2024 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season

Avg. attendance16,111 (not including home games away from Brookvale)High attendance17,385 (Round 8 vs PAR)Low attendance10,215 (Round 9 vs CAN)Top scorersTries Tommy Talau (11)Points Reuben Garrick (110)

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The 2024 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season is the 75th in the club's history since their entry to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1947. Anthony Seibold coaches the club for the second consecutive year. Daly Cherry-Evans captains the club for the eighth consecutive year. The Sea Eagles participated in the first season openers in the United States at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. ^[1]

2024 Squad

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2024 squad

Top 30 squad - 2024 NRL season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Josh Aloiai – PR Jake Arthur – FE, HB Luke Brooks – FE Nathan Brown – LK Ethan Bullemor – SR Gordon Chan Kum Tong – HK Daly Cherry-Evans (c) – HB (gk) Ben Condon – SR Lachlan Croker – HK Reuben Garrick – CE (gk)		Jamie Humphreys – HK, FE Tolutau Koula – CE, FB Karl Lawton – HK Matthew Lodge – PR Haumole Olakau'atu – SR Brad Parker – SR Taniela Paseka – PR Jaxson Paulo – WG Jason Saab – WG Toafofoa Sipley – PR		Tommy Talau – WG, CE Ben Trbojevic – SR, CE Jake Trbojevic (vc) – LK Tom Trbojevic – FB Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega – WG Corey Waddell – SR		Bailey Hodgson – CE, FB Aitasi James – PR Dean Matterson – LK, SR Aaron Woods – PR Extended squad Lehi Hopoate – FB		Manager John Bonasera (General Manager of Football) Head coach Anthony Seibold Assistant coaches Jim Dymock Steven Hales Michael Ennis (Positional Coach) Brett Stewart (Mentor Positional Coach) Guy Williams (Training Co-ordinator & Transition Coach) Jon Clarke (Head of Performance) Paul Devlin (High Performance Consultant) Mick Kulen (Football Analyst/Attack Co-ordinator) Managers Peter Gentle (Recruitment Manager) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 18 February 2024 Source(s): Sea Eagles Team Profiles, Sea Eagles 2024

Transfers

Gains
Player	Club	Until	Source
Luke Brooks	Wests Tigers	2027	[2]
Aitasi James	Wests Tigers	2025	[3]
Jaxson Paulo	Sydney Roosters	2026	[4]
Aaron Schoupp	Gold Coast Titans (mid-season)	2025	[5]
Jake Simpkin	Wests Tigers (mid-season)	2026	[6]
Tommy Talau	Wests Tigers	2025	[4]
Corey Waddell	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2024	[7]

Losses
Player	Club	Until	Source
Latu Fainu	Wests Tigers	2027	[8]
Samuela Fainu	Wests Tigers	2027	[8]
Morgan Harper	Parramatta Eels	2024	[9]
Sean Keppie	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2026	[10]
Josh Schuster	Released (mid-season)		[11]
Kelma Tuilagi	Parramatta Eels	2025	[12]
Christian Tuipulotu	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2025	[13]

Results

Pre-Season

Source: ^[14]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Referee	Attendance
Sun 11 Feb 4:00pm	N/A	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Central Coast Stadium	68-6	B. Trbojevic (3), J. Sykes (2) R. Vaega (2), J. Humphreys (2), J. Arthur, C. Faulalo, C. Brown	J. Humphreys (10/12)		Chris Sutton	5,107

Pre-Season Challenge

Source: ^[15]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Referee	Attendance
Sat 17 Feb 3:45pm	1	Sydney Roosters	Central Coast Stadium	36-22	T. Sipley, C. Faulalo, J. Arthur, J. Paulo	B. Wakeham (3/4)		Peter Gough	8,663
Sat 24 Feb 5:55pm	2	Brisbane Broncos	Brookvale Oval	14-40	M. Lehmann (2), B. Parker	J. Humphreys (1/3)		Grant Atkins

Regular Season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Storm	15	12	0	3	2	400	287	+113	28	Advance to finals series
2	Penrith Panthers	15	10	0	5	2	342	234	+108	24
3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	15	10	0	5	2	368	291	+77	24
4	Sydney Roosters	15	9	0	6	1	440	279	+161	20
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	15	8	0	7	2	315	251	+64	20
6	Dolphins	15	8	0	7	2	371	331	+40	20
7	North Queensland Cowboys	16	9	0	7	1	397	395	+2	20
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	15	8	0	7	2	322	352	−30	20
9	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	15	7	1	7	2	351	323	+28	19
10	Brisbane Broncos	15	7	0	8	2	351	330	+21	18
11	Newcastle Knights	15	7	0	8	2	282	329	−47	18
12	Canberra Raiders	15	7	0	8	2	302	391	−89	18
13	New Zealand Warriors	16	7	1	8	1	344	375	−31	17
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14	5	0	9	3	286	398	−112	16
15	Gold Coast Titans	14	4	0	10	3	305	376	−71	14
16	Wests Tigers	14	4	0	10	2	253	358	−105	12
17	Parramatta Eels	15	4	0	11	2	309	438	−129	12

