Manly Warringah Sea Eagles - Club Records

Year Entered Premiership: 1947-1999

Re-entered Premiership: 2003

First Match: April 12, 1947 – Lost 13-15 v Western Suburbs, Brookvale Oval

Premierships: 8 – 1972-73, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011

Runners-up: 10 – 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982-3, 1995, 1997, 2007 Minor Premierships: 9 – 1971-73, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1995-7

Home Ground: Brookvale Oval Capacity: 23,000

Most First Grade Games for the Club

309 Cliff Lyons 1986-99

280 Steve Menzies 1993-99, 2003-08

263 Alan Thompson 1973-84

255 Des Hasler 1984-93, 95-96

241 Fred Jones 1961-63, 65-75

Most Tries in a Match

5 Les Hanigan v Cronulla, Brookvale Oval – Rd 8, 1967. Manly won 39-5.

4 Steve Menzies v Wests, Brookvale Oval – Rd 19, 1999. Manly won 48-32.

4 Terry Hill v South Queensland, Brookvale Oval – Rd 15, 1997. Manly won 46-12.

4 John Hopoate v South Sydney, SFS – Rd 22, 1996. Manly won 48-10.

4 Steve Menzies v South Sydney, Brookvale Oval – Rd 1, 1996. Manly won 44-6.

4 Phil Blake v Canterbury, Brookvale Oval – Rd 3, 1983. Manly won 36-2.

4 Tom Mooney v Canterbury, Brookvale Oval – Rd 22, 1979. Manly won 23-11.

4 Russel Gartner v Newtown, Brookvale Oval – Rd 21, 1977. Manly won 50-2.

4 Tom Mooney v Penrith, Brookvale Oval – Rd 8, 1976. Manly won 27-14.

4 Johnny Mayes v Penrith, Penrith Park – Rd 19,1973. Manly won 70-7.

4 Bob Fulton v Balmain, Brookvale Oval – Rd 20, 1972. Manly won 37-15.

4 Ken Irvine v Penrith, Penrith Park – Rd 20, 1971. Manly won 43-22.

4 John McDonald v Parramatta, Brookvale Oval –Rd 4, 1970. Manly won 38-5.

4 Len Wadling v South Sydney, Brookvale Oval – Rd 5, 1962. Manly won 26-23.

4 Brian Allsop v Balmain, Leichhardt Oval – Rd 5, 1961. Manly won 33-11.

4 Ray Ritchie v Parramatta, Brookvale Oval – Rd 3, 1958. Manly won 41-14.

4 Ron Rowles v Canterbury, Brookvale Oval – Rd 14, 1954. Manly won 45-7.

4 Arthur Sullivan v Eastern Suburbs, Sports Ground – Rd 15, 1953. Manly lost 24-32

Most Tries in a Season

27 Phil Blake in 24 games, 1983

23 Kevin Junee in 21 games, 1974

22 Brett Stewart in 24 games, 2008

22 Terry Hill in 23 games, 1997

22 Steve Menzies in 25 games, 1995

Most Tries for the Club

151 Steve Menzies in 280 games

129 Bob Fulton in 213 games

113 Brett Stewart in 138 games

Most Points in a Season

257 Matthew Ridge in 23 games, 1995 (11T, 106G, 1FG)

242 Graham Eadie in 25 games, 1975 (14T, 100G)

234 Matthew Ridge in 23 games, 1994 (5T, 106G, 2FG)

Most Points in a Game

30 Matthew Ridge (2 tries, 11 goals) v Wests, Brookvale Oval – Rd 21, 1996. Manly won 42-12.

30 Ron Rowles (4 tries, 9 goals) v Canterbury, Brookvale Oval – Rd 14, 1954. Manly won 45-7.

28 Matt Orford (3 tries, 8 goals) v Sydney Roosters, Brookvale Oval – Rd 17, 2007. Manly won 56-0.

28 Matthew Ridge (3 tries, 8 goals) v Western Reds, Brookvale Oval – Rd 13, 1995. Manly won 44-24.

28 Graham Eadie (14 goals) v Penrith, Penrith Park – Rd 19, 1973. Manly won 70-7.

Most Points for the Club

1917 Graham Eadie in 237 games (71T, 847G, 3FG)

1156 Bob Batty in 198 games (40T, 502G, 19FG)

1093 Matthew Ridge in 122 games (32T, 477G, 11FG)

Biggest Winning Margins

63 70-7 v Penrith at Penrith Park, 29/07/73 (Rd 19)

61 61-0 v St George at Brookvale Oval, 03/07/94 (Rd 14)

58 66-8 v Wests at Brookvale Oval, 26/03/94 (Rd 3)

Longest Winning Streaks

15 (Round 1, 1995 – Round 15, 1995)

12 (Round 9, 1987 –Round 21, 1987)

12 (Round 21, 1996 – Round 7, 1997)

Longest Home Win Streaks

Brookvale Oval: 16 Matches 13/8/95 – 20/4/97

Australian Internationals: 69

Johnny Bliss, Martin Bella, Kerry Boustead, Les Boyd, Bill Bradstreet, Ray Branighan, 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, Paul Vautin, Mick Veivers, Bruce Walker, Dennis Ward, Anthony Watmough, David Williams, Tony Williams, Gordon Willoughby, Nick Yakich

Australia Test Captains: 2 – Max Krilich 1982-83, Geoff Toovey ’96

Clive Churchill Medal: 4 – Cliff Lyons ’87, Geoff Toovey ’96, Brent Kite ’08, Glenn Stewart ’11

Dally M Medal: 3 – Cliff Lyons 1990, ’94, Matt Orford ’08

Rothmans Medal: 2 – GrahamEadie ’74, Mal Cochrane ’86