2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season

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NRL Rank 13th Points scored For: 454; Against: 563 Coach Trent Barrett		2016 record Wins: 8; Losses: 16 CEO Joe Kelly Assistant coach John Cartwright

The 2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season will be the 67th in the clubs history. 2016 also represents the 70th anniversary of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.

The 2016 Sea Eagles will be coached by rookie coach, former Australian international Trent Barrett. The team captain is Jamie Lyon with Brett Stewart and Daly Cherry-Evans named as vice-captains. The club will compete in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership.

2016 Signings/Transfers

Gains

Rhys Armstrong from Wests Tigers

Lewis Brown from Penrith Panthers

Addin Fonua-Blake from St George Illawarra Dragons

Pita Godinet from Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Fabian Goodall from Parramatta Eels

Nathan Green from St George Illawarra Dragons

Isaac John from Penrith Panthers

Dylan Kelly from Berkeley Vale Panthers

Apisai Koroisau from Penrith Panthers

Halauafu Lavaka from Parramatta Eels

Darcy Lussick from Parramatta Eels

Tim Moltzen from Wests Tigers

Nate Myles from Gold Coast Titans

Matt Parcell from Brisbane Broncos

Martin Taupau from Wests Tigers

Siosaia Vave from Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Dylan Walker from South Sydney Rabbitohs

Matthew Wright from North Queensland Cowboys

Tom Wright from Rugby union

Losses

Matt Ballin to Wests Tigers

Cheyse Blair to Melbourne Storm

Michael Chee-Kam to Wests Tigers

Kieran Foran to Parramatta Eels

Clinton Gutherson to Parramatta Eels

James Hasson to Parramatta Eels

Peta Hiku to Penrith Panthers

Justin Horo to Catalan Dragons

Jack Littlejohn to Wests Tigers

Dunamis Lui to St George Illawarra Dragons

Willie Mason to Catalan Dragons

Will Pearsall to Newcastle Knights

Ligi Sao to New Zealand Warriors

Jesse Sene-Lefao to Cronulla Sharks

Ladder

¹ Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

Fixtures

2016 NRL draw - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

Bye

* 14 May - Manly home game despite playing Brisbane Broncos in Brisbane. Match played as part of an NRL double header at Suncorp Stadium.
* 16 July - Manly home game played in Perth.

Player Statistics

Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.

On 27 April, Manly team captain Jamie Lyon announced that he would retire from playing at the end of the 2016 NRL season after 17 seasons of first grade and representative football in both the NRL and the Super League.

Tim Moltzen retired from playing effective immediately on 6 May 2016 due to chronic knee injuries. He was replaced in the squad by Matthew Wright who was signed mid-season after being granted a release from the North Queensland Cowboys.

On 15 June, Tom Symonds signed a 3½ year deal with the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League after being released from his contract by Manly.

On 23 June the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles released Luke Burgess and Feleti Mateo from their contracts. Both players had signed with Super League team the Salford Red Devils the previous day.

2016 Season Awards

Manly Warringah 2016 Club Awards (NRL only).

Roy Bull Best & Fairest: Tom Trbojevic

Gordon Willoughby Medal - Members’ Player of the Year: Jake Trbojevic

Doug Daley Memorial Award - Clubman of the Year: Brenton Lawrence

Players’ Player Award: Jake Trbojevic

Ken Arthurson Award - Rookie of the Year: Addin Fonua-Blake

Leading point scorer: Jamie Lyon (116 - 4 tries, 50 goals)

Leading try scorer: Jorge Taufua (12)

References

2016 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season Wikipedia

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