List of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles honours

Counted amongst the honours achieved by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles since their first season in 1947 are eight 8 NRL Premierships and one World Club Challenge. The club's players and coaches have also received several individual awards.

Media and Association Awards

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Rugby League Immortal Bob Fulton (1981 – Original Inductee)
Team Of The Century Ken Irvine (Wing), Bob Fulton (Reserve)
ARL Hall of Fame Ken Irvine, Bob Fulton
NSWRL Team Of Century Ken Irvine (Wing), Bob Fulton (Five-Eight), Roy Bull (Reserve)
Country (CRL) Team Of Century Bob Fulton (Five-Eight)
Illawarra Rugby League Team Of Century Bob Fulton (Five-Eight)
Top 100 Players (Australia) Kerry Boustead, Roy Bull, Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Ken Irvine, Eddie Lumsden, John O'Neill
Rothmans Medal Graham Eadie (1974), Mal Cochrane (1986)
Dally M Awards Cliff Lyons (1990, 1994), Matt Orford (2008)
Player of the Year Cliff Lyons (1990, 1994), Matt Orford (2008)
Silver Dally M Ian Roberts (1993), Cliff Lyons (1995)
Best Fullback Graham Eadie (1983), Matthew Ridge (1995)
Best Winger John Ribot (1982), Kerry Boustead (1983)
Best Centre Michael O'Connor (1987, 1988), Jamie Lyon (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Best Five-Eight Cliff Lyons (1990, 1994)
Best Halfback Matt Orford (2008), Daly Cherry-Evans (2014)
Best Lock Forward Des Hasler (1991), Steve Menzies (2002), Ben Kennedy (2005, 2006)
Best Second Rower Paul Vautin (1983), Noel Cleal (1984, 1986), Steve Menzies (1994, 1995, 1998), Anthony Watmough (2007, 2009), Glenn Stewart (2008)
Best Hooker Mal Cochrane (1986, 1987), Jim Serdaris (1996), Geoff Toovey (1999)
Best Prop Forward Dave Brown (1983), Martin Bella (1990), Ian Roberts (1993, 1994)
Top Try-Scorer Bob Fulton (1972, 1973, 1976), Kevin Junee (1974), Russel Gartner (1977), Tom Mooney (1979), Phil Blake (1983, 1986), Steve Menzies (1995), Terry Hill (1997 - ARL), Brett Stewart (2008), David Williams (2013)
Top Points Scorer Ron Rowles (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954), Graham Eadie (1974, 1975, 1976), Matthew Ridge (1995)
Rookie of the Year Phil Blake (1982), Jack Elsegood (1993), Steve Menzies (1994), Daly Cherry-Evans (2011)
Captain of the Year Ben Kennedy (2006), Jason King (2012), Jamie Lyon (2012, 2014)
Coach of the Year Bob Fulton (1983)
Dave Brown Medal* Dennis Ward (1972), Bob Fulton (1973), Graham Eadie (1976, 1978)
Clive Churchill Medal Cliff Lyons (1987), Geoff Toovey (1996), Brent Kite (2008), Glenn Stewart (2011), Daly Cherry-Evans (2013)
Rugby League Week Player of the Year John Mayes (1973), Bob Fulton (1975), Phil Sigsworth (1983), Cliff Lyons (1994)
Norwich Rising Star – Rookie of the Year Jack Elsegood (1993), John Hopoate (1995)
Rugby League Players Association
Players’ Player Ben Kennedy (2006)
Best Country Player Brent Kite (2006)
Rookie Of The Year David Williams (2008)
Clubman Of The Year Jason King (2008)
New Zealand Player of the Year Darrell Williams (1989), Kieran Foran (2013)
NSW Player of the Year Roy Bull (1954), Bob Fulton (1972, 1973)
Sun Herald Best and Fairest Rex Mossop (1958), Dennis Ward (1968)
Ken Stephen Memorial Award Ian Roberts (1994), Michael Monaghan (2006)

