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The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional
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club based in Sydney's
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. They compete in the
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(NRL). The Manly club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League season and currently hosts the majority of their home games at fortress
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in Brookvale. They train at the
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Academy of Sport in Narrabeen and their Centre of Excellence in Brookvale. The team colours are maroon and white, and they are commonly known as ''Manly''. The club competed in the NSWRL, ARL, or NRL competitions in all respective seasons from 1947 until 1999. At the end of 1999, they entered into a joint venture with the
North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in Cammeray on Sydney's North Shore (Sydney), North Shore. The club currently competes in the NSW Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL s ...
to form the Northern Eagles, which rugby league statisticians regard as a separate club. The Northern Eagles competed in the 2000 and 2001 NRL seasons, after which the joint venture collapsed. The Manly Warringah club (who held the NRL licence) competed in the NRL as the Northern Eagles for a further season in 2002, before abandoning the name and identity to return to what they are known as today. Since winning their first premiership in 1972, the club has won a further seven first-grade titles, with their most recent being in 2011. The club's eight titles span five consecutive decades. Since their first Grand Final appearance in 1951, the club has appeared in 19 Grand Finals across seven consecutive decades.


History

By the mid-1940s, the movement to expand rugby league in Sydney had gained serious momentum and Manly, as with all the other Sydney district rugby clubs, endured internal agonies as the new "League" was considered. In 1946, Manly Warringah defeated North Sydney 12-8 in the Presidents Cup Grand Final which helped the club gain momentum in pushing for inclusion into the NSWRL competition. The NSWRL finally accepted Manly's application on the 4 November 1946 after two unsuccessful bids in 1937 and 1944. Along with Parramatta, they were granted admission to the 1947 competition. It was North Sydney themselves who had the most to lose from Manly entering the league but they advocated for a team to be on the Northern Beaches. Norths believed Manly's inclusion in the competition would provide a far better platform for Rugby League to gain a hold over Rugby Union in the peninsula area.
North Sydney North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. And is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council. History The Indigenous people on the s ...
endured an exodus of players to the newly formed team with 20 Manly juniors returning to play for their local club in their first season. Norths lost half of their games in 1947, before spending the next four seasons towards the bottom of the ladder. Manly immediately adopted the maroon and white colours they had used for their Presidents Cup team since its inception and borrowed originally from the Freshwater SLSC of which Ken Arthurson and other players were members. For their emblem they chose the sea eagle – the native bird of prey of the Sydney coastline. Although a number of media writers referred to Manly as the "sea gulls", the club maintains that it has always officially been the Sea Eagles. Manly's first premiership game was against Western Suburbs at
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on Saturday 12 April 1947. Max Whitehead, who had first played for Norths in 1942 and was a member of their 1943 Grand Final team, was Manly's first captain. Whitehead was a big barrel-chested second rower who was used by Bonds as the model for their iconic "Chesty Bond" character. Their first win was against the
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and the club finished their first season in second last place. Manly's first Grand Final appearance was in the 1951 season, which they lost to South Sydney. Manly Warringah played in five Grand Finals before winning their first premiership in 1972. They then won the following year in 1973 and again in 1976 and 1978. The 1973 final against Cronulla is reputed to be one of the hardest and toughest grand finals, at least in the televised era. There were several incidents of players being hurt, in particular very tough and hard English import, Mal Reilly, was "taken" out early and did not take any further part in the game. Manly were powerful in the early 1980s but were beaten in two consecutive Grand finals by Parramatta, in 1982 and 1983. Their next premiership was won against the Canberra Raiders in the 1987 Grand final, the last Grand Final played at the
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. Coached by Bob Fulton, the Sea Eagles returned to the play-offs in 1993 and 1994 but were beaten on each occasions in the first elimination semi-final by the
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. In 1988, Manly, missing six regular first grade players, including captain Paul Vautin, Michael O'Connor and Phil Daley who were all playing in the first Ashes series test just four days later, plus other stars such as Dale Shearer, Mal Cochrane and David Ronson (all six had played in the 1987 Grand Final win), put the touring
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to the sword with a 30-0 demolition at Brookvale Oval. Teenage halfback Geoff Toovey was named man of the match, scoring one of the Sea Eagles five tries on the night while the side was led by Noel Cleal who had a point to prove after being a shock omission from the
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team. Great Britain's coach for their 1988 tour was Mal Reilly who had played lock forward for the Manly in their 1972 and 1973 Grand Final wins. It would be the first time that former premiership teammates Fulton and Reilly would oppose each other from the coaches box. With Fulton taking over as coach of the Australian team from 1989, it would not be their last time coaching against each other. In 1995, amidst the Super League war, Manly produced one of its most dominating seasons in the club's history but in one of the league's biggest upsets, were beaten by
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in the Grand Final. Despite being the best attacking side all year, the Sea Eagles could not score a try in the Grand Final and were defeated by the underdog Canterbury side, led by Terry Lamb. In 1996 Manly made another Grand Final appearance and beat
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to win the title that had eluded them the season before. Rugby League in Australia was split in two leagues in 1997, the ARL and Super League, and Manly were one of the leading teams in the ARL competition. For the third consecutive year Manly reached the Grand Final, however lapses in their intensity which appeared during the season returned in the premiership decider against the Mal Reilly coached
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and the Sea Eagles were beaten on the full-time siren by a Knights try. The Manly teams of 1995 to 1997 produced some of the most entertaining football in Sea Eagles' history, but also featured rugby league's strongest defence. Many great players featured, including Des Hasler, Geoff Toovey, Nik Kosef, Steve Menzies, Terry Hill, Mark Carroll, Cliff Lyons, David Gillespie, Craig Hancock, Danny Moore, John Hopoate, and former NZ All Blacks Matthew Ridge and Craig Innes. After 1997 the club lost form on the field, recording only 10th place in the 1998 season, and missing the finals in 1999.


