2020 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season explained

Year:2020
League:NRL
League Rank:13
League Wins:7
League Draws:0
League Losses:13
Points For:375
Points Against:509
Ceo Title:CEO
Ceo: Stephen Humphreys
Coach: Des Hasler
Assistant Coach: John Cartwright
Captain:Daly Cherry-Evans
Avg Attendance:3,414 (Not including home matches away from Brookvale)
High Attendance:10,315 (vs MEL, round 1, Not including home matches away from Brookvale)
Top Tries: Jorge Taufua (7)
Top Goals: Reuben Garrick (41)
Top Points: Reuben Garrick (98)
Prev Season:2019
Next Season:2021
Team Colour:Maroon
Font Colour:White

The 2020 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 71st in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947. After twenty rounds, the team finished 13th on the NRL Ladder.

COVID-19 Pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NRL matches were halted after the second round. The Sea Eagles were originally meant to play the New Zealand Warriors and Canberra Raiders in Rounds Three and Four, but the NRL announced an updated draw for those rounds on 15 May that gave the Sea Eagles fixtures against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels in those rounds.[1]

The Sea Eagles played home games at Central Coast Stadium until the end of round seven where they then returned back to Brookvale.[2]

Signings/Transfers

Gains

Player2019 Club2020 ClubRef
data-sort-value="Levi, Danny" Danny Levi Newcastle Knights Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles[3]
data-sort-value="Harper, Morgan" Morgan Harper Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles[4]

Losses

Player2019 Club2020 ClubRef
data-sort-value="Elgey, Kane" Kane Elgey Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesRetirement[5]
data-sort-value="Hodkinson, Trent" Trent Hodkinson Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesRetirement[6]
data-sort-value="Koroisau, Apisai" Apisai Koroisau Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Penrith Panthers[7]
data-sort-value="Perrett, Lloyd" Lloyd Perrett Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesWynnum-Manly Seagulls (Intrust Super Cup)[8]
data-sort-value="Tanginoa, Kelepi" Kelepi Tanginoa Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Super League: Wakefield Trinity[9]

Ladder

Ladder progression

Fixtures

Regular season

Player statistics

Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.

Player Games (sub) Tries Goals FG Points
2 (5)
Daly Cherry-Evans (c) 20 6 12 1 49
4 (16) 1 4
8 (2) 3 12
14 (1) 3 12
14 (1) 3 12
12 5 20
17 4 41 98
3 (10) 6 24
4 3 12
4 (1)
2 (17)
20 2 8
2 (1) 2 8
1 (4) 1 4
19 4 16
5 (13) 3 12
1
18 3 12
13 2 8
14 7 28
16 (2) 2 8
14 2 8
Jake Trbojevic (vc) 20 2 8
7 4 16
5 (8) 1 8
7 1 4
TOTAL 20 67 53 1 375

References

  1. Web site: Draw. National Rugby League. en. 2020-05-19.
  2. Web site: NRL announce venues for matches. 2020-05-19. National Rugby League. en. 2020-05-19.
  3. Web site: Danny Levi joins Manly Sea Eagles from Newcastle Knights. www.sportingnews.com. en-au. 2020-04-05.
  4. Web site: Manly Sea Eagles sign Morgan Harper, release Sam Smith. Sporting News. en-au. 2021-09-15.
  5. Web site: NRL 2019: Manly Sea Eagles Kane Elgey retires from rugby league. 2019-09-24. Fox Sports. en-AU. 2020-04-05.
  6. Web site: Hodkinson retires: Injuries force Manly half to hang up boots. 2019-09-06. National Rugby League. en. 2020-04-05.
  7. Web site: Koroisau signs with Panthers on three-year deal. 2019-08-30. National Rugby League. en. 2020-04-05.
  8. Web site: New Recruit: Lloyd Perrett – Wynnum Manly Seagulls. en-AU. 2020-04-05.
  9. Web site: Kelepi Tanginoa signs with English Super League club Wakefield Trinity. www.sportingnews.com. en-au. 2020-04-05.