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1987 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

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1987 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
NSWRL champions
NSWRL Rank1st
1987 recordWins: 20; draws: 1; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 581; against: 370
Team information
SecretaryAustralia Doug Daley
CoachAustralia Bob Fulton
Assistant coachAustralia Alan Thompson (Reserve Grade)
Captains
StadiumBrookvale Oval
Top scorers
TriesAustralia Dale Shearer (13)
GoalsAustralia Mal Cochrane (59)
PointsAustralia Mal Cochrane (138)
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 41st in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.

The 1987 Sea Eagles were coached by triple Manly premiership player and former Kangaroo Tour captain Bob Fulton. Captaining the side was Queensland back rower Paul Vautin. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby League's 1987 Premiership season and played its home games at the 27,000 capacity Brookvale Oval.[1]

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly-Warringah 24 18 1 5 2 553 356 +197 41
2 Eastern Suburbs 24 15 1 8 2 390 353 +37 35
3 Canberra 24 15 0 9 2 441 325 +116 34
4 Balmain 24 14 1 9 2 469 349 +120 33
5 South Sydney 24 13 1 10 2 310 342 -32 31
6 Canterbury-Bankstown 24 13 0 11 2 353 316 +37 30
7 Parramatta 24 12 0 12 2 417 411 +6 28
8 Cronulla-Sutherland 24 11 1 12 2 390 433 -43 27
9 St. George 24 10 2 12 2 394 409 -15 26
10 North Sydney 24 11 0 13 2 368 401 -33 26
11 Illawarra 24 8 0 16 2 372 449 -77 20
12 Penrith 24 6 1 17 2 274 399 -125 17
13 Western Suburbs 24 5 2 17 2 339 527 -188 16

Regular season

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Sunday 1 March St. George Dragons 4 – 4 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney
Tries:

Goals:
Bronko Djura (2/3)
[2]
Tries:

Goals:
Mal Cochrane (2/2)

Attendance: 10,650
Referee: Giles O'Donnell

Sunday 8 March Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 42 – 18 Penrith Panthers Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Dale Shearer (3), Mal Cochrane, Des Hasler, Martin Meredith, David Ronson
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (6/9)
Michael O'Connor (1/1)
[3]
Tries:
Craig Connor, Ben Gonzales, Matt Goodwin
Goals:
Mark Bevan (3/3)

Attendance: 6,374
Referee: Graham Annesley

Sunday 15 March Western Suburbs Magpies 11 – 22 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Orana Park, Sydney
Tries:
John Allanson
Goals:
Ian Schubert (3/6)
[4]
Tries:
Des Hasler, Michael O'Connor, David Ronson, Dale Shearer
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (3/5)

Attendance: 8,822
Referee: Mick Stone

Sunday 22 March Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16 – 13 Parramatta Eels Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Ian Barkley, Mal Cochrane, Des Hasler, Steve Park
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (2/3)
Mal Cochrane (1/3)
[5]
Tries:

Goals:
John Muggleton (2/2)

Attendance: 17,757
Referee: Mick Stone

Bye


Sunday 5 April Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney
Tries:
Michael Hagan, Steve Mortimer
Goals:
Terry Lamb (5/6)
[6]
Tries:
Jeremy Ticehurst
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (1/3)

Attendance: 13,553
Referee: Mick Stone

Sunday 12 April Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 – 28 South Sydney Rabbitohs Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Ian Barkley, Cliff Lyons, Michael O'Connor
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (3/4)
[7]
Tries:
David Boyle, Wayne Chisholm, Mario Fenech, Steve Mavin, Ian Roberts
Goals:
Michael Andrews (4/7)

Attendance: 14,601
Referee: Graham Annesley

Monday 20 April Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 – 13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Caltex Field, Sydney
Tries:
Greg Nixon, Ron Quinn, Sean Watson
Goals:
Sean Watson (3/7)
[8]
Tries:
Des Hasler, Dale Shearer
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (2/3)
Field Goals:
Cliff Lyons (1)

Attendance: 10,931
Referee: Bill Harrigan

Saturday 25 April Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 – 10 Eastern Suburbs Roosters Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Chris Close, Mark Pocock, Paul Vautin
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (3/4)
[9]
Tries:
Wayne Portlock
Goals:
Tony Melrose (3/4)

Attendance: 10,247
Referee: Mick Stone

Saturday 2 May Canberra Raiders 10 – 18 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
Tries:
Sam Backo, Ashley Gilbert
Goals:
Phil Carey (1/2)
[10]
Tries:
Greg Austin, Noel Cleal, Cliff Lyons
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (3/4)

Attendance: 4,885
Referee: Greg McCallum

Sunday 10 May Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 – 12 Illawarra Steelers Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Stuart Davis (2), Dale Shearer, Jeremy Ticehurst
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (3/6)
[11]
Tries:
Graeme Bradley, Perry Haddock
Goals:
Dean Carney (2/4)