Northern Eagles

Manly Warringah would usher in the new millennium by merging with the
North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in Cammeray on Sydney's North Shore (Sydney), North Shore. The club currently competes in the NSW Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL s ...
to become the Northern Eagles, with Geoffrey Bellew being the Chairman at this time. This venture would run between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL. The team would share home games between Brookvale Oval and Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, New South Wales. Little success was had during these three seasons, finishing 12th, 10th, and 9th, winning 30 of 76 games. Also, the new club's decision to play games in Gosford instead of the Bears home ground at North Sydney Oval alienated several North Sydney fans, despite North Sydney's planned move to the new Central Coast Stadium. In spite of this, the club provided more players for the 2001 State of Origin series' New South Wales team than any other club. The partnership dissolved in 2002, with Manly emerging as the stand-alone entity. The 2002 season was played under the Northern Eagles name, although effectively the club was the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles by another name. Halfway through the season, the Eagles even abandoned playing games at Gosford, due to a sharp decline in attendances. The people of Gosford preferred to wait until a home grown team was based there. The joint venture would collapse by the end of the 2001 season and Manly would officially make a welcome return to the NRL in 2003.


Resurrection

The joint venture collapsed and Manly retained the Northern Eagles licence for the 2002 season until returning to the competition as Manly Warringah Sea Eagles for the 2003 season. The 2003 and 2004 seasons produced very few moments of joy for Sea Eagles supporters. The club improved its playing stocks for 2005, and reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1998. Manly would not miss the finals until 2015, whilst every other club have missed the finals at least once since 2004. A meeting of the Football Club on 3 June 2004 saw the club members vote for the privatisation of the Football Club. During this period, Manly introduced a number of players who became stars of the game over the next decade including local juniors Jason King and Anthony Watmough, as well as the Stewart brothers from
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, back row forward Glenn and speedy try scoring fullback Brett.


2007 season

Manly finished the 2007 regular season in 2nd (out of 16) place, losing only six matches throughout. Their 50-16 mauling of Newcastle ensured they would finish in the top two. Throughout the season they were the only club chasing Melbourne (whom they beat in round 11) for the minor premiership. After defeating North Queensland at the Sydney Football Stadium 28–6, Manly played in their 15th grand final against Melbourne, where they were beaten 34–8 by Melbourne on 30 September at
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. Melbourne would later be stripped of the 2007 title for salary cap breaches.


2008 season

With the departure of hooker Michael Monaghan, many questioned whether the Manly could be as competitive as in 2007 and losses in the first 2 rounds seemed to confirm this. Manly finished the regular season tied first with Melbourne and Cronulla but 2nd on points differential and Manly missed out on claiming their first minor premiership since 1997. In the qualifying final Manly faced 7th placed St. George at Brookvale. This game was club legend Steve Menzies' last game at Brookvale and he opened the scoring with an unusual charge down try in which after kicking ahead to himself and falling over, the ball bounced up and hit him in the head before he finally grounded it. After getting the week off, Manly faced the history-making New Zealand Warriors. Manly crushed the Warriors 32–6 and showcased their trademark wall of defence and attacking flair. With the win, Manly qualified for their 17th grand final, where in a rematch of the 2007 decider, they would play the Melbourne Storm. The story of the grand final was very different for Manly-Warringah this time around, as they decimated Melbourne 40–0 (which was the largest number of points scored against a team in a grand final) to win their seventh premiership in front of 80,388 at ANZ Stadium. It was Michael Monaghan's replacement, the previously unknown Matt Ballin, who scored the first try of the match. The game was also notable for winger Michael Robertson's hat-trick (the first time a Manly player had scored 3 tries in a finals game since Gordon Willoughby scored 3 against Western Suburbs in the 1951 Semi-final at the SCG) and retiring legend Steve Menzies' try 10 minutes from full-time, which he scored after coming back onto the field to replace the injured Steve Matai. Manly prop forward Brent Kite was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal after a powerhouse display which included a classy try in the 58th minute. This is the largest winning margin in a grand final in rugby league history.


2009 season

Three weeks prior to the 2009 season, Des Hasler and his team travelled to England where as the reigning NRL premiers they would take on reigning
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premiers the
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in the 2009 World Club Challenge to be played at the
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ground in
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. After having lost their previous
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game to
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in
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(with Hasler the halfback in that Manly side), the Sea Eagles took this game much more seriously and included a warm-up game against the Harlequins in London a week before the game (won 34-26 by the Sea Eagles). The warm-up game (Manly were the first Australian side to actually play such a game before a WCC) proved effective as Manly went on to win the WCC 28–20 over the Rhinos. The 2009 season boded poorly as a result of two incidents on the day of Manly-Warringah's season launch. Second-rower Anthony Watmough was assaulted by a sponsor after allegedly making inappropriate comments to his daughter. Brett Stewart later that night was charged with the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl outside his apartment block, of which he was subsequently cleared, an incident which led to the damning Four Corners investigation, "Code of Silence". Stewart was cleared of the charge in late September 2010 by a jury which took 45 minutes to reach their decision. Manly-Warringah paid a $100,000 fine for failing to adequately punish Stewart for his offence. Stewart faced a brief trial at the time, and a further, more comprehensive trial began in March 2010. As a result of Stewart's absence, Manly lost their first four games of the season, crashing to last place after round four (thus becoming the first defending premier since Melbourne in 2000 to lose their first four matches of a season), before finally achieving a 23–10 win against the Tigers in which Stewart scored three tries in his first match for 2009. A double against Souths followed, before injury struck. Stewart only played five games overall in 2009 following a serious knee injury suffered in round six, before returning in round 25. The Sea Eagles snared fifth place at the end of the season and lost the first qualifying final to eventual grand final winners Melbourne 40–12 in a one-sided contest played at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium. Due to other unfavourable results occurring on the weekend, Manly were eliminated from the premiership race. This premiership was also stripped from the Storm.


