We didn't live up to our standards. We've got to be able to deal with those things a bit better as a team. We need to have a look at ourselves and start over again with our defence. It just wasn't good enough tonight. "But everything about the Sea Eagles was. While the balls may land any which way at Lottoland, the Sea Eagles have now beaten the Cowboys, Roosters, Raiders and Rabbitohs all on the road in the first two months of the season.

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Maguire, almost on the verge of tears seven days earlier, would have done well not to replace the waterworks with wild fury this time as the Rabbitohs crashed to their biggest loss against Manly since 1983. Sections of South Sydney supporters, hailed by Maguire as the most passionate in the league, rained boos down as their players trudged up the tunnel at half-time before the Rabbitohs only temporarily stemmed the torture in the second half.

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He just needed an arm around him. "Which might be the same for Rabbitohs supporters over the next fortnight. From the moment Daly Cherry-Evans rifled a 40-20 downfield after a tense opening 10 minutes, the Rabbitohs folded. Time after time after time. Thirty unanswered points in the first half. Five of those six tries coming in 15 minutes. If Uate was winding back how the clock, how far were the Bunnies taking us back in time? "There's not much you can say [behind the try line] after the second or third one, " skipper Sam Burgess said. "You've said everything. "We didn't buy into what this club is about.

Asked what he said to his players, Maguire said: "I'll keep that to myself. They're well aware of what this club is about. [But] we need to have a good hard look at ourselves, that's what we need to do. "It was a night to remember for Uate, playing like a scorned winger out of the NRL wilderness. Trent Barrett claimed it was "a shame" to watch the cult hero languishing in reserve grade at Newcastle last year.

But running onto four try assists from centre partner Dylan Walker was enough to bury that nightmare. "You don't play for Australia and play for NSW and then lose all of your ability, " Barrett said. "The only thing you lose is motivation and confidence and he's got that back. I'm really happy for him. "I've had a fair bit to do with 'Choc' coaching him in Country sides and Origin sides as an assistant. I knew what he could bring to the group.

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