2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season

The 2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 67th in the club's history. The year also represented the 70th anniversary of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.

2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season
NRL Rank13th
2016 recordWins: 8; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 454; against: 563
Team information
CEOAustralia Joe Kelly
CoachAustralia Trent Barrett
Assistant coachAustralia John Cartwright
Captain
StadiumBrookvale Oval
Avg. attendance10,974
Top scorers
TriesJorge Taufua (12)
PointsJamie Lyon (116)
← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Sea Eagles will be coached by rookie coach, former Australian international Trent Barrett. The team captain is Jamie Lyon with Brett Stewart and Daly Cherry-Evans named as vice-captains. The club will compete in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership.

Squad list

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Signings/transfers

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Gains

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Losses

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Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 563 302 +261 42
2   Canberra Raiders 24 17 1 6 2 688 456 +232 39
3   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) 24 17 1 6 2 580 404 +176 39
4   North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 2 584 355 +229 34
5   Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 554 434 +120 34
6   Penrith Panthers 24 14 0 10 2 563 463 +100 32
7   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 506 448 +58 32
8   Gold Coast Titans 24 11 1 12 2 508 497 +11 27
9   Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 499 607 −108 26
10   New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 513 601 −88 24
11   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 0 14 2 341 538 −197 24
12   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 473 549 −76 22
13   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 8 0 16 2 454 563 −109 20
14   Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 2 298 324 −26 181
15   Sydney Roosters 24 6 0 18 2 443 576 −133 16
16   Newcastle Knights 24 1 1 22 2 305 800 −495 7

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

Fixtures

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2016 NRL draw - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[4]

Regular season

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Friday 4 March Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   6 – 28   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Brookvale Oval, Sydney
8:05pm (AEDT)
Tries:
Jorge Taufua
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (1/1)
[5]
Tries:
Sam Perrett, Will Hopoate, Sam Kasiano, Josh Morris, Curtis Rona
Goals:
Moses Mbye (4/6)

Attendance: 16,512
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Matt Noyen
Player of the Match: James Graham  

Monday 14 March Wests Tigers   36 – 22   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
7:35pm (AEDT)
Tries:
James Tedesco (3), David Nofoaluma (2), Kevin Naiqama, Jordan Rankin
Goals:
Mitchell Moses (4/8)
[6]
Tries:
Lewis Brown, Dylan Walker, Jorge Taufua, Martin Taupau
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (3/5)

Attendance: 11,269
Referee: Henry Perenara, Chris James
Player of the Match: James Tedesco  

Monday 21 March Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   22 – 12   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Brookvale Oval, Sydney
7:35pm (AEDT)
Tries:
Matt Parcell, Brett Stewart, Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (3/4)
[7]
Tries:
Luke Lewis, Valentine Holmes
Goals:
James Maloney (2/4)

Attendance: 5,122
Referee: Ben Cummins, Adam Devcich
Player of the Match: Matt Parcell  

Saturday 26 March Sydney Roosters   20 – 22   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Allianz Stadium, Sydney
7:35pm (AEDT)
Tries:
Shaun Kenny-Dowall (2), Blake Ferguson, Daniel Tupou
Goals:
Sio Siua Taukeiaho (1/4)
Jackson Hastings (1/1)
[8]
Tries:
Jorge Taufua, Dylan Walker, Jamie Lyon
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (5/5)

Attendance: 12,271
Referee: Grant Atkins, Gavin Reynolds
Player of the Match: Jamie Lyon  

Thursday 31 March Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   12 – 16   South Sydney Rabbitohs Brookvale Oval, Sydney
8:05pm (AEDT)
Tries:
Dylan Walker, Apisai Koroisau
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (2/2)
[9]
Tries:
Cameron McInnes (2), Cody Walker
Goals:
Cody Walker (2/3)

Attendance: 9,603
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Matt Noyen
Player of the Match: Apisai Koroisau  

Saturday 9 April New Zealand Warriors   18 – 34   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Tries:
Blake Ayshford, Issac Luke, Solomone Kata
Goals:
Shaun Johnson (3/3)
[10]
Tries:
Steve Matai (2), Martin Taupau, Josh Starling, Tom Trbojevic
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (7/7)

