# 2017 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

The 2017 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 68th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.
The 2017 Sea Eagles was coached by former Australian international Trent Barrett. With the retirement of long time captain Jamie Lyon, the team captain was Daly Cherry-Evans with Jake Trbojevic named as vice-captain. The club competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership and played its home games at the 23,000 capacity Brookvale Oval, which for the first time was known as Lottoland due to a sponsorship agreement.

## Squad list
### 2017 signings/transfers

Note: The "Out" column is from the players who were with the team as of the end of the 2016 NRL season. Players who left the club before the end of the season (e.g. Tom Symonds) are not included.
Gains
* Cameron Cullen from Gold Coast Titans
* Blake Green from Melbourne Storm
* Jackson Hastings from Sydney Roosters
* Brian Kelly from Gold Coast Titans
* Jarrad Kennedy from Canberra Raiders
* Shaun Lane from New Zealand Warriors
* Lloyd Perrett from Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
* Peter Schuster from rugby union
* Curtis Sironen from Wests Tigers
* Kelepi Tanginoa from Parramatta Eels
* Akuila Uate from Newcastle Knights
* Jonathan Wright from New Zealand Warriors
Out
* Jamie Buhrer to Newcastle Knights
* Nathan Green to released
* Liam Knight to Sydney Roosters
* Blake Leary to North Queensland Cowboys
* Jamie Lyon to retired
* Steve Matai to retired*
* Nate Myles to Melbourne Storm*
* Matt Parcell to Leeds Rhinos
* Josh Starling to Newcastle Knights
* Brett Stewart to retired*
* Siosaia Vave to Parramatta Eels
* Brayden Wiliame to Catalans Dragons
* Seeking medical retirement as of 10 February 2017. * Nate Myles released on 8 June

## Kit

| Home | Away |

## Milestones

* Round 1: Brian Kelly made his first grade debut

## Ladder

2017 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 633 | 336 | +297 | 44 |
| 2 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 500 | 428 | +72 | 38 |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 597 | 433 | +164 | 36 |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 496 | 457 | +39 | 36 |
| 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 476 | 407 | +69 | 34 |
| 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 552 | 512 | +40 | 32 |
| 7 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 504 | 459 | +45 | 30 |
| 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 467 | 443 | +24 | 30 |
| 9 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 533 | 450 | +83 | 28 |
| 10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 497 | +61 | 26 |
| 11 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 360 | 455 | −95 | 24 |
| 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 464 | 564 | −100 | 22 |
| 13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 444 | 575 | −131 | 18 |
| 14 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 413 | 571 | −158 | 18 |
| 15 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 448 | 638 | −190 | 18 |
| 16 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 428 | 648 | −220 | 14 |

## NRL Auckland Nines

Piha Pool :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Parramatta Eels | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 6 |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 4 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 2 |
| New Zealand Warriors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 0 |
Quarter Final

## Fixtures

2017 NRL draw - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

### Regular season

Representative Round
Bye
Bye
* 13 May - Manly home game despite playing Brisbane Broncos in Brisbane. Match played as part of an NRL double header at Suncorp Stadium. * 1 July - Manly home game played in Perth.

### Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 9 September – Melbourne | 9 September – Melbourne | 9 September – Melbourne | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 16 | 16 September – Sydney | 16 September – Sydney | 16 September – Sydney | | | | |
| | | | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 16 | | | | |
| 10 September – Sydney | 10 September – Sydney | 10 September – Sydney | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 22 September – Melbourne | 22 September – Melbourne | 22 September – Melbourne | | | |
| 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 14 | | | | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 30 | |
| 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 15 | | | | Brisbane Broncos | Brisbane Broncos | 0 | 1 October – Sydney | 1 October – Sydney | 1 October – Sydney |
| | | | | | | | | | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 34 |
| 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | | | | 23 September – Sydney | 23 September – Sydney | 23 September – Sydney | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 6 |
| 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 10 | | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 16 | | |
| 7 | Penrith Panthers | 22 | 15 September – Brisbane | 15 September – Brisbane | 15 September – Brisbane | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 29 | | |
| | | | Brisbane Broncos | Brisbane Broncos | 13 | | | | | | |
| 8 September – Sydney | 8 September – Sydney | 8 September – Sydney | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 22 | | | | | | | | |

## Player statistics

Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.
| Player | Games (sub) | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
| Billy Bainbridge | (2) | | | | |
| Lewis Brown | 1 (14) | | | | |
| Daly Cherry-Evans (c) | 17 | 2 | 4/6 | 2 | 18 |
| Cameron Cullen | (3) | | | | |
| Addin Fonua-Blake | 1 (16) | | | | |
| Blake Green | 17 | 3 | | | 12 |
| Pita Godinet | | | | | |
| Jackson Hastings | (10) | 1 | 2/2 | | 8 |
| Brian Kelly | 17 | 6 | | | 24 |
| Jarrad Kennedy | (1) | | | | |
| Apisai Koroisau | 17 | 3 | 1/2 | | 14 |
| Shaun Lane | 2 (1) | 1 | | | 4 |
| Brenton Lawrence | 17 | 3 | | | 12 |
| Darcy Lussick | 1 (5) | | | | |
| Nate Myles | 2 (8) | | | | |
| Brad Parker | (2) | | | | |
| Lloyd Perrett | (8) | | | | |
| Curtis Sironen | 14 | 3 | | | 12 |
| Jorge Taufua | 13 | 8 | | | 32 |
| Martin Taupau | 15 | 1 | | | 4 |
| Jake Trbojevic (vc) | 16 | 5 | | | 20 |
| Tom Trbojevic | 15 | 8 | | | 32 |
| Akuila Uate | 16 | 11 | | | 44 |
| Dylan Walker | 17 | 9 | 28/46 | | 92 |
| Frank Winterstein | 17 | 1 | | | 4 |
| Matthew Wright | 8 | 3 | 18/25 | | 48 |
| Jonathan Wright | | | | | |
| TOTAL | | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
* On 8 June, Manly released Nate Myles from the remainder of his contract. 5 days later he announced that he had signed with the Melbourne Storm.

## Representative Players
### International

* Australia – Jake Trbojevic
* Fiji – Apisai Koroisau, Akuila Uate*
* New Zealand – Martin Taupau
* Samoa – Pita Godinet
* Tonga – Addin Fonua-Blake
* Akuila Uate selected in Fiji squad for their game against Tonga, but did not play.

### State of Origin

* New South Wales – Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic*
* Queensland – Nate Myles
* Tom Trbojevic named as 20th man for Games 2 and 3 of the State of Origin series.

### City vs Country Origin

* City – Curtis Sironen
* Country – Brian Kelly