2010 season

In 2010, Manly-Warringah started the season with a team of many new faces, including young playmaker Kieran Foran. After narrowly losing their first two games of the season, Manly won their third, following three matches against Newcastle, the Warriors and the Sharks before a late season slump saw them settle for eighth position on the ladder. Manly-Warringah players were not involved in any further violations in 2010, and embarked on an active program of community engagement, which included activities such as reading at schools and raising money for charities. Manly's season got off to the worst possible start. While warming up for the opening round game against the
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at the Sydney Football Stadium, international winger David Williams injured his shoulder forcing him to withdraw from the game. Unfortunately the injury would require surgery which saw Williams ruled out for the remainder of the season. The situation then got worse when fullback Brett Stewart suffered a knee injury when he ruptured his
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during the first half of the game. Stewart's injury would also rule him out for the remainder of the season. This would cause Des Hasler to re-shuffle his backline over the course of the season after losing two of his teams most lethal attacking weapons. Manly-Warringah spent much of the middle of the season near the top of the ladder and were earmarked as a possible premiership contender with impressive wins over the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the
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. Inconsistent form, injuries and suspensions caused a dramatic slide down the ladder and Manly were lucky to settle on 8th and just make the finals. Had it not been for the Melbourne Storm salary cap breach earlier in the season, Manly-Warringah would have missed the finals altogether for the first time since 2004. In round 25, ballplaying second-rower Glenn Stewart was suspended for 4 matches for a high shot on
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captain Braith Anasta, and in round 26 centre Steve Matai was suspended for 7 matches for a high tackle that knocked out
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hooker Michael Ennis. Their 2010 season ended with a dismal 28–0 hammering from the eventual premiers St. George Illawarra, although Manly-Warringah were still in the game with 15 minutes remaining. Manly went into this game with 11 of their first choice players out with either injury or suspension and many of those who did play were still carrying injuries.


2011 season

At the end of the 2010 season Manly Warringah lost
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who signed a deal with the Bulldogs from the start of the 2011 season, as well as Josh Perry and Ben Farrar to the
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. Daly Cherry-Evans, who came from Manly's Queensland Cup feeder club the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles, was brought into first grade. Manly-Warringah had not made any big-name signings for the 2011 season. This showed up in its lowly 8th placing, its poorest performance in a season since 2005. Manly-Warringah's 2011 season started with an 18–6 loss to the
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in Melbourne. Brett Stewart had minimal impact on the match but escaped injury-free. This was followed with an upset 27–16 win over beaten 2010 Grand Finalists the
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, where Manly-Warringah went into the match without its captain Jamie Lyon, Shane Rodney, Dean Whare and Glenn Stewart through injury and also Jason King and Steve Matai through suspension. Brett Stewart was appointed acting captain for the Roosters match. This is regarded as one of the most commendable wins in Manly's history and featured outstanding performances by its younger players including Kieran Foran, Jamie Buhrer, William Hopoate and Vic Mauro. This was followed up with a 26–12 win over the
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at Brookvale, before a 32–20 loss to the
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which ended Manly's unbeaten run at Bluetongue Stadium, having won all of its previous matches at the venue. Anthony Watmough and Terence Seu Seu were both stood down by the club for off-field offences prior to its round five match against Cronulla at Toyota Stadium. The Sea Eagles were in trouble midway through the second half, down 13–0, before scoring 19 unanswered points, including a try after the siren by Michael Oldfield, to give the Silvertails a 19–13 victory. Despite losing many players from the 2010 season, the Sea Eagles found themselves sitting in second place on the NRL Ladder at the end of the regular season, behind the
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. They lost only five matches in the season, all being night matches. Manly-Warringah won all of its matches at
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, again nicknamed "Brookie Fortress". The final game at Brookvale was a Top of the Table Clash against the Melbourne Storm. Manly won this game 18–4 but the win was overshadowed by a brawl between Glenn Stewart and Adam Blair, giving the game the nickname 'The Battle of Brookvale'. In their opening playoff game, Manly-Warringah registered a 42–8 win over the North Queensland Cowboys at the Sydney Football Stadium. After a disappointing first half, Manly scored 42 unanswered points in the 2nd half, and progressed to the preliminary final. In this match, they defeated the
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26–14 to be the first team through to the 2011 NRL Grand Final, where they met the
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who were vying for their first ever premiership. A season of success culminated in Manly-Warringah winning its eighth premiership, defeating the
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24–10 in the
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. Glenn Stewart was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal for his 34 tackles and a crucial try in the second half. He and brother Brett Stewart became the first brothers to score tries in the same Grand Final. Manly-Warringah's second premiership in four years made them the second team (after the
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in 2000 and 2006) to win more than one premiership in the 21st century. Six Weeks after Manly Warringah's premiership win, the club dismissed head coach Des Hasler after he was revealed to have breached his contract by trying to lure coaching staff and players to the Bulldogs where he was to have started coaching in 2013. This meant that Geoff Toovey, who was to take over as part of a succession plan, was immediately elevated to the role of head coach from the start of the 2012 season.


2012 season

Manly Warringah's pre-season started dismally with a 38–6 loss to perennial strugglers Cronulla in the first match played under new coach Geoff Toovey. This was followed by a 26–12 loss in the 2012 World Club Challenge to
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. The Sea Eagles' premiership defence began with an away trip to Eden Park in Auckland where they faced the
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in the Grand Final rematch and won 26–20. They backed up that close win with another close win against the
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, winning 22–18. Manly-Warringah lost its first match for the 2012 season when it went down 17–13 to the
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in a major upset, then another loss followed when it fell to 2010 premiers St. George Illawarra at Kogarah by 17–4. Manly-Warringah ended the 2012 Regular season in 4th position on the ladder. After being defeated by the Bulldogs in the first week of the finals, Manly defeated the Nth Queensland Cowboys, effectively ending their season. However, the Sea Eagles' season ended the next week after being defeated by eventual premiers Melbourne Storm.