Attendance: 7,053
Referee: Kevin Roberts

Sunday 17 May North Sydney Bears 22 – 30 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Mark Cannon, Greg Florimo, Ian French
Goals:
John Dorahy (5/5)
[12]
Tries:
Noel Cleal (2), Ian Barkley, Dale Shearer
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (7/7)

Attendance: 11,391
Referee: Greg McCallum

Sunday 24 May Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 48 – 14 Balmain Tigers Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Darrell Williams (3), Ron Gibbs (2), Mal Cochrane, Stuart Davis, Michael O'Connor, David Ronson
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (6/9)
[13]
Tries:
Benny Elias, Russel Gartner
Goals:
Lee Crooks (3/3)

Attendance: 25,448
Referee: Kevin Roberts

Sunday 7 June Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 20 – 6 St. George Dragons Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Des Hasler, Dale Shearer, Darrell Williams
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (3/6)
Michael O'Connor (1/1)
[14]
Tries:
Graeme Wynn
Goals:
Ricky Walford (1/2)

Attendance: 12,041
Referee: Mick Stone

Sunday 14 June Penrith Panthers 10 – 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Penrith Park, Sydney
Tries:
Mark Robinson
Goals:
Andrew Fitzhenry (3/4)
[15]
Tries:
Stuart Davis
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (4/4)

Attendance: Barry Barnes
Referee: 8,287

Sunday 21 June Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26 – 25 Western Suburbs Magpies Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Stuart Davis (2), Cliff Lyons, Michael O'Connor, David Ronson
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (3/7)
[16]
Tries:
John Allanson, Trevor Cogger, Ian Naden, Paul Sheahan
Goals:
Ian Schubert (3/6)
Hew Rees (1/1)
Field Goals:
Ian Naden (1)

Attendance: 10,732
Referee: Bill Harrigan

Sunday 28 June Parramatta Eels 22 – 30 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
Tries:
Tony Chalmers, Michael Erickson, Brett Kenny, Bob Lindner, John Muggleton
Goals:
John Muggleton (1/5)
[17]
Tries:
Dale Shearer (2), Des Hasler, Cliff Lyons, Michael O'Connor, David Ronson
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (3/6)

Attendance: 25,139
Referee: Kevin Roberts

Bye


Sunday 12 July Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 32 – 2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Greg Austin, Noel Cleal, Ron Gibbs, Des Hasler, Martin Meredith
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (6/8)
[18]
Tries:

Goals:
Terry Lamb (1/2)

Attendance: 16,252
Referee: Greg McCallum

Sunday 19 July South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 – 16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Redfern Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Craig Coleman, Steve Mavin
Goals:
Mark Ellison (2/3)
Field Goals:
Mark Ellison (1)
[19]
Tries:
Ron Gibbs, Cliff Lyons
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (4/6)

Attendance: 23,257
Referee: Mick Stone

Sunday 26 July Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 30 – 8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Michael O'Connor (2), Dale Shearer (2), Mal Cochrane, Stuart Davis
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (3/6)
[20]
Tries:
Jonathan Docking
Goals:
Sean Watson (1/3)
Alan Wilson (1/1)

Attendance: 14,323
Referee: Graham Annesley

Sunday 2 August Eastern Suburbs Roosters 26 – 16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Henson Park, Sydney
Tries:
Steve Morris (2), Brendan Hall, David Smith
Goals:
David Smith (5/5)
[21]
Tries:
Noel Cleal, Michael O'Connor, Darrell Williams
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (2/3)

Attendance: 6,573
Referee: Graham Annesley

Sunday 9 August Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 20 – 18 Canberra Raiders Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Mal Cochrane, Martin Meredith, Kevin Ward
Goals:
Mal Cochrane (4/5)
[22]
Tries:
Sam Backo, Ashley Gilbert, Kevin Walters
Goals:
Matthew Corkery (3/5)

Attendance: 9,114
Referee: Bill Harrigan

Sunday 16 August Illawarra Steelers 17 – 28 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Wollongong Showground, Wollongong
Tries:
Steve Larder (2), Graeme Bradley
Goals:
Dean Carney (2/5)
Field Goals:
Chris Withall (1)
[23]
Tries:
Noel Cleal (2), Paul Shaw, Michael O'Connor
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (4/4)

Attendance: 10,740
Referee: Giles O'Donnell

Sunday 23 August Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 30 – 32 North Sydney Bears Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Tries:
Stuart Davis, Michael O'Connor, David Ronson, Dale Shearer, Martin Meredith
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (5/7)
[24]
Tries:
Mark Cannon (2), John McArthur (2), Ian French, Kevin Marr
Goals:
John McArthur (4/7)

Attendance: 13,913
Referee: Bill Harrigan

Sunday 30 August Balmain Tigers 8 – 26 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Tries:
John Davidson, Garry Schofield
Goals:
[25]
Tries:
Des Hasler (2), Cliff Lyons, David Ronson
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (5/5)

