Bunnies gone, Stewart sweats on hit

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TOUGH Manly backrower Glenn Stewart on Friday night declared he held no fear that his high shot on Sam Burgess will rub him out of the grand final.

3 Tries 5
John Sutton 7'	Brett Stewart 20'
Nathan Merritt 12'	Matt Ballin 45'
Dylan Walker 80'	Jamie Lyon 58'
	David Williams 62'
	Tom Symonds 72'
3 Conversions 5
Adam Reynolds 8'	Jamie Lyon 21'
Adam Reynolds 13'	Jamie Lyon 47'
Issac Luke 80'	Jamie Lyon 59'
	Jamie Lyon 63'
	Jamie Lyon 74'
1 Penalties 0
Adam Reynolds 5'

Stewart produced one of the bravest individual fightbacks in recent finals history to inspire the Sea Eagles' incredible come-from-behind victory.

After making three crucial blunders in the opening minutes that all led directly to points as the Rabbitohs charged to a 14-0 lead, Stewart was instrumental in the fightback.

The star backrower brushed the disappointment aside and combined brilliantly with his brother Brett for Manly's first try in the 20th minute.

That piece of brotherly brilliance swung the momentum of the match.

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In the end Manly ran out comprehensive 30-20 winners to book a place in next Sunday night's grand final - but on Friday night their memorable victory had a dark cloud hanging over it as Manly waits to see if Stewart gets charged.

The match review committee's meeting will be brought forward to Sunday instead of Monday to give Stewart every chance to put the incident behind him and prepare for the grand final.

Asked if he feared the tackle would end up costing him his place in the match, Stewart said: "I don't think so. It was probably a little bit lazy but I don't think I have any carryovers and that is not normally in my game so I don't think so."

The good news for Stewart is that he has not been charged this year and has no carry over points or loading.

That means if he is hit with a grade one charge he will escape suspension but a grade two charge could possibly rule him out.

Geoff Toovey was adamant Stewart shouldn't have a case to answer.

"I don't think there is anything in it to tell you the truth," Toovey said.

"It's not up to me but from what I saw there has been hundreds of them during the year and no one seemed to have copped anything so I'd be surprised."

What was worthy of Toovey's praise was the guts Stewart showed to put the early disappointment behind him.

"I think players of the quality of Glenn Stewart can do that," Toovey said.

"There is no use putting your head in the sand and turning it up.

"He bounced back there and was an integral part in the final result."

The high shot on Burgess gifted Adam Reynolds the opening points courtesy of a penalty goal and that followed with a missed tackle on John Sutton who barged over from dummy half.

Stewart then dropped an easy pass that led to Nathan Merritt's try and at 14-0 Manly looked gone.

But instead of surrendering, he then came up with a deft grubber for brother Brett as they combined brilliantly for Manly's first try in the 20th minute.

From there Manly just had too much experience and resilience for their opponents.

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"I was pretty down and I felt a lot of pressure but you need to get over these things pretty quick otherwise the game will just pass you by and luckily the kick came off up the other end so I felt a little bit better," Glenn said.

"If it had of went the other way I don't know what I would have done.

"I was certainly disappointed with my start and didn't make it easy for the side but all the boys showed up for me and helped me out and that is what we have been doing for a while.

"Everyone shows up for each other.

"Not many people gave us much of a shot tonight so it was good."

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