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.
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Player of the Year | Cliff Lyons (1990, 1994), Matt Orford (2008), Tom Trbojevic (2021) | |||||||||
| Silver Dally M | Ian Roberts (1993), Cliff Lyons (1995) | |||||||||
| Best Fullback | Graham Eadie (1983), Matthew Ridge (1995), Tom Trbojevic (2021) | |||||||||
| Best Winger | John Ribot (1982), Kerry Boustead (1983), Reuben Garrick (2021) | |||||||||
| 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), Reuben Garrick (2021) | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||
| Rugby League Players Association | ||||||||||
| Players’ Player | Ben Kennedy (2006), Tom Trbojevic (2021) | |||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
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
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||||||
| Year | Opponent | Competition | Score | Venue | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL | 19–14 | 54,537 | ||||
| NSWRFL | 10–7 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 52,044 | |||
| NSWRFL | 13–10 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 57,343 | |||
| NSWRFL | 16–0 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 33,552* | |||
| NSWRL | 18–8 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 50,201 | |||
| ARL | 20–8 | 40,985 | ||||
| NRL | 40–0** | 80,388 | ||||
| NRL | 24–10 | ANZ Stadium | 81,988 |
| Year | Opponent | Competition | Score | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL | 14–42 | 28,505 | |||
| NSWRFL | 9–31 | 54,399 | |||
| NSWRFL | 0–20 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 49,457 | ||
| NSWRFL | 9–13 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 54,255 | ||
| NSWRFL | 12–23 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 53,241 | ||
| NSWRFL | 8–21 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 52,186 | ||
| NSWRFL | 6–18 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 40,285 | ||
| ARL | 4–17 | 41,127 | |||
| ARL | 16–22 | Sydney Football Stadium | 42,482 | ||
| 2007 | Melbourne Storm* | NRL | 8–34 | 81,392 | |
| 2013 | NRL | 18–26 | 81,491 | ||
| Year | Competition | Wins | Draws | Losses | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 528 | 260 | ||
| NSWRFL | 18 | 1 | 3 | 460 | 255 | ||
| NSWRFL | 17 | 1 | 4 | 500 | 226 | ||
| NSWRFL | 16 | 0 | 6 | 499 | 252 | ||
| NSWRFL | 22 | 0 | 4 | 690 | 361 | ||
| NSWRL | 18 | 0 | 5 | 553 | 356 | ||
| ARL | 20 | 0 | 2 | 687 | 248 | ||
| ARL | 18 | 0 | 4 | 549 | 191 | ||
| ARL | 15 | 0 | 5 | 521 | 366 |
| Year | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2–8 | 36,895 | ||||
| Win | 28–20 | 32,569 | ||||
| Loss | 12–26 | 21,062 |
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.
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.
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