2013 season

Ambushed early in the year by the sudden rise of two new title contenders in South Sydney and the Sydney Roosters, Manly spent much of the season flying under the radar with a top four spot safely in their keeping, but minor premiership never truly within their reach. In fact, as the season wore on a mounting injury toll had many predicting this squad of ageing warriors were bound to hit the wall. Certainly a series of gruelling encounters at the business end of the season provided plenty of excuses had they wanted to use them, but instead it seemed the greater the challenge the more the Sea Eagles lifted to tackle it. Having not beaten a fellow top four side all season, they finally did so in style with a 28–8 thrashing of Melbourne in Round 25 to warm up for the finals. Despite facing a number of hurdles through the course of the season – from a lengthy list of injury woes to the ASADA investigation which threatened to become a significant distraction at times – they managed to grow in stature as the season progressed but fell just short, losing the grand final to the Sydney Roosters 26–18.


2014 season

Most of the headlines for Manly throughout the year came more due to off-field reasons following news popular back-rower Glenn Stewart would be joining Souths in 2015 with the club's salary cap constraints preventing them from making him an offer. It is a measure of the Northern Beaches club's decade of excellence that to bow out in the second week of the finals will be deemed a comparative failure by both players and fans. This is what happened after a late-season stutter saw them relinquish their grip on the minor premiership, lose several key players at just the wrong time, and get bundled out of the 2014 Finals Series in straight sets despite their top-two finish. Even though they achieved a top-two finish, bowing out second week of the finals resulted in an unsatisfactory result for the Sea Eagles for a side that was running first from rounds 18–25. They had their fair share of luck throughout the season but it deserted them at the wrong time and ended Manly's season and encapsulated their late downturn in fortunes. There were huge questions over which senior players would stick around until the end of, or beyond, their current contracts. It was questioned if this could be very much a new-look Manly side in the next year or two but as long as the club can lock down its two star halves past their current 2015 deals the future should remain bright.


2015 season

Manly struggled to maintain the previous consistency they produced over the past decade. They had made the finals every year for a decade, anything short of a top eight finish would have been seen a failure. With success comes high expectations and Manly certainly didn't hit their own lofty standards in 2015. The club endured one of its toughest seasons of the modern era with highly publicised contract sagas involving their biggest players, the sacking of their coach and club legend Geoff Toovey and a shocking run of injuries. The team had a late, but ultimately helpless last throw from a champion side to make the finals. 2015 will be forever remembered as the changing of the guard at the northern beaches club, when their era of dominance crashed dramatically back down to earth. It was a changing of the guard for Manly, a year where an era of dominance finally came to an end. They lost stalwarts Anthony Watmough (Eels) and Glenn Stewart (Rabbitohs) and struggled for a large chunk of the season. They then lost Kieran Foran (Eels) and coach Geoff Toovey. However, Manly had a strong back half of the 2015 season and ended up finishing 9th, only just missing the finals after being dead last going into Round 17 and in danger of earning the club's first ever
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. In a move seen to help turn the club's fortunes around, Bob Fulton was brought back to the club as a 'consultant' where he had a hand in the recruiting of a number of players for season 2016 such as Test and Qld Origin forward Nate Myles and South Sydney premiership centre Dylan Walker, as well as New Zealand internationals Lewis Brown and Martin Taupau. Fulton was also instrumental in convincing 2011 premiership halfback Daly Cherry-Evans to remain at the club after initially signing with the
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. Also joining the club in 2016 would be boom Queensland hooker Matt Parcell from the Ipswich Jets, as well as Souths 2014 premiership hooker Apisai Koroisau. With the new recruits, plus the emergence of younger local juniors in 2015 including tough tackling front row forward Jake Trbojevic and his younger brother, pacey fullback/winger Tom Trbojevic, the future looks promising.


2016 season

After Geoff Toovey was sacked following the 2015 season, Manly signed former Australian and NSW half Trent Barrett to coach in what would be his rookie year as an NRL head coach. The team would be without the services of Kiwi five-eighth Kieran Foran who had joined rivals Parramatta, as well as long serving dual-premiership hooker Matt Ballin who was released after suffering his second
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(ACL) knee injury in two years. Local junior Clint Gutherson, who although he signed a contract extension with the club in 2015, was released following the season and he too joined Parramatta. Surprisingly, also let go was New Zealand test fullback/centre Peta Hiku who eventually joined Penrith. In the first 9 rounds of the
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leading into the representative round, Manly's injury woes continued with Brett Stewart (hamstring), Jorge Taufua (broken collar bone), Daly Cherry-Evans (ankle sprain) and Tom Trbojevic (ankle) going down with long-term injuries often forcing Trent Barrett into naming a makeshift lineup. However, despite this and the club's horrendous draw which saw it have five 5 day turnarounds in the opening 9 rounds, they showed glimpses of becoming a top side once again, eventually finishing the regular season in 13th position, recording eight wins. On 27 April, long serving premiership captain Jamie Lyon announced that he would retire from playing at the end of the 2016 season. Lyon, the club's 2011 premiership captain and a member of the 2008 premiership team, is one of only 4 players (along with Graham Eadie, Bob Batty and Matthew Ridge) to have scored over 1,000 competition points for Manly.


2017 season

After a turbulent 2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season the Sea Eagles finished 6th position and made it to the 2017 NRL Finals Series, although lost the first week to Penrith. At the end of season awards Daly Cherry-Evans won the Roy and Bull for best and fairest player.


