Turbo back in gear as Manly make history with rout of Roosters

They have now pinched the biggest finals turnaround record from Wayne Bennett as he looms in the opposite coach's box next week - surpassing the 60-point swing his Broncos engineered in 2006 en route to the title.

Trbojevic's U-turn on the rare Storm shutdown he found himself caught in proved equally stark.

So much so that after two tries, three line breaks, 10 tackle busts and 196 running metres, Hasler put him on ice for the final 15 minutes.

True to form, Trbojevic wasn't happy about it.

Happily for Hasler, captain Daly Cherry-Evans matched him for influence against the Roosters in Mackay, the pair thick as thieves as Manly rattled up an 18-0 advantage in as many minutes.

With a trio of errors and penalties each in that same period, the Roosters as much as their opposition ensured their downfall.

Hasler's hair post-game looked like he had endured a much rougher night than the scoreboard suggests, his short and sharp press conference heavy on praise already for the Rabbitohs.

"We just did the simple things tonight," he said.

"I think we just held on to the ball. We completed well, built pressure and played with good physicality. We're going to need that against a good Souths side next week.

"They're a good side Souths, [they've] got lots of attack and I think their forwards have been very underrated so it'll be a tough go."

For all the pre-game hype and hoopla, the mano a mano stoush between Trbojevic and James Tedesco was decided by 32 others.

Even if Trbojevic did it seemingly all himself to start, needing just five minutes and half a step on Adam Keighran's outside to strike.

Another five minutes and a pair of popped passes by he and brother Jake sent Kieran Foran over, Cherry-Evans joining him with a simple stroll through a ragged defence soon after.

A sorely needed Roosters hit back came via Matt Ikuvalu. Cherry-Evans ensured there would be no revival though, his sublime shortside run after half an hour sending Morgan Harper on his way.

A 24-6 halftime advantage was soon blown out again when Trbojevic barged over from short-range and went further still as Dylan Walker did the same from further out.

Brutal defence from the likes of Haumole Olakau'atu spoke to Manly's emphatic dominance.

Desperate try-saving efforts from Tedesco did likewise to his and the Roosters commitment, never wavering even after such an underwhelming finish to such an overreaching campaign.

With more than $6 million of their salary cap sidelined for much of the year the Roosters still kept swinging, and didn't deserve to go down like this.

Nor did retiring champion Josh Morris, who after 325 games walked off the paddock without a premiership, but to fitting acknowledgement from both teams as one of the game’s best over the past 15 years.

Manly meanwhile march on, a rare piece of finals history now theirs.

Given they count the likes of Trbojevic and Cherry-Evans in their keeping as well, the turnaround is by no means done yet.

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