* No longer awarded. Replaced by the Clive Churchill Medal in 1986

Club honours

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Clubman of the Year Owen Cunningham (1994), Cliff Lyons (1995), Des Hasler (1996), Geoff Toovey (1997), Craig Hancock (1998), Steve Menzies (1999, 2002), Chad Randall (2003), Albert Torrens (2004), Luke Williamson (2005), Chris Hicks (2006), Michael Monaghan (2007), Mark Bryant (2008), George Rose (2010), Michael Robertson (2011) Joe Galuvao (2012), Brett Stewart (2013), Brenton Lawrence (2014, 2016), Josh Starling (2015)
Best and Fairest Steve Menzies (2002), Chris Hicks (2004), Ben Kennedy (2005, 2006), Glenn Stewart (2007, 2008, 2011), Jason King (2009, 2010), Matt Ballin (2012), Anthony Watmough (2013), Brenton Lawrence (2014), Jake Trbojevic (2015), Tom Trbojevic (2016)
Players’ Player John Hopoate (2002), Ben Kennedy (2005), Brent Kite (2006), Brett Stewart (2007, 2015), Brent Kite (2008), George Rose (2009) Jamie Lyon (2010, 2012), Steve Matai (2011), Daly Cherry-Evans (2013), Kieran Foran (2014), Jake Trbojevic (2016)
Rookie of the Year Jason King (2002), Steve Matai (2005), Travis Burns (2006), Michael Bani (2007), David Williams (2008), Kieran Foran (2009), Trent Hodkinson (2010), Daly Cherry-Evans (2011), Jorge Taufua (2012), Peta Hiku (2013), Jesse Sene-Lefao (2014), Tom Trbojevic (2015), Addin Fonua-Blake (2016)
Members Best and Fairest Ben Kennedy (2005, 2006), Brett Stewart (2007, 2014, 2015), Anthony Watmough (2007, 2009), Matt Orford (2008), Jamie Lyon (2010, 2012), Kieran Foran (2011), Daly Cherry-Evans (2013), Jake Trbojevic (2016)

Representative Players

Below are the players to play representative football whilst in Manly colours. Notable Internationals to play for Manly, but not represent from the club, include New Zealand players Jock Butterfield, Trevor Kilkelly, Adrian Shelford and Tasesa Lavea, and Great Britain players Mal Reilly, Phil Lowe, Steve Norton, Andy Goodway, Kevin Ward and Welsh dual rugby international John Devereux.

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Australian Test Players 68 – Martin Bella, Johnny Bliss, Kerry Boustead, Les Boyd, Bill Bradstreet, Dave Brown, Ray Brown, Roy Bull, Peter Burke, Mark Carroll, Daly Cherry-Evans, Noel Cleal, Chris Close, Phil Daley, Bill Delamere, Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Daniel Gartner, Russel Gartner, Geoff Gerard, Johnny Gibbs, David Gillespie, Bill Hamilton, Les Hanigan, Des Hasler, Terry Hill, John Hopoate, Fred Jones, Ben Kennedy, Brent Kite, Nik Kosef, Max Krilich, Jack Lumsden, Jamie Lyon, Cliff Lyons, John McDonald, Paul McCabe, Steve Martin, Steve Menzies, Danny Moore, John Morgan, Rex Mossop, Wally O'Connell, Michael O'Connor, John O'Neill, Josh Perry, Terry Randall, John Ribot, Ray Ritchie, Ian Roberts, Kevin Schubert, Dale Shearer, Jack Sinclair, Frank Stanton, Brett Stewart, Glenn Stewart, Alan Thompson, Ian Thomson, Geoff Toovey, Jake Trbojevic, Paul Vautin, Mick Veivers, Bruce Walker, Dennis Ward, Anthony Watmough, David Williams, Tony Williams and Gordon Willoughby.
Australian Captains 2 – Max Krilich (1982–83) and Geoff Toovey (1996)
New Zealand Test Players 13 – Mark Broadhurst, Lewis Brown, Kieran Foran, Peta Hiku, Kevin Iro, Tony Iro, Steve Matai, Gene Ngamu, Matthew Ridge, Martin Taupau, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Dean Whare and Darrell Williams.
New Zealand Captains 2 – Matthew Ridge (1995) and Kieran Foran (2013)
Other Nations Test Players 18 – Nick Bradley-Qalilawa (Fiji), Addin Fonua-Blake (Tonga), Pita Godinet (Samoa), Solomon Haumono (Tonga), John Hopoate (Tonga), Craig Innes (Rest of the World), Brent Kite (Tonga), Apisai Koroisau (Fiji), Dunamis Lui (Samoa), Feleti Mateo (Tonga), Vic Mauro (Italy), Michael Robertson (Scotland), Jesse Sene-Lefao (Samoa), Jorge Taufua (Tonga), Akuila Uate (Fiji), Siosaia Vave (Tonga), Brayden Wiliame (Fiji), Matthew Wright (Samoa).
Tongan Captains 1 – Brent Kite (2013)
State Of Origin (NSW) 36 – Les Boyd, Ray Brown, Jamie Buhrer, Mark Carroll, Noel Cleal, Phil Daley, Graham Eadie, Geoff Gerard, David Gillespie, Craig Hancock, Des Hasler, Terry Hill, John Hopoate, William Hopoate, Ben Kennedy, Jason King, Brent Kite, Nik Kosef, Max Krilich, Jamie Lyon, Cliff Lyons, Steve Martin, Steve Menzies, Michael O'Connor, Ian Roberts, Jim Serdaris, Phil Sigsworth, Brett Stewart, Glenn Stewart, Alan Thompson, Geoff Toovey, Jake Trbojevic, Dylan Walker, Anthony Watmough, David Williams and Tony Williams.
NSW State of Origin Captains 2 – Max Krilich (1982–83) and Geoff Toovey (1997)
State Of Origin (QLD) 16 – Matt Ballin, Steven Bell, Martin Bella, Kerry Boustead, Dave Brown, Daly Cherry-Evans, Chris Close, Owen Cunningham, Paul McCabe, Danny Moore, Nate Myles, John Ribot, Dale Shearer, Neil Tierney, Paul Vautin and Bruce Walker.
Qld State of Origin Captains 1 – Paul Vautin (1988, 1990)
State Of Residence (NSW) 35 – Johnny Bliss, Les Boyd, Bill Bradstreet, Ray Branighan, John Bucknall, Peter Burke, Roy Bull, Gary Collins, Bill Delamere, Lindsay Drake, Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Russel Gartner, Johnny Gibbs, Bill Hamilton, Les Hanigan, George Hunter, Fred Jones, Steve Martin, John McDonald, John Morgan, Rex Mossop, Wally O'Connell, Terry Randall, Ray Ritchie, Kevin Schubert, Jack Sinclair, Frank Stanton, Alec Tennant, Allan Thomson, Ian Thomson, Mick Veivers, Dennis Ward, Gordon Willoughby, Ron Willey
Prime Minister's XIII 10 – Brett Stewart (2006), Matt Orford (2006), Michael Robertson (2009), David Williams (2009), Glenn Stewart (2009), George Rose (2009), Tony Williams (2010), Chris Bailey (2010), Brenton Lawrence (2014), Jake Trbojevic (2015, 2016)