Attendance: 16,112
Referee: Gavin Reynolds, Chris Sutton
Player of the Match: Tom Symonds  

Thursday 14 April Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   10 – 22   Parramatta Eels Brookvale Oval, Sydney
8:05pm (AEST)
Tries:
Jamie Lyon
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (3/3)
[11]
Tries:
Michael Jennings (2), Brad Takairangi, Semi Radradra
Goals:
Michael Gordon (3/5)

Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Ben Cummins, Adam Devcich
Player of the Match: Nathan Peats  

Monday 25 April Newcastle Knights   10 – 26   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
2:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Nathan Ross, Tyler Randell
Goals:
Trent Hodkinson (1/2)
[12]
Tries:
Brenton Lawrence, Brayden Wiliame, Tom Trbojevic, Jake Trbojevic
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (5/6)

Attendance: 19,072
Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris Sutton
Player of the Match: Jake Trbojevic  

Saturday 30 April Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   18 – 34   North Queensland Cowboys Brookvale Oval, Sydney
8:05pm (AEST)
Tries:
Jamie Lyon, Daly Cherry-Evans, Pita Godinet
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (3/3)
[13]
Tries:
Kyle Feldt (2), Antonio Winterstein, Michael Morgan, Gavin Cooper, Kane Linnett
Goals:
Johnathan Thurston (5/6)

Attendance: 11,734
Referee: Ben Cummins, Chris Sutton
Player of the Match: Johnathan Thurston  

Saturday 14 May* Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   6 – 30   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
7:45pm (AEST)
Tries:
Martin Taupau
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (1/1)
[14]
Tries:
Anthony Milford (2), Darius Boyd, Sam Thaiday, Corey Oates
Goals:
Jordan Kahu (5/6)

Attendance: 52,347
Referee: Jared Maxwell, Gavin Reynolds
Player of the Match: Anthony Milford  

Saturday 21 May Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks   20 – 12   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney
7:30pm (AEST)
Tries:
Sosaia Feki, Valentine Holmes, Ben Barba
Goals:
James Maloney (4/5)
[15]
Tries:
Tom Trbojevic, Jamie Buhrer, Brayden Wiliame
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (0/3)

Attendance: 16,601
Referee: Gavin Badger, Alan Shortall
Player of the Match: James Maloney  

Bye


Friday 3 June Canberra Raiders   30 – 18   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles GIO Stadium, Canberra
7:30pm (AEST)
Tries:
Brenko Lee, Josh Hodgson, Elliott Whitehead, Jack Wighton, Josh Papalii
Goals:
Jarrod Croker (5/5)
[16]
Tries:
Daly Cherry-Evans, Matt Parcell, Apisai Koroisau
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (1/1)
Dylan Walker (2/2)

Attendance: 9,157
Referee: Jared Maxwell, Adam Gee
Player of the Match: Joseph Leilua  

Sunday 12 June Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   24 – 31   Penrith Panthers Brookvale Oval, Sydney
3:30pm (AEST)
Tries:
Dylan Walker (2), Tom Trbojevic, Jorge Taufua
Goals:
Dylan Walker (4/5)
[17]
Tries:
Tyrone Peachey, Josh Mansour, Nathan Cleary, Leilani Latu, Peter Wallace, Waqa Blake
Goals:
Matt Moylan (0/2)
Peter Wallace (3/4)
Field Goals:
Matt Moylan

Attendance: 12,463
Referee: Grant Atkins, Gavin Reynolds
Player of the Match: Nathan Cleary  

Monday 20 June Gold Coast Titans   30 – 10   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
7:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Luke Douglas, Anthony Don, Josh Hoffman, Ryan James, Nene Macdonald
Goals:
Tyrone Roberts (5/6)
[18]
Tries:
Jorge Taufua, Brayden Wiliame
Goals:
Api Koroisau (1/2)

Attendance: 8,278
Referee: Henry Perenara, Alan Shortall
Player of the Match: Ryan James  