2018 season

After the first two rounds, Manly were found guilty of minor breaches of the salary cap over the previous five years, due to a subtle change in one particular rule interpretation instigated by the NRL's CEO. A $750,000 fine (250k suspended) and a $330,000 reduction in the salary cap for 2018 and 2019 seasons was imposed by the NRL. Manly had not paid any player over what they declared to the NRL but the definition of the phrase 'best efforts' to find third party payments was curiously changed to now mean an 'iron clad guarantee'by the NRL's CEO. Investigation of close to one million pieces of information and searches of all relevant electrical devices showed all payments to players were correctly and accurately reported to the NRL. The NRL's own salary auditors signed off as true and compliant all payments made to Manly players. At the end of the 2018 season, Manly finished in 15th place on the table after a horror year on and off the field, one spot better than wooden spooners, Parramatta. Throughout the season, there were rumours that surfaced highlighting major divisions and unrest with Barrett as coach. In October 2018, it was announced that two time premiership winning coach Des Hasler would return to Manly.


2019 season

Before the start of the
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, many predicted that Manly would finish outside the top 8 and struggle towards the bottom of the table. Throughout the season though, Manly surprised many critics by spending nearly the entire regular season in the top 8 which included the club defeating Melbourne at
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11–10 in golden point extra-time and also defeating other premiership contenders Canberra twice throughout the year. Manly-Warringah eventually qualified for the finals with a 6th-place finish. Manly would go on to reach the second week of the finals series but were defeated by South Sydney, 34–26 in the elimination final at ANZ Stadium.


2020 season

Manly-Warringah went into the
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with a good start winning four of their first six games before a serious injury to star player Tom Trbojevic derailed their season with Manly winning only three of their last fourteen games to finish 13th and miss out on the finals.


2021 season

Manly didn't start the
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well, losing their first four rounds. The match against Penrith, which they lost 46–6 at
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, was the club's biggest ever home defeat at the ground. However their season turned around, and by round 16, Manly recorded their biggest ever victory in club history, defeating
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66–0 at Western Sydney Stadium. After the regular rounds, Manly would finish in the top 4 in 4th place. The top try scorers for Manly at the end of the Regular Season were Tom Trbojevic with 25 tries,
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with 23 tries, and Reuben Garrick with 21 tries. Reuben Garrick became the first player in rugby league to score more than 300 points in a Regular Season. He also became the first player in rugby league history to score 20 tries and 100 goals in a Premiership Season. After losing in the opening week of the finals against
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, the club won in week two of the finals defeating the
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42–6. In the preliminary final, the club fell short of reaching the grand final losing to South Sydney 36–16.


2022 season

Manly-Warringah didn't start the
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well, losing their first two rounds before winning their next four. Another serious injury to star player Tom Trbojevic in round 11 derailed their season once again with Manly winning only four of their last thirteen games to finish 11th and miss out on the finals. Their season was further marred by an incident when seven players boycotted the round 20 match against the
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due to their refusal to wear the club's "
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" jersey, which was the start of an unfortunate end to the year for the Sea Eagles. On 13 October, the club decided to terminate Des Hasler as head coach.


2023 season

Under new head coach Anthony Seibold, the club started strongly recording four wins and one draw from the opening seven games to sit 4th on the table. However, from round 8 until round 20, Manly only recorded three victories. The club would record four wins from their remaining seven matches as they finished in a disappointing 12th place.


2024 season

In the
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, Manly would finish 7th on the table and qualified for the finals. The club would defeat Canterbury in week one of the finals but their season was ended the following week by the Sydney Roosters.


2025 Ladder


Emblem and colours

File:Manly 1950.jpg, 1947–1955 File:Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles logo.svg, 2003–2023 File:Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2023–present logo.png, 2024–present The team has always been officially known as the "Manly Warringah Sea Eagles" since 1947. Upon entering the NSWRL, Manly took on the colours of maroon and white. Manly chose the sea eagle – the native bird of prey on the Sydney coastline – as its emblem. The club's first jersey was maroon with a large white 'V' on the front. Manly were one of the first teams to feature an emblem, with an 'MW' appearing in the early 1950s. The 'Sea Eagle' has appeared on all jerseys since the mid-1950s. Several iterations of the sea eagle logo would appear over the years. From the 1980s, Manly would go on to use perhaps their most famous of logos used in what is regarded as their most successful years up until the creation of the new competition. In conjunction with the new competition, the
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, Manly would change their logo in 1998. It featured predominantly maroon, white, yellow and blue to symbolise the connection the club had with its major sponsor at the time
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. This logo would not last however when the ill-fated merger with
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in 2000 saw them take on the Northern Eagles moniker instead. Upon their return in 2003, Manly opted to revert to the previous logo but slightly updated to focus on the sea eagle and include Warringah in the club's name again. They also returned to their original colours, however a darker shade of maroon and white, a symbol of their roots stemming back from 1947. In October 2023, Manly unveiled their new identity and emblem with a fresh, modern look, whilst also paying homage to the Club’s rich history. The new logo carried forward traditional Maroon and White colours and elements of the past Manly emblems including a familiar circular motif that the Sea Eagles have incorporated since 1978, whilst focusing on the sea eagle head with simplified details.


Jerseys

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Manly Leagues Club

Manly Warringah Rugby Leagues Club (known as Manly Leagues) is one of the leading clubs on Sydney's northern beaches. The Leagues Club has also acquired ''Dee Why Bowling Club'' to the Manly Leagues brand, which amalgamated in 2022. Manly Leagues has always enjoyed a close association with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The club's charter includes the support of rugby league in the local area and the outstanding history of the Sea Eagles highlights the success of this support.


