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2017 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

Rugby league team season

2017 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
NRL Rank	6th
Play-off result	Elimination Finals
2017 record	Wins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scored	For: 396; against: 309
Team information
Coach	Trent Barrett
Assistant coach	John Cartwright
Captains	Daly Cherry-Evans Jake Trbojevic (vice-captain)
Stadium	Lottoland
Avg. attendance	13,640
High attendance	44,127 (vsBrisbane Broncos, round 10)
Top scorers
Tries	Akila Uate 14
Goals	Mathew Wright 31 Goals
Points	Dylan Walker 104 points
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 68th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiershipin1947.

The 2017 Sea Eagles was coached by former Australian international Trent Barrett. With the retirement of long time captain Jamie Lyon, the team captain was Daly Cherry-Evans with Jake Trbojevic named as vice-captain. The club competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership and played its home games at the 23,000 capacity Brookvale Oval, which for the first time was known as Lottoland due to a sponsorship agreement.

Squad list[edit]

2017 signings/transfers[edit]

Note: The "Out" column is from the players who were with the team as of the end of the 2016 NRL season. Players who left the club before the end of the season (e.g. Tom Symonds) are not included.

Gains

• Cameron Cullen from Gold Coast Titans
• Blake Green from Melbourne Storm
• Jackson Hastings from Sydney Roosters
• Brian Kelly from Gold Coast Titans
• Jarrad Kennedy from Canberra Raiders
• Shaun Lane from New Zealand Warriors
• Lloyd Perrett from Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
• Peter Schuster from rugby union
• Curtis Sironen from Wests Tigers
• Kelepi Tanginoa from Parramatta Eels
• Akuila Uate from Newcastle Knights
• Jonathan Wright from New Zealand Warriors

Out

• Jamie Buhrer to Newcastle Knights
• Nathan Green to released
• Liam Knight to Sydney Roosters
• Blake Leary to North Queensland Cowboys
• Jamie Lyon to retired
• Steve Matai to retired*
• Nate Myles to Melbourne Storm*
• Matt Parcell to Leeds Rhinos
• Josh Starling to Newcastle Knights
• Brett Stewart to retired*
• Siosaia Vave to Parramatta Eels
• Brayden Wiliame to Catalans Dragons

* Seeking medical retirement as of 10 February 2017.^[1]
* Nate Myles released on 8 June

Kit[edit]

Milestones[edit]

• Round 1: Brian Kelly made his first grade debut^[2]

Ladder[edit]

2017 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	20	0	4	2	633	336	+297	44
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	2	500	428	+72	38
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	16	0	8	2	597	433	+164	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	2	496	457	+39	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	0	9	2	476	407	+69	34
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	2	552	512	+40	32
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	0	11	2	504	459	+45	30
8	North Queensland Cowboys	24	13	0	11	2	467	443	+24	30
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	533	450	+83	28
10	Canberra Raiders	24	11	0	13	2	558	497	+61	26
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	2	360	455	−95	24
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	9	0	15	2	464	564	−100	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	7	0	17	2	444	575	−131	18
14	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	413	571	−158	18
15	Gold Coast Titans	24	7	0	17	2	448	638	−190	18
16	Newcastle Knights	24	5	0	19	2	428	648	−220	14

NRL Auckland Nines[edit]

Piha Pool

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Parramatta Eels	3	3	0	0	66	23	+43	6
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	3	2	0	1	50	48	+2	4
St George Illawarra Dragons	3	1	0	2	45	65	−20	2
New Zealand Warriors	3	0	0	3	21	46	−25	0

4 February 2017	New Zealand Warriors	11 – 15	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Auckland, New Zealand
15:15 AEDST	11		15	Stadium: Eden Park

4 February 2017	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20 – 23	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Auckland, New Zealand
14:45 AEDST	20		23	Stadium: Eden Park

5 February 2017	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	12 – 17	Parramatta Eels	Auckland, New Zealand
09:25 AEDST	12		17	Stadium: Eden Park