Below are Manly players that have represented Australia at the schoolboys level. Players in bold went on to make their first grade debut for Manly Warringah.
Updated May 2017

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Australian Schoolboys 38 – Cheyse Blair, Phil Blake, Les Boyd, Mark Bryant, Michael Chee-Kam, Mal Cochrane, Cameron Cullen, Luke Dorn, Jack Elsegood, Kieran Foran, Liam Foran, Blake Green, Clint Gutherson, Jackson Hastings, Solomon Haumono, Daniel Heckenberg, William Hopoate, Brent Kite, Brenton Lawrence, Heath L'Estrange, Jamie Lyon, Feleti Mateo, Kevin McGuinness, Steve Menzies, Jamie Olejnik, Lloyd Perrett, Brendon Reeves, David Ronson, Ian Schubert, Paul Shaw, Curtis Sironen, Martin Taupau, Jake Trbojevic, Akuila Uate, Ben Walker, Dylan Walker, Frank Winterstein, Matthew Wright.

All-Time Greatest Teams

In recent times the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Football Club has recognised their players, past and present, with teams announced to reflect the best squads up to that point. The 2006 Dream Team selectors featured ex-Manly Warringah secretary Ken Arthurson (the Godfather of Manly), respected League writer Ian Heads, MWRLFC Chairman Kerry Sibraa and journalist Phil Rothfield.

Official Greatest Teams
1990 2006
Full Back Graham Eadie Graham Eadie
Winger Tom Mooney Ken Irvine
Winger Les Hanigan Michael O’Connor
Centre Michael O'Connor Ray Branighan
Centre Bob Fulton Bob Fulton
Five-Eighth Wally O’Connell Wally O’Connell
Halfback Des Hasler Geoff Toovey
Lock Forward Malcolm "Mal" Reilly Malcolm "Mal" Reilly
Second Row Terry Randall Terry Randall
Second Row Phil Lowe Steve Menzies
Front Row Roy Bull Roy Bull
Hooker Max Krilich Max Krilich
Front Row John O'Neill John O'Neill
Reserve Ian Martin Des Hasler
Reserve Alan Thompson Ben Kennedy
Reserve Steve Norton Cliff Lyons
Reserve John McDonald Paul Vautin
Coach - Frank Stanton
Team Manager - Ken Arthurson