Results by round

Matches

Source: ^[16]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Referee	Attendance
Sun 3 Mar 1:30pm (Sat 2 Mar 6:30pm, Las Vegas Time)	1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Allegiant Stadium	36-24	H. Olakau'atu, J. Saab, L. Croker, B. Trbojevic, R. Garrick, L. Brooks	R. Garrick (6/6)		Ashley Klein	40,746
Sun 17 Mar 4:05pm	2	Sydney Roosters	Brookvale Oval	21-14	L. Croker, T. Koula, T. Talau	R. Garrick (4/5)	D. Cherry-Evans (1/1)	Todd Smith	17,284
Sun 24 Mar 4:05pm	3	Parramatta Eels	Commbank Stadium	28-24	T. Trbojevic, J. Paulo, R. Garrick, C. Waddell	R. Garrick (4/5)		Peter Gough	20,354
Sun 30 Mar 5:30pm	4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium	20-12	T. Koula, H. Olakau'atu	R. Garrick (2/2)		Ashley Klein	16,215
Sat 6 Apr 5:30pm	5	Penrith Panthers	Brookvale Oval	32-12	T. Trbojevic, T. Koula, D. Cherry-Evans, C. Waddell, J. Paulo	D. Cherry-Evans (6/6)		Todd Smith	17,381
Sat 13 Apr 3:00pm (5:00pm Auckland)	6	New Zealand Warriors	Go Media Stadium	22-22	D. Cherry-Evans (2), T. Talau, B. Trbojevic	D. Cherry-Evans (3/4)		Chris Butler	23,076
Sat 20 Apr 5:30pm	7	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	30-34	T. Trbojevic (2), J. Saab, H. Olakau'atu, T. Koula, E. Bullemor	R. Garrick (5/6)		Liam Kennedy	13,336
Fri 26 Apr 8:00pm	8	Parramatta Eels	Brookvale Oval	32-18	R. Garrick (2), T. Talau, T. Trbojevic, D. Cherry-Evans	R. Garrick (6/6)		Gerard Sutton	17,385
Fri 3 May 6:00pm	9	Canberra Raiders	Brookvale Oval	24-26	R. Garrick (2), T. Trbojevic, T. Talau,D. Cherry-Evans	R. Garrick (2/5)		Grant Atkins	10,215
Thu 9 May 7:50pm	10	Dolphins	Suncorp Stadium	30-24	T. Talau, C. Waddell, T. Koula, T. Trbojevic	R. Garrick (4/5)		Ashley Klein	14,059
Fri 17 May 8:05pm	11	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	12-13	R. Garrick, R. Vaega	R. Garrick (2/2)		Todd Smith	50,971
Fri 24 May 8:00pm	12	Melbourne Storm	Brookvale Oval	26-20	T. Talau (2), B. Trbojevic, J. Trbojevic	R. Garrick (5/6)		Ashley Klein	17,211
30 May - 2 June	13	Bye
Sun 9 June 4:05pm	14	Penrith Panthers	Penrith Stadium	32-22	T. Talau (4), J. Saab	R. Garrick (1/5)		Gerard Sutton	20,101
Sun 16 June 2:00pm	15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Brookvale Oval	30-14	L. Hopoate, H. Olakau'atu, L. Brooks, B. Trbojevic, J. Trbojevic, J. Saab	D. Cherry-Evans (3/6), R. Garrick (0/1)		Peter Gough	17,187
Sat 22 June 7:35pm	16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Accor Stadium	14-0				Chris Butler	10,076
28-30 June	17	Bye
Sat 6 July 7:35pm	18	North Queensland Cowboys	Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Sun 14 July 4:05pm	19	Newcastle Knights	Brookvale Oval
Sun 21 July 4:05pm	20	Gold Coast Titans	Brookvale Oval
Sat 27 July 7:35pm	21	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium
1-4 August	22	Bye
Sat 10 August 3:00pm	23	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium
Fri 16 August 6:00pm	24	New Zealand Warriors	Brookvale Oval
Thu 22 August 7:50pm	25	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval
Fri 30 August 6:05pm	26	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Accor Stadium
Sun 8 September 2:00pm	27	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Brookvale Oval

Representative Players

• Daly Cherry-Evans ( Queensland)
• Zac Fulton ( Indigenous All Stars)
• Haumole Olakau'atu ( New South Wales)
• Jake Trbojevic ( New South Wales)

Milestones

In the Round 4 game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Reuben Garrick reached 1000 points for club matches after converting Koula's try. ^[17]

In the Round 5 game against the Penrith Panthers, Daly Cherry-Evans became the most capped player at the Sea Eagles, passing Cliff Lyons record of 309 matches. ^[18]

In the Round 5 game against the Penrith Panthers, Corey Waddell played his 100th NRL game. This was his 41st game for the club after playing with Manly in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, with the 59 other games being with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. ^[19]

References