# 1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

The 1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 30th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.
The 1976 Sea Eagles were coached by 1963–64 Kangaroo tourist Frank Stanton. Captaining the side was brilliant centre Bob Fulton. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1976 Premiership season and played its home games at the 27,000 capacity Brookvale Oval.

## Ladder

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 499 | 252 | +247 | 32 |
| 2 | Parramatta | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 347 | 238 | +109 | 30 |
| 3 | St. George | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 328 | 298 | +30 | 28 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 399 | 250 | +149 | 27 |
| 5 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 361 | 337 | +24 | 27 |
| 6 | Balmain | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 318 | 287 | +31 | 25 |
| 7 | Western Suburbs | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 379 | 313 | +66 | 24 |
| 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 378 | 393 | -15 | 19 |
| 9 | Penrith | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 352 | 333 | +19 | 17 |
| 10 | South Sydney | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 297 | 421 | -124 | 16 |
| 11 | North Sydney | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 272 | 526 | -254 | 13 |
| 12 | Newtown | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 264 | 546 | -282 | 6 |

## Finals
### Major Semi-Final
### Grand final

* Saturday 18 September
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 13 – 10 | Parramatta Eels |
| Tries: Phil Lowe Goals: Graham Eadie (5/6) | | Tries: Geoff Gerard Jim Porter Goals: John Peard (2/3) |
* Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 57,343 Referee: Gary Cook Player of the Match: Graham Eadie
| Manly-Warringah | Parramatta |
| FB | 1 | Graham Eadie |
| LW | 2 | Tom Mooney |
| CE | 3 | Russel Gartner |
| CE | 4 | Bob Fulton (c) |
| RW | 5 | Rod Jackson |
| FE | 6 | Alan Thompson |
| HB | 7 | Gary Stephens |
| LK | 8 | Ian Martin |
| SR | 9 | Phil Lowe |
| SR | 10 | Steve Norton |
| PR | 11 | Terry Randall |
| HK | 12 | Max Krilich |
| PR | 13 | John Harvey |
| Substitutions: ||
| IC | 14 | Gary Thoroughgood |
| IC | 17 | Mark Willoughby |
| Coach: ||
| Frank Stanton ||
| FB | 1 | Mark Levy |
| LW | 2 | Jim Porter |
| CE | 3 | Ed Sulkowicz |
| CE | 4 | John Moran |
| RW | 5 | Neville Glover |
| FE | 6 | John Peard |
| HB | 7 | John Kolc |
| LK | 8 | Ray Price |
| SR | 9 | Geoff Gerard |
| SR | 10 | Ray Higgs (c) |
| PR | 11 | Denis Fitzgerald |
| HK | 12 | Ron Hilditch |
| PR | 13 | Graham Olling |
| Substitutions: ||
| IC | 14 | John Baker |
| IC | 15 | Graeme Atkins |
| Coach: ||
| Terry Fearnley ||

## Player statistics

Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.
| Player | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
| Ian Baker | | | | |
| Ray Branighan | 3 | 4 | | 17 |
| Peter Byrne | | | | |
| Graham Eadie | 9 | 103 | | 233 |
| Laurie Freier | | | | |
| Bob Fulton (c) | 21 | 4 | 1 | 72 |
| Russel Gartner | 5 | | | 15 |
| Johnny Gibbs | 4 | | | 12 |
| John Harvey | 1 | | | 3 |
| Terry Hill | 1 | | | 3 |
| Rod Jackson | 8 | | | 24 |
| Max Krilich | 3 | | | 9 |
| Phil Lowe | 7 | | | 21 |
| Ian Martin | 5 | | | 15 |
| Tom Mooney | 18 | | | 54 |
| Steve Norton | 1 | | | 3 |
| Col Parkes | 2 | | | 6 |
| Terry Randall | 5 | | | 15 |
| Gary Stephens | 2 | | | 6 |
| Alan Thompson | 6 | | | 18 |
| Gary Thoroughgood | 2 | | | 6 |
| Mick Waller | 3 | 3 | | 15 |
| Mark Willoughby | | | | |
| Brian Wilson | | | | |
| TOTAL | 105 | 114 | 1 | 544 |

## Representative Players
### State

* New South Wales – Graham Eadie, Terry Randall

### City vs Country

* City Firsts – Graham Eadie, Max Krilich, Terry Randall