1986 MANLY

[eagle66]

 

[eagle66]

 

[patorick2010]

Thank you for posting all these @eagle66.

 

[eagle66]

Thank you for posting all these @eagle66.

You're welcome

 

[Sea Eagle 4 Life]

How about Blocker's clenched fist as he is about to "tackle" Crusher.
Those were the days!

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

Fox Sports had 15 minutes highlights of Manly vs Penrith from 1986 on during the week. So enjoyable to see Phil Blake & Cliffy Lyons in the same team. Both of Manly's tries came from them. The only season they both played at Manly.

Much shorter clip on Youtube.

 

[The '47ers]

Fox Sports had 15 minutes highlights of Manly vs Penrith from 1986 on during the week. So enjoyable to see Phil Blake & Cliffy Lyons in the same team. Both of Manly's tries came from them. The only season they both played at Manly.

Much shorter clip on Youtube.

Cliffy went down softly, (jeez Cliffy he was a damn winger! 🤭😂)must've still had a bit of North Sydney in him! Luckily ol mate knocked it out of him right then and there!

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Bozo had Phil Blake on the wing for at least the first half of 1986. Such a waste imo, especially as Lyons was still at Leeds for a good chunk of the start of the Manly season and then he was at lock all year with Cox at #6 spot. I suppose given Arko had bought Cox as a #6 before Lyons signed they had to stick with him all season. Cox was at Manly in 87 but only on the bench for a handful of games. In 87 the halves were Hasler and M Meredith for the first month, with Cliffy on the bench. In 87 Cliffy got Manly #6 spot mid April, NSW Origin #6 spot mid July and won the Clive Churchill end of Sept.

Arko had moved onto the NSWRL/ARL job well before Mitchell Cox joined the band.🙂

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

1986 Manly had Phil Blake, Des Hasler and Cliffy Lyons. But with Mitchell Cox holding five-eighth most of the year, Blake was mostly on the wing or centres.

In Round 19 though with Cox out injured the team had Lyons at lock, Hasler at half and Blake at five-eighth. Manly beat Sharks 32-4.

This scrum base trio also continued in Rounds 20 to 23 but they were all loses, except a 11-11 draw vs Penrith.

At the end of the season Blake signed with Souths. His last home game at Brookie was vs Parra on the day the ground record 27,655 crowd was set and will never be broken.

I don't know what Blake was offered by Manly for 1987, if anything at all. Would Blake have played a part in the 1987 premiership? He was probably correct to leave. I can't see him settling for a 1987 Paul Shaw sort of role, which really only came about after head bin rule came in.

Blake like Lyons and Hasler was a great Manly player and looking back it is really nice to see them all in the same team.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Fox Sports had 15 minutes highlights of Manly vs Penrith from 1986 on during the week. So enjoyable to see Phil Blake & Cliffy Lyons in the same team. Both of Manly's tries came from them. The only season they both played at Manly.

Much shorter clip on Youtube.

My takeaway from that was “Stuart Davis to the sin-bin” lol

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

My takeaway from that was “Stuart Davis to the sin-bin” lol

There's now a clearer 12 minutes highlights here.

Greg Alexander imo should have been penalised for each tackle in that final set at the end of the game that robbed Manly of a fair go at a field goal to win.

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

This Stu Davis tackle on the wing and then try are surely a 1986 Manly highlight. See 6:16

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

I put this is another thread, but it is from 1986.

1986 player Hasler giving his all in defence and then rips into his team mates to rev them up. What a window into 20 years later. Dogs don't score another point after this.

From 15:44 to 17:10

 

[sheridanstand78]

I remember 1986 as a year where a premiership was a real possibility, the team beat the Whingers, the Filth dogs and Dragons away from home and were top 3 for most of the season.

It all fell apart in the last two rounds losing to the Vermin and Whinger back to back and then undone by the Tigers in the knock out final.

Maybe it took that failure for the team to reach its potential and sweep all before it in 87!!

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

This Stu Davis tackle on the wing and then try are surely a 1986 Manly highlight. See 6:16

Stuey put that Eel scum way past the horizontal!

 

[Cliffy's Jockstrap]

Yeah baby that's called scoring a try!! F it so I've had to many beers yet again F you Sqeels and Go Manly!!!

 

[globaleagle]

Stuey put that Eel scum way past the horizontal!

And did you see how the eel's player just got up like it was no big deal?

The world didn't end.

No one even blinked (except the eels guy when he hit the ground, I guess).