JAMIE Lyon take a bow.

The Manly veteran can expect his Academy Award in the mail after his stellar theatrical performance briefly halted the Cowboys procession at Brookvale.

Watch Jamie Lyon’s performance in the video player above.

Lyon hit the deck like he’d been thrown out of a plane after slight contact from North Queensland centre Kane Linnett as he ran a decoy.

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The try to Cowboys fullback Lachlan Coote was subsequently denied by the bunker, with Linnett ruled to have obstructed the Manly skipper.

Lyon’s efforts drew plenty of derision on social media, while opposing skipper Matt Scott suggested “their was probably a bit of a dive in that one” when questioned about the decision in a postmatch interview with Fox Sports.

At the time the Cowboys held a healthy 22-6 lead, and went on to record a comfortable 34-18 win to take a share of equal first on the ladder.

Just moments earlier big Manly prop Siosia Vave - all 118 kilos of him - took exception to Cowboys winger Kyle Feldt in a tackle, and slapped him over the back of the head.

Watch Vave’s slap on Feldt, which prompted a small scuffle, in the video player below.