Quarter Final

5 February 2017	Penrith Panthers	16 – 12 (Golden Try)	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Auckland, New Zealand
11:55 AEDST	Bonus Point Tries: Waqa Blake, Sione Katoa Tries: Tyrone May Conversions: Corey Harawira-Naera (1/2)	Report	Bonus Point Tries: Brian Kelly, Dylan Walker Tries: Conversions: Cameron Cullen (1/2)	Stadium: Eden Park

Trial Games[edit]

Saturday 11 February	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	22 – 16	South Sydney	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney
8:00pm (AEDT)	Tries: Jarrad Kennedy, Jonathan Wright, Dylan Walker, Peter Schuster Goals: Dylan Walker (3/5)	[3]	Tries: Sitiveni Moceidreke, Siosifa Talakai, Ed Murphy Goals: Levido, Doueihi	Attendance: 2,465 Referee: NA Player of the Match: NA

Saturday 18 February	Sydney Roosters	22 – 24	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
6:30pm (AEST)	Tries: Daniel Tupou (2), Blake Ferguson, Latrell Mitchell Goals: Michael Gordon (3/4)	[4]	Tries: Tom Trbojevic, Curtis Sironen, Frank Winterstein, Dylan Walker Goals: Dylan Walker (4/4)	Attendance: NA Referee: NA Player of the Match: NA

Fixtures[edit]

2017 NRL draw - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.^[5]

Regular season[edit]

Sunday 5 March	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	12 – 20	Parramatta Eels	Lottoland, Sydney
4:00pm (AEDT)	Tries: Brian Kelly, Blake Green Goals: Dylan Walker (2/2)	[6]	Tries: Corey Norman, Bevan French, Clinton Gutherson Goals: Clinton Gutherson (4/5)	Attendance: 11,318[7] Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris Butler Player of the Match: Corey Norman

Saturday 11 March	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18 – 38	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Lottoland, Sydney
5:30pm (AEDT)	Tries: Akuila Uate, Brian Kelly, Tom Trbojevic, Daly Cherry-Evans Goals: Dylan Walker (1/4)	[8]	Tries: Alex Johnston (2), Robert Jennings, Cody Walker, John Sutton, Robbie Farah Goals: Adam Reynolds (7/7)	Attendance: 10,183[9] Referee: Gavin Badger, Jon Stone Player of the Match: Cody Walker

Saturday 18 March	North Queensland Cowboys	8 – 30	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
8:00pm (AEDT)	Tries: Jake Granville Goals: Johnathan Thurston (2/2)	[10]	Tries: Jorge Taufua, Tom Trbojevic, Brenton Lawrence, Jackson Hastings Goals: Dylan Walker (7/7)	Attendance: 14,763 Referee: Henry Perenara, Peter Gough Player of the Match: Brenton Lawrence

Saturday 25 March	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	36 – 0	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Lottoland, Sydney
4:30pm (AEDT)	Tries: Brian Kelly (2), Dylan Walker, Curtis Sironen, Tom Trbojevic, Api Koroisau, Akuila Uate Goals: Dylan Walker (4/7)	[11]	Tries: Goals:	Attendance: 9,610 Referee: Gavin Badger, Jon Stone Player of the Match: Daly Cherry-Evans

Friday 31 March	Sydney Roosters	12 – 18	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
6:00pm (AEDT)	Tries: Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Mitchell Pearce Goals: Michael Gordon (2/3)	[12]	Tries: Dylan Walker (2), Jorge Taufua Goals: Dylan Walker (3/4)	Attendance: 12,376 Referee: Ben Cummins, Chris Butler Player of the Match: Dylan Walker

Saturday 8 April	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10 – 35	St George Illawarra Dragons	Lottoland, Sydney
3:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Jorge Taufua (2) Goals: Dylan Walker (1/2)	[13]	Tries: Euan Aitken (2) Gareth Widdop (2), Jack de Belin, Kurt Mann Goals: Gareth Widdop (5/7) Field Goals: Gareth Widdop	Attendance: 11,654 Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris James Player of the Match: Gareth Widdop