Monday 27 June North Queensland Cowboys   30 – 26   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
7:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Jason Taumalolo (2), Antonio Winterstein, Lachlan Coote, James Tamou
Goals:
Johnathan Thurston (5/5)
[19]
Tries:
Addin Fonua-Blake (2), Daly Cherry-Evans, Siosaia Vave, Lewis Brown
Goals:
Dylan Walker (0/1)
Jamie Lyon (3/4)

Attendance: 15,854
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Chris Butler
Player of the Match: Jason Taumalolo  

Monday 4 July Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   36 – 6   St George Illawarra Dragons Brookvale Oval, Sydney
7:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Dylan Walker (2), Jorge Taufua (2), Nathan Green, Jamie Buhrer, Brayden Wiliame
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (4/7)
Dylan Walker (0/1)
[20]
Tries:
Josh Dugan
Goals:
Gareth Widdop (1/1)

Attendance: 9,048
Referee: Ashley Klein, Henry Perenara
Player of the Match: Jamie Buhrer  

Bye


Saturday 16 July* Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   15 – 14 (gp)   New Zealand Warriors nib Stadium, Perth
3:30pm (AWST)
Tries:
Tom Trbojevic, Jorge Taufua
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (3/3)
Field Goals:
Daly Cherry-Evans
[21]
Tries:
Bunty Afoa (2)
Goals:
Issac Luke (3/4)

Attendance: 11,109
Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris James
Player of the Match: Jake Trbojevic  

Monday 25 July South Sydney Rabbitohs   12 – 20   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Allianz Stadium, Sydney
7:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Adam Reynolds, Cody Walker
Goals:
Adam Reynolds (2/2)
[22]
Tries:
Jamie Lyon, Jorge Taufua, Tom Trbojevic
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (4/5)

Attendance: 8,273
Referee: Henry Perenara, Chris Butler
Player of the Match: Tom Trbojevic  

Saturday 30 July Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   36 – 16   Newcastle Knights Brookvale Oval, Sydney
4:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Brayden Wiliame (2), Jorge Taufua, Jamie Buhrer, Josh Starling, Dylan Walker, Matthew Wright
Goals:
Api Koroisau (0/2)
Dylan Walker (4/5)
[23]
Tries:
Peter Mata'utia, David Bhana, Brendan Elliot
Goals:
Trent Hodkinson (2/2)
Dane Gagai (0/1)

Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Gavin Badger, Adam Devcich
Player of the Match: Tom Trbojevic  

Friday 5 August Parramatta Eels   10 – 9   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Pirtek Stadium, Sydney
7:50pm (AEST)
Tries:
Bevan French
Goals:
Michael Gordon (3/3)
[24]
Tries:
Api Koroisau
Goals:
Dylan Walker (2/2)
Field Goals:
Daly Cherry-Evans

Attendance: 8,143
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Chris James
Player of the Match: Danny Wicks  

Thursday 11 August Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs   20 – 16 (gp)   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles ANZ Stadium, Sydney
7:50pm (AEST)
Tries:
Brett Morris (2), Sam Perrett, Josh Reynolds
Goals:
Moses Mbye (2/3)
[25]
Tries:
Daly Cherry-Evans, Matthew Wright, Jorge Taufua
Goals:
Jamie Lyon (2/4)

Attendance: 10,290
Referee: Ashley Klein, Adam Gee
Player of the Match: Josh Reynolds  

Saturday 20 August Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   18 – 38   Melbourne Storm Brookvale Oval, Sydney
5:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Brad Parker (2), Jorge Taufua
Goals:
Matthew Wright (3/3)
[26]
Tries:
Suliasi Vunivalu (4), Kenny Bromwich, Cameron Smith, Felise Kaufusi
Goals:
Cameron Smith (4/6)
Tohu Harris (1/1)

Attendance: 8,241
Referee: Henry Perenara, Chris James
Player of the Match: Cameron Smith  

Saturday 27 August Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles   30 – 44   Canberra Raiders Brookvale Oval, Sydney
2:30pm (AEST)
Tries:
Tom Trbojevic (3), Jake Trbojevic, Daly Cherry-Evans, Frank Winterstein
Goals:
Matthew Wright (3/6)
[27]
Tries:
Jordan Rapana (3), Joseph Leilua (2), Paul Vaughan, Edrick Lee, Jack Wighton
Goals:
Jarrod Croker (6/8)

