Today - October 2 - marks nine years to the day since the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles won the 2011 premiership.
Under the coaching of Des Hasler and the captaincy of Jamie Lyon, the Sea Eagles beat the NZ Warriors 24-10 at ANZ Stadium in front of a crowd of 81,988.
Manly Sea Eagles
1 Brett Stewart, 2 Michael Robertson, 3 Jamie Lyon (c), 4 Steve Matai, 5 Will Hopoate, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Joe Galuvao, 9 Matt Ballin, 10 Brent Kite, 11 Anthony Watmough, 12 Tony Williams, 13 Glenn Stewart; interchange: 14 Shane Rodney, 15 Jamie Buhrer, 16 Vic Mauro, 17 George Rose. Coach Des Hasler
Warriors
1 Kevin Locke, 2 Bill Tupou, 3 Lewis Brown, 4 Krisnan Inu, 5 Manu Vatuvei, 6 James Maloney, 7 Shaun Johnson, 15 Russell Packer, 14 Lance Hohaia, 10 Jacob Lillyman, 17 Elijah Taylor, 12 Simon Mannering (c), 13 Micheal Luck, interchange: 8 Sam Rapira, 9 Aaron Heremaia 11 Feleti Mateo, 16 Ben Matulino. Coach: Ivan Cleary.
Match Details
Sea Eagles 24 (B Stewart, Cherry-Evans, G Stewart, Lyon tries; Lyon 3, Robertson goals) d Warriors 10 (Vatuvei, Taylor tries; Maloney goal). Referee: Tony Archer, Matt Cecchin, Crowd: 81, 988. Clive Churchill Medal: Glenn Stewart.
