Manly milestones expected in 2014

[Brissie Kid]

Interesting stuff.

Sportsdata coded 14 years of data which the NRL failed to collect, collate and save.

It means important milestones expected to be achieved for the 2014 season can't be promoted by the NRL.

Take the Brookvale Oval match against the Storm.

The Stewart brothers, Glenn (179) and Brett Stewart (178) are poised to become just the fifth brothers pairing to both achieve 200 first-grade games. However no sibling pairing has ever done so with the same club.

Brett Stewart (136 tries) is within range of overtaking Steve Menzies (151 tries in 280 games) for the most tries scored by a Manly player.

Slater (158 tries) is also close to Menzies (180 tries including those scored with the now defunct Northern Eagles) as the second most prolific tryscorer in league history.

He is within range of overtaking the No 1 try scorer, Ken Irvine (212) for most tries for one club (North Sydney 171).

Slater is also poised to become the single highest pointscorer (632) of any man who has never kicked a single goal or field goal. (Trivia question: Matt Sing scored 636).

Smith (1508) could replace Craig Fitzgibbon (1604) as the No. 1 point scoring forward.

He also requires two more games to overtake Matt Geyer (262) for the most appearances for the Melbourne Storm.

Manly's Anthony Watmough (258 games) is set to replace Alan Thompson (263) as No. 3 in games for the Sea Eagles.

Thursday's opening round opponents, the Roosters and Souths, are 1908 foundation clubs but have only had five players each to play 200 or more games for the club. Melbourne are 16 years old but also have had five to achieve this milestone, while Manly, nearly 70 years old, have nine players.

Brookvale Oval, the most formidable ground in the NRL, is destined to set records this season.

With 2473 tries, Manly is poised to be the first club to ever score 2500 at a single venue.

Twenty five more goals will see the Silvertails claim the record for most goals kicked by a team at the one ground.

And who will they overtake? The club they killed off in the Northern Eagles merger . . . the lamented Bears, who recorded 2480 at North Sydney Oval.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/nrl-is-a-numbers-game-and-stats-the-way-they-like-it-20140307-34bic.html

 

[ManlyArmy]

Snake will get closer to Irvine than Slater will. Snake is 29, Slater is 31.

 

[HappilyManly]

Those bastards at Warringah Council should be promoting Brookie, not killing it off

 

[Townsville Eagle]

Those bastards at Warringah Council should be promoting Brookie, not killing it off

Agree. They are not all with it are they.

 

[Chip and Chase]

I believe Snake scored the clubs 5000th try last year.

 

[HappilyManly]

Snake should score the 2,500th Brookie try too :idea:

This is quite an amazing stat, that Manly score almost as many tries at home as they do away. History shows what a well balanced Team we have

 

[AshfieldBazza]

Where does Roy get his stats from? Manly have had 14 players play over 200 games for club and that doesn't include NE games

 

[Jatz Crackers]

We should take out a ref and put the shoe on the other foot. Theres a milestone for ya.

 

[Chip and Chase]

Where does Roy get his stats from? Manly have had 14 players play over 200 games for club and that doesn't include NE games

True. And by the end of the season we'll have another 3 with Snake, Gift and the Kingdog.

Says a lot about this club's ability to get into the players blood doesn't it.