Stadium

When Manly Warringah was admitted into the competition, the then Manly Council denied the club permission to use Manly Oval as their home ground. The Council at the time was very pro-
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and attempted to prevent the rival code from spreading to the area. As a result, the club decided to acquire Brookvale Showground (now known as
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) to host matches, which was supported by the then
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, who owned the ground. Brookvale Oval (officially known as 4 Pines Park) is as of 2025, an 18,000-capacity rectangular stadium that has been the home of the Sea Eagles since 1947, with the venue last redeveloped in 2022 with the opening of the
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Stand. The ground now features four grandstands: the Jane Try Stand, which runs along the western side and is the largest; the Ken Arthurson Stand, located in the southwest corner and named after the long-serving Manly, NSWRL, and ARL administrator; the Lyons-Menzies Stand, situated at the southern end and named after champion Manly players Steve Menzies and Cliff Lyons; and the new 3,000-seat Bob Fulton Stand at the northern end, which incorporates the club's centre of excellence. A grass hill runs along the eastern side of the ground, and the venue also features broadcast-quality lights and a video screen. Brookvale Oval has often been regarded as a graveyard for many opposition teams, earning it the nickname 'Fortress Brookvale.' The record crowd at the ground is 27,655, set in the final round of the 1986 season against traditional rivals, the
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. Since the club started playing in 1947, over six million spectators have visited the ground. Of the permanent venues used by the NRL, Brookvale Oval ranks second for the most games played, with 720 games, behind only
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(as of October 2023).


Naming rights

In February 2017, a 3-year $1 million naming rights deal with Lottoland, renamed Brookvale Oval to "Lottoland". In August 2019 Lottoland group exercised its option to extend the sponsorship contract, worth $500,000 for another year to the end of the 2020 season. The final game to be played under the name "Lottoland" was in Round 9, 2021 of the NRL between the Sea Eagles and
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. In June 2021, a 4-year deal was signed with 4 Pines Brewing Company to be named "4 Pines Park" In January 2025, before the start of the new season, the Sea Eagles and 4 Pines Brewing Co. announced the renewal of the stadium naming rights partnership, extending the agreement for 4 Pines Park to the end of the 2027 season. 4 Pines has proudly held the naming rights to the Northern Beaches local iconic Brookvale Oval, now known as 4 Pines Park, since 2021.


Administration and facilities

In March 2022, the Centre of Excellence at the western end of the oval, formerly home to the 'Family Hill' was opened. The club moved all training and administration operations to this new, 4-storey building as well as the centre providing approximately 3,000 seats and premium hospitality spaces to be utilised on match day. The centre of excellence features change rooms, pools, a gym, training and medical spaces and general administration areas for staff to utilise. In round 3 of the
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, Manly played their first match back at the redeveloped Brookvale Oval defeating Canterbury-Bankstown 13–12.


Local catchment area

Historically, Manly has had a rich history of local juniors representing the first grade side, including former Australian, State and Club captains Max Krilich and Geoff Toovey. Other notable former local juniors include 4-time Premiership winners Ian Martin and Terry Randall and 2-time Premiership winners Steven Menzies and Anthony Watmough. Local rugby league clubs play within the joint Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League district competition. And teams are identified with either Norths or Manly, with teams in the Manly, Warringah and Pittwater (
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and Forest District) districts wearing the Manly logo, whilst teams in the North Sydney ( North Shore and
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) district compete with the North Sydney logo.