Centenary Honours

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
ARL Team Of The Century Ken Irvine (Wing), Bob Fulton (Reserve)
ARL 100 Greatest Players Kerry Boustead, Roy Bull, Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Ken Irvine, John O'Neill
NSWRL Team Of The Century Ken Irvine (Wing), Bob Fulton (5/8), Roy Bull (Reserve)
Country Rugby League Team Of The Century Bob Fulton (5/8)
Illawarra Rugby League Team Of The Century Bob Fulton (5/8)
Indigenous Team Of The Century Dale Shearer (Wing), Cliff Lyons (Lock)
Secondary Schools Centenary Team Steve Menzies (2nd Row), Les Boyd (Front Row)

Premiership Honours

Premierships (8/62)

YearOpponentCompetitionScoreVenueAttendance
1972 Eastern Suburbs RoostersNSWRFL19–14Sydney Cricket Ground54,537
1973 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNSWRFL10–7Sydney Cricket Ground52,044
1976 Parramatta EelsNSWRFL13–10Sydney Cricket Ground57,343
1978 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNSWRFL16–0Sydney Cricket Ground33,552*
1987 Canberra RaidersNSWRL18–8Sydney Cricket Ground50,201
1996 St George DragonsARL20–8Sydney Football Stadium40,985
2008 Melbourne StormNRL40–0**ANZ Stadium80,388
2011 New Zealand WarriorsNRL24–10ANZ Stadium81,988

* This donates the Grand Final replay. The original match was drawn 11-all and attracted 51,510 to the SCG.
** The 40–0 win over Melbourne in 2008 is the league record winning margin in a Grand Final.

Runners-up (11/62)

YearOpponentCompetitionScoreVenueAttendance
1951 South Sydney RabbitohsNSWRFL14–42Sydney Sports Ground28,505
1957 St George DragonsNSWRFL9–31Sydney Cricket Ground54,399
1959 St George DragonsNSWRFL0–20Sydney Cricket Ground49,457
1968 South Sydney RabbitohsNSWRFL9–13Sydney Cricket Ground54,255
1970 South Sydney RabbitohsNSWRFL12–23Sydney Cricket Ground53,241
1982 Parramatta EelsNSWRFL8–21Sydney Cricket Ground52,186
1983 Parramatta EelsNSWRFL6–18Sydney Cricket Ground40,285
1995 Sydney BulldogsARL4–17Sydney Football Stadium41,127
1997 Newcastle KnightsARL16–22Sydney Football Stadium42,482
2007 Melbourne Storm*NRL8–34ANZ Stadium81,392
2013 Sydney RoostersNRL18–26ANZ Stadium81,491

* Melbourne Storm were stripped of their 2007 premiership win in 2010 following major salary cap breaches by the club. The NRL lists no premiers for the season.

Minor Premierships (9/62)

YearCompetitionWinsDrawsLosesPFPA
1971NSWRFL1903528260
1972NSWRFL1813460255
1973NSWRFL1714500226
1976NSWRFL1606499252
1983NSWRFL2204690361
1987NSWRL1805553356
1995ARL2002687248
1996ARL1804549191
1997ARL1505521366

World Club Challenges (1/3)

YearOpponentResultScoreVenueAttendance
1987 WiganLoss2–8Central Park36,895
2009 Leeds RhinosWin28–20Elland Road32,569
2012 Leeds RhinosLoss12–26Headingley Carnegie Stadium21,062

* All games played in England

Wooden Spoons (0/62)

The Sea Eagles have never finished last in a season. They are the only pre-1982 club to have never finished with the wooden spoon.

Finals (43/62)

The Sea Eagles qualified for the NSWRL/ARL/NRL finals in the following years.
1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017.

Premiership Teams

1972

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Graham Eadie
2 Australia WG Ken Irvine
3 Australia CE Ray Branighan
4 Australia CE Bob Fulton
5 Australia WG Max Brown
6 Australia FE Ian Martin
7 Australia HB Dennis Ward
8 England LK Mal Reilly
9 Australia SR Terry Randall
No. Position Player
10 Australia SR Allan Thomson
11 Australia PR John O'Neill
12 Australia HK Fred Jones (c)
13 Australia PR Bill Hamilton
CO Australia CO Ron Willey

1973

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Graham Eadie
2 Australia WG Ken Irvine
3 Australia CE Ray Branighan
4 Australia CE Bob Fulton
5 Australia WG Max Brown
6 Australia FE Ian Martin
7 Australia HB John Mayes
8 England LK Mal Reilly
9 Australia SR Terry Randall
No. Position Player
10 Australia SR Peter Peters
11 Australia PR John O'Neill
12 Australia HK Fred Jones (c)
13 Australia PR Bill Hamilton
14 Australia RE John Bucknall
CO Australia CO Ron Willey

