Pre-season training is officially under way at Manly Warringah Sea Eagles as preparations begin for the 2026 season.
Among the first group reporting for duty are four players who have graduated to the club’s top 30 for the first time, including Onitoni Large, Navren Willett, Zaidas Muagututia and Simi Laiafi.
Laiafi and Muagututia were on supplementary list contracts in 2025, while Willett and Large were on train and trial deals.
Joey Walsh, who was in the top 30 last season and went on to make his NRL debut in Round 27, is also on deck for Week 1 of pre-season.
Three forwards, a returning local junior, and a Fiji international make up the Sea Eagles Supplementary List in 2026.
Supplementary List
Jackson Shereb joins the Sea Eagles from Queensland Cup team the Norths Devils after helping his team to the Grand Final in 2025.
The 23-year-old edge forward came through St George Illawarra’s pathways teams, playing 47 NSW Cup games over four seasons for the Dragons before joining Norths Devils.
Paul Bryan joins Manly from the Newcastle Knights where he played 26 games over the past two seasons in the NSW Cup.
A 22-year-old middle forward from Mackay, Bryan represented Queensland Under 19s in 2022 before moving to the Hunter. A tough and hard-working forward, he made his NRL debut against the Panthers in Round 12 2025.
Josh Feledy returns to the Club five years after winning the premiership with Manly in Harold Matthews Cup in 2021.
The Beacon Hill Bears junior was captain of that unbeaten team which featured Lehi Hopoate at fullback.
The powerfully built 21-year-old centre has spent most of his time over the past three seasons in the lower grades at the Wests Tigers, making his NRL debut against Manly at 4 Pines Park in the final round in 2023.
D'Jazirhae Pua'avase played 21 games in the NSW Cup in his first season with the Sea Eagles in 2025.
A 22-year-old prop from New Zealand, Pua'avase was recruited by North Queensland Cowboys, playing a few seasons in the Queensland Cup before heading to the Northern Beaches. D'Jazirhae, aka ‘Mia’, is yet to make his NRL debut.
Brandon Wakeham is a talented half who joined the Sea Eagles from the Wests Tigers in 2024 and one of only two players who played in all 24 of Manly’s games in the NSW Cup last season.
Although yet to play his first NRL game for the Sea Eagles, Brandon has 40 NRL games under his belt after spending four seasons with Canterbury, before the one season at the Tigers.
Train & Trial
About half of the group at Week 1 pre-season training are on train and trial contracts with most of them forwards.
Most of this year’s train and trial players have spent time in Manly’s pathways system, except for Andes Johannsen who joins the Sea Eagles from Parramatta Eels.
An 18-year-old centre, Johannsen, this year gained selection for City Under 18s and helped his team to the grand final in the SG Ball Cup.
Also on deck for Week 1 of pre-season is 24-year-old prop, Viliame Fifita, who returns to the club after spending three seasons with St George Illawarra Dragons.
Fifita played a few games for Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in 2022 before making his NRL debut at the Dragons in 2024.
Train & Trial players: Hugo Hart, Viliami Fifita, Will Cannavo, Tyler Melrose, Andes Johannson, Ashton Large, Khyanu Mahon.