Notable former local juniors

* Ken Arthurson – Freshwater SLSC * Trevor Bailey – Belrose Eagles * Neil Bertoli – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Keith BlackettManly RUFC * Phil Blake – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Michael Blake – Forestville Ferrets JRLFC * Johnny BlissNorth Narrabeen SLSC * Glenn Bourne – Narrabeen Sharks * Bill Bradstreet – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Darren Bradstreet – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Tony BuchanNorth Curl Curl Knights * John Bucknall – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Jamie Buhrer – Hills District * Roy Bull – Freshwater SLSC * Martin Bull – North Curl Curl Knights * Peter Burke – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Simon Chappell - Beacon Hill Bears * Rick ChisholmHarbord United Devils * Wayne ChisholmHarbord United Devils * Bill ClareNorth Curl Curl Knights * Ivan ClearyNarraweena Hawks * Anthony Colella – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Mitchell Cox – Balgowlah Boys High, RU * Greg CrossHarbord United Devils * Adam CuthbertsonAvalon Bulldogs * Peter Cullum - Beacon Hill Bears * Phil DaleyHarbord United Devils * Stuart Davis * Matt DunfordCromer Kingfishers * Dragan DurdevicNarrabeen Sharks * Mike Eden - Beacon Hill Bears * Jack ElsegoodNarrabeen Sharks * Kieran ForanAsquith Magpies * Scott Fulton – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Brett Fulton – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Daniel GartnerNarrabeen Sharks * Russel GartnerNarrabeen Sharks * Ian GatelySt Augustine's College, Sydney * John GibbsNarrabeen Sharks * Greg Gibson * Mathew GuberinaWarringah RU * Tony Jensen * Cooper JohnsNarraweena Hawks * Jack JohnsHarbord United Devils * Fred Jones – Brookvale * John Jones – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Charlie HaggettCromer Kingfishers and Harbord United Devils * Craig HancockNarraweena Hawks * Robert HardieNarraweena Hawks *
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Avalon Bulldogs * John Harvey * Terry HillNorth Curl Curl Knights * Russell Hunter – Harbord United Devils * Jamil HopoateBeacon Hill Bears * John HopoateManly Cove Rebels * William HopoateManly Cove Rebels * Wayne Honeywood – Narraweena Hawks * David Hosking – Harbord United Devils * Andrew Hunter – Harbord United Devils * Dempsey Joy – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Nik Kosef – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Jason KingBelrose Eagles * Stephen KnightManly RUFC * Max KrilichHarbord United Devils * Matthew Loft – Harbord United Devils * Darcy LussickBeacon Hill Bears * Adam MacDougallHarbord United Devils * Ian MartinNarraweena Hawks * Vic MauroNorth Curl Curl Knights * George McTaggart – Collaroy SLSC * Tony MestrovNarrabeen Sharks * Steven MenziesHarbord United Devils * Martin Meredith * Chris MontgomeryNarrabeen Sharks * John Morgan – Collaroy SLSC * Derek MoritzNorth Curl Curl Knights *
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– Manly Christian Brothers RLFC *
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– Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Chris Nero – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Shannon Nevin – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * David O'Donnell – Cromer Kingfishers * Michael OldfieldHarbord United Devils * Brad Parker – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Ed Planten – Narrabeen Sharks * Chad RandallNorth Curl Curl Knights * Terry RandallNorth Curl Curl Knights * Ray Ritchie * Anthony Rogers – Beacon Hill Bears * David RonsonBelrose Eagles * Chris RyanBelrose Eagles * Glenn Ryan – Forestville Ferrets JRLFC * Bernie Seymour – Harbord United Devils * Warren Simmons – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Wayne Springall * Frank StantonBelrose Eagles * Frank StokesManly Cove Rebels * Josh Stuart – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Fred Teasdell – Forestville Ferrets JRLFC * Alan ThomsonNarrabeen Sharks * Gary ThoroughgoodHarbord United Devils * Sean TownsendNarrabeen Sharks * Geoff TooveyBelrose Eagles * Aaron Trinder * Rex MossopManly RUFC * Anthony WatmoughNarrabeen Sharks * Eddie Whiley – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Max WhiteheadNarrabeen Sharks * Mark Willoughby * Ross Windshuttle * Ed Whiley – Manly Christian Brothers RLFC * Gary Winter * Fred YakichNarrabeen Sharks * Nick YakichNarrabeen Sharks Current (2025) NRL players: (unless Manly, current club in brackets) * Clint GuthersonCromer Kingfishers ('' St George Illawarra Dragons'') * Jacob PrestonBelrose Eagles (''
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'') * Albert HopoateBeacon Hill Bears (''
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'') * Lehi HopoateBeacon Hill Bears * Joey LussickBeacon Hill Bears (''
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'') * Savelio Tamale – Cromer Kingfishers (''
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'') * Ben TrbojevicMona Vale Raiders * Jake TrbojevicMona Vale Raiders * Tom TrbojevicMona Vale Raiders * Sam VerrillsAvalon Bulldogs (''
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'') * Joey WalshNarraweena Hawks


Players


2025 squad


Past players

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, the club chairman Kerry Sibraa and journalist Phil Rothfield.


Rivalries


North Sydney Bears

Prior to the ill-fated Northern Eagles joint venture from 2000 to 2002, the rivalry between the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and foundation club the North Sydney Bears was arguably one of rugby league's fiercest. Manly were admitted into the premiership in 1947 with North Sydney at the time being one of the main advocators for a team to be in Manly. In Manly's first season, most of the side was made up of former Norths players including captain Max Whitehead who played for North Sydney in their 1943 Grand Final defeat by Newtown. The intense feelings between the two sides continued over the next couple of decades fuelled as players switched between the two clubs. The biggest defection occurred in 1971 when North's life member and one of the game's greatest wingers Ken Irvine joined Manly. Former Manly and North Sydney player Phil Blake said of the rivalry "It was certainly a game you looked forward playing in. The ground was always packed and it was always a great afternoon". In 2016, North Sydney and Manly played their final competitive senior game against each other in the lower grades
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competition where the Bears won the match 32–18. The Sea Eagles announced that they would be merging their lower grade sides with the Blacktown Workers teams to become the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles.. However, since 2025, the Sea Eagles returned to the NSW Cup as the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, ending their partnership with Blacktown Workers. With the Bears re-entering the competition from 2027 as the Perth Bears, it is hoped they will play each year at either North Sydney Oval,
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or the Sydney Football Stadium in recognition of the club's Sydney supporter base.There's a bear in there will NRL's foundation club truly live on in Perth bid
''Sydney Morning Herald'' 11 August 2024


Melbourne Storm

This was regarded as one of the biggest rivalries in the modern era, with the two clubs meeting in the 2007 and 2008 Grand Finals. The 2008 Grand Final saw the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeat their biggest rivals, the Melbourne Storm 40-0 at ANZ Stadium in front of a crowd of 80,388. In the game, Manly ran in eight tries to record the highest rugby league Grand Final margin in Australian history. It was Manly's seventh premiership title. After Manly went on to win the 2011 premiership, both teams faced off in the 2012 preliminary final in Melbourne. Melbourne defeated Manly 40–12, ending Manly’s chances of winning back-to-back titles. Melbourne would then go on to win their second legitimate premiership, following the stripping of their 2007 and 2009 titles after the NRL discovered systematic salary cap breaches by the club . After nine years without playing each other in the finals, Manly and Melbourne met in week one of the 2021 NRL finals series, where Melbourne won the match 40–12 at Sunshine Coast Stadium.