Saturday 15 April	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	26 – 30	Melbourne Storm	Lottoland, Sydney
3:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Frank Winterstein, Jorge Taufua, Brian Kelly, Jake Trbojevic, Brenton Lawrence Goals: Dylan Walker (3/5)	[14]	Tries: Suliasi Vunivalu (2), Felise Kaufusi (2), Young Tonumaipea, Josh Addo-Carr Goals: Cameron Smith (3/6)	Attendance: 10,144 Referee: Ashley Klein, Chris Butler Player of the Match: Cameron Smith

Friday 21 April	Canberra Raiders	18 – 20 (gp)	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	GIO Stadium, Canberra
6:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Jarrod Croker, Josh Papalii, Jordan Rapana Goals: Jarrod Croker (3/4)	[15]	Tries: Jake Trbojevic, Dylan Walker, Tom Trbojevic Goals: Dylan Walker (4/6)	Attendance: 15,976 Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton Player of the Match: Martin Taupau

Friday 28 April	South Sydney Rabbitohs	8 – 46	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
6:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Hymel Hunt Goals: Adam Reynolds (2/2)	[16]	Tries: Akuila Uate (4), Brenton Lawrence, Curtis Sironen, Jorge Taufua, Jake Trbojevic, Blake Green Goals: Dylan Walker (3/6) Daly Cherry-Evans (0/1) Jackson Hastings (2/2)	Attendance: 10,594 Referee: Gavin Badger, Gavin Reynolds Player of the Match: Dylan Walker

Representative Round

Saturday 13 May	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	14 – 24	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
7:50pm (AEST)	Tries: Tom Trbojevic, Apisai Koroisau, Jorge Taufua Goals: Dylan Walker (0/1) Apisai Koroisau (1/2)	[17]	Tries: Corey Oates (2), Anthony Milford, Kodi Nikorima Goals: Jordan Kahu (4/4)	Attendance: 44,127 Referee: Ashley Klein, Jon Stone Player of the Match: Anthony Milford

Saturday 20 May	Gold Coast Titans	10 – 30	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
5:30pm (AEST)	Tries: Ash Taylor, Anthony Don Goals: Ash Taylor (1/2)	[18]	Tries: Dylan Walker (2), Akuila Uate, Apisai Koroisau, Jake Trbojevic Goals: Matthew Wright (5/5)	Attendance: 12,509[19] Referee: Matt Cecchin, Adam Gee Player of the Match: Jake Trbojevic

Bye

Sunday 4 June	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	21 – 20 (gp)	Canberra Raiders	Lottoland, Sydney
2:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Dylan Walker, Martin Taupau, Jorge Taufua, Daly Cherry-Evans Goals: Matthew Wright (2/4) Field Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (1)	[20]	Tries: Jordan Rapana (2), Blake Austin Goals: Jarrod Croker (4/4)	Attendance: 11,318 Referee: Gerard Sutton, Chris Butler Player of the Match: Daly Cherry-Evans

Friday 9 June	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18 – 14	Newcastle Knights	Lottoland, Sydney
6:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Akuila Uate (2), Curtis Sironen Goals: Matthew Wright (3/3)	[21]	Tries: Jaelen Feeney, Danny Levi Goals: Brock Lamb (3/3)	Attendance: 4,189 Referee: Ashley Klein, Jon Stone Player of the Match: Martin Taupau

Bye

Sunday 25 June	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	18 – 35	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney
4:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Luke Lewis, Sosaia Feki, Wade Graham Goals: James Maloney (3/3)	[22]	Tries: Curtis Sironen (2), Matthew Wright (2), Blake Green, Dylan Walker Goals: Matthew Wright (5/6) Field Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (1)	Attendance: 14,766[23] Referee: Ben Cummins, Chris Butler Player of the Match: Daly Cherry-Evans

