Sea Eagles reach 100 finals matches milestone

[Rosko]

Please boys, do us proud in this one.

Sea Eagles reach 100 finals matches milestone

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles will reach another remarkable milestone in their proud history when they take to the hallowed turf of Accor Stadium on Sunday, September 15.

The elimination finals match against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs will mark the 100th finals game for the Sea Eagles since the club was formed in 1947.

Manly will become just the fourth club in the history of rugby league to reach this feat behind Easts/Roosters (116 games), St George Dragons (109) and South Sydney Rabbitohs (100).

The Sea Eagles have won eight premierships with the late Immortal, Bob Fulton, the most capped Grand Final coach with five appearances.

Ron Willey (1972, 1973), Frank Stanton (1976, 1978), Bob Fulton (1987, 1996) and Des Hasler (2008, 2011) share the record for most premierships as a Manly coach.

Manly also hold the record for the biggest winning margin in a Grand Final after beating the Melbourne Storm 40-0 in 2008.

The Sea Eagles have also proudly never won the dreaded wooden spoon.

Manly Finals Years	Regular season finish	Finals	Coach
1951	2nd	Grand Final Challenge	Wally O'Çonnell
1952	5th	Playoff	Wally O'Çonnell
1955	3rd	Minor Semi	Pat Devery
1957	2nd	Runners Up	Ken Arthurson
1958	3rd	Minor Semi	Ken Arthurson
1959	3rd	Runners Up	Ken Arthurson
1961	4th	Minor Semi	Ken Arthurson
1966	3rd	Preliminary Final	Wally O'Connell
1968	2nd	Runners Up	George Hunter
1969	3rd	Preliminary Final	George Hunter
1970	2nd	Runners Up	Ron Willey
1971	1st	Preliminary Final	Ron Willey
1972	1st	Premiers	Ron Willey
1973	1st	Premiers	Ron Willey
1974	2nd	Minor Semi	Ron Willey
1975	2nd	Prelim Final	Frank Stanton
1976	1st	Premiers	Frank Stanton
1977	5th	Minor Prelim Semi	Frank Stanton
1978	3rd	Premiers	Frank Stanton
1981	5th	Minor Semi	Ray Ritchie
1982	2nd	Runners Up	Ray Ritchie
1983	1st	Runners Up	Bob Fulton
1984	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	Bob Fulton
1985	6th	Playoff	Bob Fulton
1986	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	Bob Fulton
1987	1st	Premiers	Bob Fulton
1988	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	Bob Fulton
1990	4th	Minor Semi	Graham Lowe
1991	2nd	Minor Semi	Graham Lowe, Frank Stanton
1993	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	Bob Fulton
1994	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	Bob Fulton
1995	1st	Runners Up	Bob Fulton
1996	1st	Premiers	Bob Fulton
1997	1st	Runners Up	Bob Fulton
2005	8th	Qualifying Final	Des Hasler
2006	5th	Semi Final	Des Hasler
2007	2nd	Runners Up	Des Hasler
2008	2nd	Premiers	Des Hasler
2009	5th	Qualifying Final	Des Hasler
2010	8th	Qualifying Final	Des Hasler
2011	2nd	Premiers	Des Hasler
2012	4th	Prelim Final	Geoff Toovey
2013	4th	Runners Up	Geoff Toovey
2014	2nd	Semi Final	Geoff Toovey
2017	6th	Qualifying Final	Trent Barrett
2019	6th	Semi Final	Des Hasler
2021	4th	Prelim Final	Des Hasler
2024	7th	???	Anthony Seibold

 

[globaleagle]

That's a great effort. Being only one of four clubs.

Hey...did they include all the finals appearances of the northern eagles?????

 

[bigd1972]

Just having a look through it is interesting I think the club needs to revisit this list. They missed 1998 - Manly played Canberra at the then Bruce Stadium in the 1st week on the finals and lost 17-4. Unusual year because it was 10 team final series in a 20 team comp ( I think).

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

That's a great effort. Being only one of four clubs.

Hey...did they include all the finals appearances of the northern eagles?????

Yes, they have included the Northern Eagles’ three premiership-winning years, under coach Peter Sharp, 2000-02 inclusive.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Just having a look through it is interesting I think the club needs to revisit this list. They missed 1998 - Manly played Canberra at the then Bruce Stadium in the 1st week on the finals and lost 17-4. Unusual year because it was 10 team final series in a 20 team comp ( I think).

Well spotted.

 

[lsz]

Amazing record especially considering two of the teams mentioned were foundation clubs

 

[Uber Eagle 72]

Look at Geoff Tooveys record. Astonishing!

 

[Chunkytuna]

Look at Geoff Tooveys record. Astonishing!

and we were robbed in 2013. Should have been premiers.

 

[ManEagle]

Look at Geoff Tooveys record. Astonishing!

Shafted in 2013 for the gf and then he was shafted for Barrett.

 

[Ashton Davis]

It’s a very proud finals history that we do have. I’ll also chuck in there that we won our first ever finals match and that same finals run included a good win over St George not too long before they went on that run of winning 10 premierships in a row