1976

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Graham Eadie
2 Australia WG Tom Mooney
3 Australia CE Russel Gartner
4 Australia CE Bob Fulton (c)
5 Australia WG Rod Jackson
6 Australia FE Alan Thompson
7 England HB Gary Stephens
8 Australia LK Ian Martin
9 England SR Phil Lowe
No. Position Player
10 England SR Steve Norton
11 Australia PR Terry Randall
12 Australia HK Max Krilich
13 Australia PR John Harvey
14 Australia RE Gary Thoroughgood
17 Australia RE Mark Willoughby
CO Australia CO Frank Stanton

1978

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Graham Eadie
2 Australia WG Tom Mooney
3 Australia CE Stephen Knight
4 Australia CE Russel Gartner
5 Australia WG Simon Booth
6 Australia FE Alan Thompson
7 Australia HB Steve Martin
8 Australia LK Ian Martin
9 Australia SR Terry Randall (vc)
No. Position Player
10 Australia SR Bruce Walker
11 Australia PR John Harvey
12 Australia HK Max Krilich (c)
13 Australia PR Ian Thomson
14 Australia RE Wayne Springall
16 Australia RE Ray Branighan
CO Australia CO Frank Stanton

1987

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Dale Shearer
2 Australia WG David Ronson
3 New Zealand CE Darrell Williams
4 Australia CE Michael O'Connor
5 Australia WG Stuart Davis
6 Australia FE Cliff Lyons
7 Australia HB Des Hasler
8 Australia LK Paul Vautin (c)
9 Australia SR Noel Cleal (vc)
No. Position Player
10 Australia SR Ron Gibbs
11 England PR Kevin Ward
12 Australia HK Mal Cochrane
13 Australia PR Phil Daley
20 Australia RE Paul Shaw
24 Australia RE Mark Pocock
CO Australia CO Bob Fulton

1996

No. Position Player
1 New Zealand FB Matthew Ridge (vc)
2 Australia WG Danny Moore
3 New Zealand CE Craig Innes
4 Australia CE Terry Hill
5 Australia WG John Hopoate
13 Australia FE Nik Kosef
7 Australia HB Geoff Toovey (c)
17 Australia PR David Gillespie
9 Australia HK Jim Serdaris
No. Position Player
10 Australia PR Mark Carroll
11 Australia SR Steve Menzies
12 Australia SR Daniel Gartner
8 Australia LK Owen Cunningham
6 Australia RE Cliff Lyons
14 Australia RE Neil Tierney
16 Australia RE Des Hasler
19 Australia RE Craig Hancock
CO Australia CO Bob Fulton

2008

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Brett Stewart
2 Australia WG Michael Robertson
3 Australia CE Steven Bell
4 New Zealand CE Steve Matai
5 Australia WG David Williams
6 Australia FE Jamie Lyon (vc)
7 Australia HB Matt Orford (c)
8 Australia PR Brent Kite
9 Australia HK Matt Ballin
No. Position Player
10 Australia PR Josh Perry
11 Australia SR Anthony Watmough
12 Australia SR Glenn Hall
13 Australia LK Glenn Stewart
14 Australia RE Heath L'Estrange
15 Australia RE Mark Bryant
16 Australia RE Jason King
17 Australia RE Steve Menzies
CO Australia CO Des Hasler

2011

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Brett Stewart (vc)
2 Australia WG Michael Robertson
3 Australia CE Jamie Lyon (c)
4 New Zealand CE Steve Matai
5 Australia WG William Hopoate
6 New Zealand FE Kieran Foran
7 Australia HB Daly Cherry-Evans
8 New Zealand PR Joe Galuvao
9 Australia HK Matt Ballin
No. Position Player
10 Australia PR Brent Kite
11 Australia SR Anthony Watmough
12 Australia SR Tony Williams
13 Australia LK Glenn Stewart
14 Australia RE Shane Rodney
15 Australia RE Jamie Buhrer
16 Australia RE Vic Mauro
17 Australia RE George Rose
CO Australia CO Des Hasler

World Club Champions

2009

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Brett Stewart
2 Australia WG Michael Robertson
3 Australia CE Jamie Lyon
4 New Zealand CE Steve Matai
5 Australia WG David Williams
6 Australia FE Chris Bailey
7 Australia HB Matt Orford (c)
8 Australia PR Jason King
9 Australia HK Matt Ballin
No. Position Player
10 Australia PR Josh Perry
11 Australia SR Anthony Watmough
12 Australia SR Glenn Hall
13 Australia LK Glenn Stewart
14 Australia RE Heath L'Estrange
15 Australia RE Adam Cuthbertson
16 Australia RE George Rose
18 Australia RE Shane Rodney
CO Australia CO Des Hasler

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