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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Indigenous Rugby League Team of the Century | Dale Shearer (Wing), Cliff Lyons (Lock), Mal Cockrane (Hooker) | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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.
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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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)
| Year | Opponent | Competition | Score | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 |  | NSWRFL | 19–14 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 54,537 |
| 1973 |  | NSWRFL | 10–7 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 52,044 |
| 1976 |  | NSWRFL | 13–10 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 57,343 |
| 1978 | | NSWRFL | 16–0 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 33,552* |
| 1987 |  | NSWRL | 18–8 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 50,201 |
| 1996 |  | ARL | 20–8 | Sydney Football Stadium | 40,985 |
| 2008 |  | NRL | 40–0** | ANZ Stadium | 80,388 |
| 2011 |  | NRL | 24–10 | ANZ Stadium | 81,988 |
* This denotes 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)
| Year | Opponent | Competition | Score | Venue | Attendance |
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| 1951 |  | NSWRFL | 14–42 | Sydney Sports Ground | 28,505 |
| 1957 | | NSWRFL | 9–31 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 54,399 |
| 1959 | | NSWRFL | 0–20 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 49,457 |
| 1968 | | NSWRFL | 9–13 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 54,255 |
| 1970 | | NSWRFL | 12–23 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 53,241 |
| 1982 | | NSWRFL | 8–21 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 52,186 |
| 1983 | | NSWRFL | 6–18 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 40,285 |
| 1995 |  | ARL | 4–17 | Sydney Football Stadium | 41,127 |
| 1997 |  | ARL | 16–22 | Sydney Football Stadium | 42,482 |
| 2007 | | NRL | 8–34 | ANZ Stadium | 81,392 |
| 2013 | | NRL | 18–26 | ANZ Stadium | 81,491 |
* 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)
| Year | Competition | Wins | Draws | Losses | PF | PA |
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| 1971 | NSWRFL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 528 | 260 |
| 1972 | NSWRFL | 18 | 1 | 3 | 460 | 255 |
| 1973 | NSWRFL | 17 | 1 | 4 | 500 | 226 |
| 1976 | NSWRFL | 16 | 0 | 6 | 499 | 252 |
| 1983 | NSWRFL | 22 | 0 | 4 | 690 | 361 |
| 1987 | NSWRL | 18 | 0 | 5 | 553 | 356 |
| 1995 | ARL | 20 | 0 | 2 | 687 | 248 |
| 1996 | ARL | 18 | 0 | 4 | 549 | 191 |
| 1997 | ARL | 15 | 0 | 5 | 521 | 366 |
World Club Challenges (1/3)
| Year | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  | Loss | 2–8 | Central Park | 36,895 |
| 2009 |  | Win | 28–20 | Elland Road | 32,569 |
| 2012 | | Loss | 12–26 | Headingley Carnegie Stadium | 21,062 |
* 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, 2017 and 2019.
Premiership Teams
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World Club Champions
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References
External links
- "Manly-Warringah Football Club - Annual Reports 2006-2015". Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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