Saturday 1 July	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	26 – 22	New Zealand Warriors	nib Stadium, Perth
3:30pm (AWST)	Tries: Tom Trbojevic (2), Brian Kelly, Akuila Uate, Dylan Walker Goals: Matthew Wright (3/5)	[24]	Tries: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (2), Bodene Thompson, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck Goals: Shaun Johnson (3/4)	Attendance: 6,258[25] Referee: Gavin Badger, Tim Roby Player of the Match: Daly Cherry-Evans

Saturday 8 July	Penrith Panthers	16 – 8	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Pepper Stadium, Sydney
5:30pm (AEST)	Tries: James Tamou, Dallin Watene Zelezniak Goals: Nathan Cleary (4/5)	[26]	Tries: Dylan Walker, Tom Trbojevic Goals: Dylan Walker (0/2)	Attendance: 14,625[27] Referee: Henry Perenara, Chris James Player of the Match: Dallin Watene Zelezniak

Sunday 16 July	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	28 – 16	Wests Tigers	Lottoland, Sydney
2:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Matthew Wright (2), Shaun Lane, Akuila Uate, Jake Trbojevic Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (4/5) Matthew Wright (0/1)	[28]	Tries: Joel Edwards, Esan Marsters, Luke Brooks Goals: Tuimoala Lolohea (2/3)	Attendance: 14,128[29] Referee: Gerard Sutton, Tim Roby Player of the Match: Tom Trbojevic

Sunday 23 July	St George Illawarra Dragons	52-22	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
2:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Euan Aitken (2), Jason Nightingale (2), Matthew Dufty, Jacob Host, Timoteo Lafai, Paul Vaughan, Gareth Widdop Goals: Gareth Widdop (8/9)	[30]	Tries: Darcy Lussick, Joey Lussick, Jake Trbojevic, Akuila Uate, Dylan Walker Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (2/2), Jackson Hastings (1/2)	Attendance: 16,883[31]

Sunday 30 July	Melbourne Storm	40-6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	AAMI Park, Melbourne
2:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Josh Addo-Carr, Kenneth Bromwich, Will Chambers, Cooper Cronk, Jahrome Hughes, Joe Stimson, Suliasi Vunivalu Goals: Cameron Smith (6/8)	[32]	Tries: Matthew Wright Goals: Matthew Wright (1/1)	Attendance: 15,036[33]

Sunday 8 August	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	36-18	Sydney Roosters	Lottoland, Sydney
2:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Tom Trbojevic (2), Lewis Brown, Daly Cherry-Evans, Brad Parker, Matthew Wright Goals: Matthew Wright (4/5), Daly Cherry-Evans (2/2)	[34]	Tries: Luke Keary, Latrell Mitchell, Daniel Tupou Goals: Latrell Mitchell (3/3)	Attendance: 14,564[35] Referee: Matt Cecchin, Grant Atkins

Sunday 13 August	Wests Tigers	30-26	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
4:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Tuimoala Lolohea, Kevin Naiqama, Sauaso Sue, Elijah Taylor, Malakai Watene-Zelezniak Goals: Tuimoala Lolohea (5/5)	[36]	Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans (2), Akuila Uate, Lloyd Perrett Goals: Matthew Wright (3/5)	Attendance: 12,208[37] Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris James

Sunday 20 August	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	30-16	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
4:00pm (AEST)	Tries: Marcelo Montoya (2), Brett Morris (2), Brenko Lee, Josh Morris Goals: Moses Mbye (3/6)	[38]	Tries: Lewis Brown, Brian Kelly, Jake Trbojevic Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (1/1), Matthew Wright (1/2)	Attendance: 8,912[39] Referee: Ben Cummins, Gavin Badger

