One of rugby league’s greatest try scoring combinations in Cliff Lyons and Steve Menzies will take to the field together again on Thursday night.
Lyons and Menzies etched their names into rugby league folklore with their lethal combination tormenting opponents during their wonderful careers at Manly.
A magical ball player, Lyons had the uncanny ability to put Menzies through a hole to score. Menzies scored 151 tries for Manly with many of them coming off the gifted Lyons.
The Manly legends will be presented to the crowd before kick-off on Thursday night as part of the Club’s season-long 80th anniversary celebrations.
At every home game in 2026, the Sea Eagles will pay tribute to some of the players who have helped build the Club into what it is today.
Lyons played a then record 309 games for the Sea Eagles from 1986-1999, winning a premiership in 1987 where he was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal.
Lyons and Menzies then combined to win a premiership together at Manly in 1996.
Menzies played an incredible 280 first grade games for Manly from 1993-1999 and 2003-2008. He finished his illustrious career with a famous try in the Sea Eagles’ historic 40-0 grand final victory over the Melbourne Storm in 2008.
In 2022, the Sea Eagles officially honoured the pair by renaming the southern stand at 4 Pines Park the Lyons-Menzies Stand following the completion of The Bob Fulton Stand.
If you’re at 4 Pines Park on Thursday night be sure to give Cliffy and Beaver a huge Manly cheer just prior to kick-off.
