker came up with the clutch play of the contest when he spotted Trbojevic out of position and decided to put in a grubber for himself on the first tackle which he regathered to score.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s been a brutal year for the former Storm playmaker who has been injured, suspended and spent time in NSW Cup.<\/p>\n
But he nailed his moment on Sunday and then kicked a late field goal to help his side win for the sixth time this season.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s loss puts a huge dent in Manly\u2019s top four hopes, with the new halves pairing of Joey Walsh and Jamal Fogarty unable to steer them home.<\/p>\n
Luke Brooks\u2019 devastating ACL tear opened the door for Walsh to make the No. 6 jersey his own, and he was solid with a few nice touches and a try early in the second half.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s still a work in progress for the Sea Eagles who lost Clayton Faulalo to another hamstring injury, with Kieran Foran\u2019s side desperately missing Haumole Olakau\u2019atu on the edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NRL star Dylan Walker produced an outrageous \u201chighlight reel\u201d pass as he inspired Parramatta to a shock 23-14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-781062","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\/781062","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=781062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}