
Desperate for Manly to snap an ugly run of form, Anthony Seibold is keeping a watchful eye on North Queensland dynamo Jaxon Purdue as the Cowboys get set to unleash the red-hot teen in their halves for the first time.
Purdue has scored seven tries in nine games in the centres this season but coach Todd Payten has opted to drop Jake Clifford and get the 19-year-old closer to the ball at five-eighth.