Parramatta Eels

The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the
Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...
, built a fierce rivalry that started in the 1970s. They met in the 1976 NSWRFL Grand Final, in which Manly denied Parramatta a maiden premiership. However, Parramatta won both the 1982 and 1983 Grand Finals against Manly. Since the 1983 Grand Final, Manly and Parramatta have only played against each other in one other finals game, which was in 2005 when Parramatta finished as Minor Premiers and Manly finished in 8th place. Parramatta won the match 46–22. On 18 May 2003, Parramatta and Manly played in the first-ever golden point match in NRL history. Manly won the match 36–34 at
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, courtesy of a Ben Walker penalty goal. In Round 2 of the
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, Parramatta suffered their worst-ever loss to Manly. The game was played in temperatures of nearly 40 degrees, where Manly ran out 54-0 winners. In the
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, Parramatta beat Manly in Round 25 to take Manly's fifth spot on the ladder and would go on to beat Brisbane 58–0 in the elimination final. The victory is currently the biggest win in finals history. In Round 11 of the
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, Manly led Parramatta by ten points in the second half before Parramatta scored two tries to make it 20-20. Parramatta's Mitchell Moses then converted a goal from the sideline to win the match 22–20. In Round 21 of the 2022 NRL season, the two sides met at Brookvale Oval, where Manly needed to defeat Parramatta to have any chance of reaching the finals. Parramatta won the game 36–20, with the maligned Jakob Arthur providing two try assists for Parramatta, which ended Manly's finals hopes.


Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

This rivalry has been dubbed the "Battle of the beaches", and they met in a brutal Grand Final in 1973 which was described as the dirtiest and toughest Grand Final of them all. Manly also defeated Cronulla 16–0 in the 1978 Grand Final Rematch after the original contest had an 11–11 draw. In 1996, Manly and Cronulla played each other in the 1996 preliminary final where Manly defeated Cronulla 24–0. In the 2013 finals series, the two clubs met at the Sydney Football Stadium with Manly running out 24-18 winners. In week one of the 2019 finals series, Manly defeated Cronulla to win the game 28–16 at
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and eliminated Cronulla from the finals race.


Western Suburbs

Manly-Warringah had a fierce rivalry with foundation club Western Suburbs which started in the 1970s and continued through to the early 1980s. The rivalry was dubbed as the "Fibros vs Silvertails". Former Wests coach and now respected league writer Roy Masters was the brain behind the now famous catch-cry. The rivalry was also fierce due to the two club's competing for the premiership with Western Suburbs winning the
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in 1978 but it was Manly who claimed the 1978 premiership defeating Wests in the semi-finals.


Head-to-head records


Coaches


Records and statistics

*Biggest win: 66–0 vs Canterbury (
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) *Biggest loss: 6–68 vs Cronulla ( 2005 NRL season) *Most consecutive wins: 15 ( 1995 ARL season) *Most consecutive losses: 8 (1950 & 1998–99) *Wooden Spoons: 0 *Biggest Grand Final win: 40-0 vs Melbourne Storm (2008) Cliff Lyons holds the club record for most first-grade games (309). Steve Menzies played 349 first-grade games, although 69 were with the Northern Eagles. The club record for most career points is held by Graham Eadie (1,917). Matthew Ridge held the highest season total with 257 points in 1995, a record that has since been overtaken by Reuben Garrick, who scored 304 points in 2021. Brett Stewart is the top try scorer with 163 tries, surpassing the previous record held by Steve Menzies. Menzies scored 151 tries playing for Manly-Warringah and a further 29 during the Northern Eagles venture. Menzies is regarded as the highest try-scoring forward in the history of the game, although there is some contention about the exact number of tries scored, as he started some games playing in the centres. There is also debate over Manly's career try-scoring record with respect to Menzies and his time with the Northern Eagles.


Honours

*
New South Wales Rugby League The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in rugby league in New South Wales, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Co ...
,
Australian Rugby League The Australian Rugby League Commission Limited (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League Limited known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australi ...
and
National Rugby League The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...
: 8 :: 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011 *
New South Wales Rugby League The New South Wales Rugby League Ltd (NSWRL) is an Australian rugby league football competition operator in rugby league in New South Wales, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Co ...
,
Australian Rugby League The Australian Rugby League Commission Limited (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League Limited known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australi ...
and
National Rugby League The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...
runners-up: 11 :: 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2013 * New South Wales Rugby League, Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League minor premierships: 9 :: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997 * New South Wales Rugby League Club Championships: 4 :: 1972, 1983, 1987, 1988 *
World Club Challenge The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australian National Rugby League and the British Super League, for the de facto club world championship of the sport. Super League sides have won the c ...
: 1 :: 2009 * KB Cup: 2 :: 1982, 1983


Pre-season and youth honours

* World Sevens: 3 :: 1990, 1994, 1995 * Pre-Season Cup/Challenge titles: 2 :: 1980, 2023 * First Division,
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: 5 :: 1954, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1988 * Jersey Flegg Cup: 4 :: 1961, 1974, 1987, 1988 *
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: 2 :: 1946, 1970 * Third Grade: 1 :: 1952 * Holden Cup (Under 20s): 1 :: 2017


Supporters

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, 28th
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* Jim Anderson, Australian politician * Allen Aylett,
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player and administrator *
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, 44th
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* Layne Beachley, World Surfing Champion *
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, comedian *
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fighter * Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, World Champion and Olympic athlete. * Doug Parkinson, Australian musician. * Grant Goldman, radio personality * Mike Goldman, radio and television personality *
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, author, children's writer, playwright and dramatist, radio show host, comedian and television personality * Brooke Hanson, Olympic and World Champion swimmer *
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, author * Barton Lynch, surfer * Doug Mulray, comedian and radio and television personality * Sarah Murdoch, model *
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, television presenter * Mark Skaife, racing driver, multiple
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winner * Michael Slater, cricketer *
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Manly Seabirds

The Manly Seabirds is the oldest cheerleading squad in the NRL. The Seabirds head scout is Carlos 'The Jackal' Faico and are sponsored by Salon Warehouse Australia


References


Sources


Rugby League History; Sean Fagan
* Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1999; Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson * ABC of Rugby League, 1995; Malcolm Andrews * Heritage Report on Brookvale Oval, Mayne-Wilson & Associates; August 2005


External links

* {{Authority control National Rugby League clubs Manly, New South Wales 1947 establishments in Australia