Sunday 27 August	New Zealand Warriors	21-22 (gp)	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
4:00pm (NZST)	'Tries: David Fusitu'a, Blake Ayshford, Ken Maumalo Goals: Shaun Johnson (1/1), Isaac Luke (1/3), Shaun Johnson (FG)	[40]	Tries: Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic, Dylan Walker Goals: Matthew Wright, Daly Cherry-Evans (2FG)	Attendance: 9,167[41] Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris Sutton

Saturday 2 September	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	28-12	Penrith Panthers	Lottoland, Sydney
5:30pm (AEST)	Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans, Brian Kelly, Curtis Sironen, Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic Goals: Matthew Wright (4/5)	[42]	Tries: Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Tyrone May Goals: Nathan Cleary (2/2)	Attendance: 14,423[43] Referee: Matt Cecchin, Alan Shortall

* 13 May - Manly home game despite playing Brisbane Broncos in Brisbane. Match played as part of an NRL double header at Suncorp Stadium.
* 1 July - Manly home game played in Perth.

Finals[edit]

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand Final
	9 September – Melbourne
	1	Melbourne Storm	18
	4	Parramatta Eels	16			16 September – Sydney
						Parramatta Eels		16
	10 September – Sydney					North Queensland Cowboys		24				22 September – Melbourne
	5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14									Melbourne Storm		30
	8	North Queensland Cowboys	15									Brisbane Broncos		0			1 October – Sydney
																	Melbourne Storm		34
	9 September – Sydney											23 September – Sydney					North Queensland Cowboys		6
	6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10									Sydney Roosters		16
	7	Penrith Panthers	22			15 September – Brisbane						North Queensland Cowboys		29
						Brisbane Broncos		13
	8 September – Sydney					Penrith Panthers		6
	2	Sydney Roosters	24
	3	Brisbane Broncos	22

Saturday 9 September	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10-22	Penrith Panthers	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
	Tries: Lewis Brown, Dylan Walker Goals: Matthew Wright (1/2)	[44]	Tries: Bryce Cartwright (2), Tyrone Peachey Goals: Nathan Cleary (5/5)	Attendance: 15,408[45] Referee: Gerard Sutton, Adam Gee

Player statistics[edit]

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

Player	Games (sub)	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Billy Bainbridge	(2)
Lewis Brown	1 (14)
Daly Cherry-Evans (c)	17	2	4/6	2	18
Cameron Cullen	(3)
Addin Fonua-Blake	1 (16)
Blake Green	17	3			12
Pita Godinet
Jackson Hastings	(10)	1	2/2		8
Brian Kelly	17	6			24
Jarrad Kennedy	(1)
Apisai Koroisau	17	3	1/2		14
Shaun Lane	2 (1)	1			4
Brenton Lawrence	17	3			12
Darcy Lussick	1 (5)
Nate Myles	2 (8)
Brad Parker	(2)
Lloyd Perrett	(8)
Curtis Sironen	14	3			12
Jorge Taufua	13	8			32
Martin Taupau	15	1			4
Jake Trbojevic (vc)	16	5			20
Tom Trbojevic	15	8			32
Akuila Uate	16	11			44
Dylan Walker	17	9	28/46		92
Frank Winterstein	17	1			4
Matthew Wright	8	3	18/25		48
Jonathan Wright
TOTAL		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

• On 8 June, Manly released Nate Myles from the remainder of his contract. 5 days later he announced that he had signed with the Melbourne Storm.^[46]

Representative Players[edit]

International[edit]

• Australia – Jake Trbojevic
• Fiji – Apisai Koroisau, Akuila Uate*
• New Zealand – Martin Taupau
• Samoa – Pita Godinet
• Tonga – Addin Fonua-Blake

* Akuila Uate selected in Fiji squad for their game against Tonga, but did not play.

State of Origin[edit]

• New South Wales – Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic*
• Queensland – Nate Myles

* Tom Trbojevic named as 20th man for Games 2 and 3 of the State of Origin series.

City vs Country Origin[edit]

• City – Curtis Sironen
• Country – Brian Kelly

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Manly Warringah Sea Eagles official website
• National Rugby League official website