Manly pulled off an upset in week one of the finals, overcoming a half time deficit and a passionate Bulldogs crowd to end Canterbury's season with a 26-24 win.
Arguably the catalyst for the win was a phenomenal try off the set play of a scrum, where Luke Brooks' disguised pass found halves partner Daly Cherry-Evans and sent him through a hole to score an important try.
It summed up the game, as even though Canterbury were probably the better side, Manly played better in the individual moments and created the chances they needed to win.
Ahead of another do or die match against the Roosters, coach Anthony Seibold was asked if his side had any more tricks up their sleeves.
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Seibold hints at more set plays against the Roosters
In finals football, the one-percenters and marginal gains are hugely important, and Seibold says his halves and coaching staff have been devising more set plays to help blow the semi-final wide open.
"The boys will have a couple," he said to media on Friday.
"Our spine and our attack coaches do a great job with coming up with certain plays, and as long as the guys practice it during the week.
"It's not perfect at training - I think [Cherry Evans] might have said after the game he didn't get it once at training, but he came out on the big stage and executed that.
"Every team will go in with a little play or two that you want to pull out against the opposition, so the guys have got a couple, and we'll see how we go."
Seibold believes his side will have to combine cunning with a willingness to dig deep and suffer in what could be a battle of attrition.
"[We'll] dig deep into our reserves with regards to that resilience and grittiness," he said.
"We haven't won a lot of games this year where we came back the way we did.
"We have confidence regardless, when we talk to the players as coaches, you're always trying to give them evidence of why we belong in the finals and why we can progress this weekend, and the evidence is there."