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  1. HoldenV8

    RIP Dennis Ward

    Manly's 1972 premiership winning halfback Dennis Ward has passed away in Brisbane. He was voted man of the match in the 1972 Grand Final win over Eastern Suburbs and was retrospectively awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as part of the Centenary celebrations in 2008. He represented NSW on 5...
  2. HoldenV8

    Player Ratings

    The morning after, taking the emotion out of it ... here are my player ratings for last night's loss. Tom Trbojevic 2/10 - Tom's head just didn't seem to be in the game last night. He still got some decent stats in the end, but he kinda phoned that one in. Jason Saab 5/10 - Two tries from the...
  3. HoldenV8

    Jason Saab - 40 km/h

    According to Fox league, Jason Saab hit 40 km/h when chasing down Murray Taulagi in the 2nd half. That makes him officially the fastest player in the NRL, easily beating Josh Addo-Carr's 38.5 km/h in 2019. Still no word on his speed chasing down Hammer in the opening minutes.
  4. HoldenV8

    On This Day (10 August)

    On this day, the 10th of August: * 1983 - Manly wins its second straight KB Cup Final at Leichhardt Oval. After defeating Newtown 23-8 in the 1982 Cup Final, Manly successfully defended its midweek crown with a 26-6 win over Cronulla-Sutherland. It was Bob Fulton's first ever trophy as Manly...
  5. HoldenV8

    2021 Rugby League World Cup

    The 2021 Rugby League World Cup is quickly turning into a fiasco with Australia and New Zealand now officially pulling out of the tournament. In other news, Pommy fans rejoice now that they can actually win it. Though it would be a massive laugh if they couldn't do that either...
  6. HoldenV8

    Jai Arrow = STUPID

    Queensland and South Sydney forward Jai Arrow has been ruled out of Origin 3 and fined $35,000 after he brought a woman into the Qld camp bubble. Along with the fine, Arrow has received a 2 game suspension from the NRL meaning he will miss one club game and the dead rubber Origin in Newcastle...
  7. HoldenV8

    Interstate Football - Manly Tries

    Tonight in Townsville, Tom Trbojevic crossed for his 6th, 7th and 8th tries for NSW Origin (from just 6 games). This not only moved him into equal all time third on the NSW Origin try scorers list (with Josh Addo-Carr, Timana Tahu, Anthony Minichiello and Brad Fittler), and only behind Michael...
  8. HoldenV8

    State of Origin Trivia

    Manly have supplied both NSW and Qld with a number of players for Origin football since 1980. So, after countless minutes of painstaking research, here is the list of NSW and Qld players, by position, from Manly. Obviously some players will be named in multiple positions, such as Des Hasler who...
  9. HoldenV8

    1992 Trial Game

    Not the greatest quality but I stumbled upon a 13 minute video of a trial game Manly played in 1992 against a Hawkes Bay Invitational XVIII at the Hawkes Bay Sportspark in Hastings, NZ. Not a bad crowd from the looks of things. I can't find a listing anywhere, but from what I can gather, the...
  10. HoldenV8

    Blast from Midweek Cup Past

    Someone (not myself) has uploaded the 1982 KB Cup Final between Manly and Newtown at Leichhardt. So sit back and enjoy. The teams that night were (remembering forward numbering back then): Manly - Graham Eadie, John Ribot, Phil Blake, Michael Blake, Simon Booth, Alan Thompson, Mike Eden, Bruce...
  11. HoldenV8

    Player Ratings - Rd.2

    Bit late, but here are my player ratings for the loss to Souffs. An improved performance (from some), but I have to wonder if Souffs wouldn't have won by more if it was a dry track. Dylan Walker 5/10 - We all know that he's not a fullback and that he should be playing in the centres. Turbo...
  12. HoldenV8

    Player Ratings - Rd.1

    I wasn't going to do this, but decided to anyway. Not a good start to the season. Not good at all. Dylan Walker 4/10 - With the ball in hand he wasn't too bad. But a fullback he is not and it proved with his defensive positioning yesterday. Jason Saab 6/10 - Started off with some timid...
  13. HoldenV8

    Manly ... or the Dogs?

    I'm going to come right out and say it. Right now Manly are playing almost exactly the same way as the Dogs were under Des in his last couple of years there. Pedestrian attack not helped by an over reliance on ball playing forwards (e.g. Jake) which stifles any chance the halves have of doing...
  14. HoldenV8

    Player Ratings - St Merge vs Manly

    I've decided to do a player ratings for Sunday's game. Don't expect there to be a lot of glowing praise...... Brendan Elliot 4/10 - Didn't do such a bad job on Sunday night, but there wasn't much he could do other than chase Dragoons to the tryline. Reuben Garrick 4/10 - Didn't give up in a...
  15. HoldenV8

    NRL Draw, Rounds 9-12

    The NRL has released its draw and venues for rounds 9-12. As far as Manly is concerned..... Round 9 - vs Dragons @ Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sunday 12 July at 6:05pm (Fox League) Round 10 - vs Eels @ Lottoland, Saturday 18 July at 7:35pm (Fox League) Round 11 - vs Cowboys @ Qld Country Bank...
  16. HoldenV8

    RIP Don Furner

    I know that Don Furner wasn't anything to do with Manly, but its sad to hear that the former Kangaroos, Easts and Canberra coach passed away yesterday. From all accounts he was a good bloke and will be missed. 26 December 1932 - 25 February 2020. RIP Don Furner. Condolences to your family and...
  17. HoldenV8

    RFL - 5 Greatest Players of All Time??

    OK, I get this list is from the RFL so its going to be English centric. I get that. But the RFL in celebrating 125 years have put out this list of who they think are the greatest players of all time. Not just RFL players, but rugby league players all over the world. I'm still shaking my head, I...
  18. HoldenV8

    Nostalgia Time

    With the off season its a good time to look back at the history of our game of rugby league. 2019 is the 25th anniversary of the 18th Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France, the last of the old style tours where the Kangaroos would not only play tests against Great Britain and France, but...
  19. HoldenV8

    Player Ratings - Semi Final 1

    A sad and somewhat controversial end to our season on Friday night against the Vermin at ANZ. But ultra proud of Des and all the players and staff involved with this team throughout the year. Manly.....is back. Brendan Elliot 4/10 - Fairly good in attack, but sadly not his best night in defence...
  20. HoldenV8

    2019 NRL Team of the Year

    OK, now that our season has unfortunately ended.....without too much Manly bias (yeah, right @:D), who would be your pick for the NRL Team of the Year for 2019? Including both team and coach. My pick (trying to be.....somewhat fair): Coach - Des Hasler FB - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck WG - Maika Sivo...
Team P W L PD Pts
2 2 0 36 4
2 2 0 26 4
2 2 0 23 4
2 2 0 19 4
2 2 0 12 4
2 1 1 13 2
2 1 1 10 2
2 1 1 3 2
2 1 1 0 2
2 1 1 0 2
2 1 1 -14 2
1 0 1 -20 2
1 0 1 -24 2
2 0 2 -8 0
2 0 2 -17 0
2 0 2 -22 0
2 0 2 -37 0
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