Attendance: 11,137
Referee: Ben Cummins, Gavin Badger
Player of the Match: Jordan Rapana  

Sunday 4 September Penrith Panthers   36 – 6   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Pepper Stadium, Sydney
6:00pm (AEST)
Tries:
Josh Mansour (2), Bryce Cartwright, Dallin Watene Zelezniak, Peter Wallace, Waqa Blake
Goals:
Nathan Cleary (6/6)
[28]
Tries:
Jake Trbojevic
Goals:
Matthew Wright (1/1)

Attendance: 15,411
Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton
Player of the Match: Bryce Cartwright  

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


Player statistics

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

Player Games (sub) Tries Goals FG Points
  Bill Bainbridge (1)
  Lewis Brown 16 (8) 2 8
  Jamie Buhrer 15 3 12
  Luke Burgess (2)
  Daly Cherry-Evans (vc) 19 4 2 18
  Addin Fonua-Blake 4 (10) 2 8
  Pita Godinet 2 1 4
  Nathan Green 7 (2) 1 4
  Apisai Koroisau 17 (1) 3 1/2 14
  Brenton Lawrence 2 (8)
  Blake Leary 1 (12)
  Darcy Lussick 15 (3)
  Jamie Lyon (c) 17 4 50/65 116
  Liam Knight (1)
  Steve Matai 8 2 8
  Feleti Mateo 2 (1)
  Nate Myles 14 (2)
  Matt Parcell 11 (4) 2 8
  Brad Parker 4 2 8
  Josh Starling 4 (15) 2 8
  Brett Stewart (vc) 11 1 4
  Tom Symonds 5 (1)
  Jorge Taufua 18 12 48
  Martin Taupau 19 3 12
  Jake Trbojevic 23 4 16
  Tom Trbojevic 23 10 40
  Siosaia Vave 1 (22) 1 4
  Dylan Walker 18 8 12/16 52
  Brayden Wiliame 18 6 24
  Frank Winterstein 2 (1) 1 4
  Matthew Wright 14 (1) 2 7/10 22
TOTAL 75 70/93 2 454

Awards

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Manly Warringah 2016 Club Awards (NRL only).[33]

References

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  1. ^ "NRL Market Watch: Bulldogs' massive coup, Titans eye wrecking ball, Manly sign halfback". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Matthew Wright to join Manly". Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. ^ "Dragons sign Willie Mason". Zero Tackle. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  4. ^ "2016 NRL Draw - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles". Archived from the original on 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  5. ^ Dogs down new-look Sea Eagles
  6. ^ Tedesco Hat-trick beats Manly
  7. ^ Stewart return inspires Manly win
  8. ^ Gutsy Manly scrape past Roosters
  9. ^ Rabbitohs hold out resurgent Manly
  10. ^ Sea Eagles upset Warriors in Auckland
  11. ^ Jennings double sinks Sea Eagles
  12. ^ Injuries strike as Manly down Newcastle
  13. ^ Clinical Cowboys put Manly to the sword
  14. ^ Boyd, Milford fire as Broncos beat Sea Eagles
  15. ^ Cronulla move to top with win over Manly
  16. ^ Raiders thump injury-plagued Manly
  17. ^ Penrith ice stunning comeback at Brookvale
  18. ^ Titans too good for Manly
  19. ^ Cowboys survive Sea Eagles scare
  20. ^ Manly belt hapless Dragons
  21. ^ Cherry-Evans field goal sinks Warriors
  22. ^ Sea Eagles continue late-season charge
  23. ^ Sea Eagles smash woeful Knights
  24. ^ Eels end Manly winning streak
  25. ^ Reynolds try seals golden point win
  26. ^ Vunivalu scores four as Storm down Sea Eagles
  27. ^ Raiders survive Sea Eagles scare
  28. ^ Panthers rout Manly to clinch sixth
  29. ^ "Jamie Lyon announces retirement". Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  30. ^ "Tim Moltzen calls time on his career". Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  31. ^ "Giants sign Tom Symonds". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  32. ^ "Burgess and Mateo join Salford". Archived from the original on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  33. ^ Tom Trbojevic wins Manly's top award
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