Attendance: 13,557
Referee: Graham Annesley

Finals

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Major Semi-Final

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Sunday 3 September Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10 – 6 Eastern Suburbs Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Tries:
David Ronson
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (3/3)
[26]
Tries:
David French
Goals:
David Smith (1/2)

Attendance: 36,399
Referee: Greg McCallum

Grand final

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Sunday 27 September
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 – 8 Canberra Raiders
Tries:
Cliff Lyons
Michael O'Connor
Goals:
Michael O'Connor (5/5)
[27]
Tries:
Chris O'Sullivan

Goals:
Mal Meninga (1/1)
Gary Belcher (1/1)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 50,201
Referee: Mick Stone
Player of the Match: Cliff Lyons
Manly-Warringah
Canberra
FB 1 Dale Shearer
RW 2 David Ronson
CE 3 Darrell Williams
CE 4 Michael O'Connor
LW 5 Stuart Davis
FE 6 Cliff Lyons
HB 7 Des Hasler
LK 8 Paul Vautin (c)
SR 9 Noel Cleal
SR 10 Ron Gibbs
PR 11 Kevin Ward
HK 12 Mal Cochrane
PR 13 Phil Daley
Substitutions:
IC 20 Paul Shaw
IC 24 Mark Pocock
Coach:
Australia Bob Fulton
FB 1 Gary Belcher
RW 2 Chris Kinna
CE 3 Mal Meninga
CE 4 Peter Jackson
LW 5 Matthew Corkery
FE 6 Chris O'Sullivan
HB 7 Ivan Henjak
LK 8 Dean Lance (c)
SR 9 Gary Coyne
SR 10 Ashley Gilbert
PR 11 Sam Backo
HK 12 Steve Walters
PR 13 Brent Todd
Substitutions:
IC 14 Kevin Walters
IC 15 Terry Regan
Coach:
Australia Don Furner and Wayne Bennett

From the outset Manly's Cliff Lyons attempted to find gaps out wide in Canberra's defence and kept the Raiders hemmed in on their own side of half-way with his astute kicking. Lyons stepped inside the Raiders' defence and after a seventy-metre burst found Noel Cleal stampeding on to the ball but Cleal's final pass to Des Hasler was ruled forward. Another promising Manly raid broke down when Lyons' reverse pass to O'Connor was put to ground.

Manly continued to put pressure on the Raiders defence with both speedsters Michael O'Connor and Dale Shearer trying to catch the Raiders out with long range kicks to their in-goal area in front of the SCG hill, but both were only just beaten to the ball each time by Gary Belcher and Gary Coyne respectively.

In the 27th minute Lyons eventually broke through on his third threatening attempt. Scurrying from a scrum win on the Canberra quarter-line, Lyons brushed off the tackle of Chris O'Sullivan and stepped inside Belcher to score.

The Sea Eagles led 6–0 at half-time, with a ball-and-all tackle by Belcher on Dale Shearer just two metres from the Canberra tryline preventing the lead being greater.

From the restart kick-off Belcher fielded the ball in his in-goal but was penalised for shepherding behind Chris O'Sullivan as he ran the ball out. It was a gift penalty for O'Connor to take Manly out to an 8–0 lead.

The Sea Eagles kept the pressure on Canberra by charging down two attempted clearing kicks by a tiring Mal Meninga. Only occasionally did the Raiders break through. After a run by Peter Jackson, Manly's Phil Daley was penalised for a high tackle and Meninga's goal finally put Canberra on the scoreboard.

Fatigue and the heat began to take a toll on the players, though one of the more surprising efforts was Manly's English prop Kevin Ward who ran and tackled strongly all day. Meninga, who had only played 60 minutes of football since breaking his arm in a game against Manly almost two months earlier, was replaced by Kevin Walters after 15 minutes of the second half and Manly's Gibbs, Cleal and Cochrane all went down hurt at different stages as the pace of the match slowed (for his part, Cochrane still can not remember the second half). Soon after a successful penalty goal from O'Connor, a Dale Shearer cross field kick from the Raiders 22m line was grounded over the line by O'Connor in the Paddington corner. While Manly winger David Ronson was thought to be offside (though he did not get involved in the play, he was still within 10 metres of O'Connor), many claim that the Manly centre should have been ruled offside as he got the ball "rather quickly" (television replays would prove inconclusive as there was no footage of where O'Conner was when Shearer kicked). However, referee Mick Stone ruled that Manly's international centre was onside and O'Connor was awarded the try. He converted his own try (giving him 4/4 goals at that point) and Manly had a premiership winning 16–2 lead.

A brief hope of a fightback loomed after an ingeniously constructed "trojan horse" move by Canberra. Chris O'Sullivan went down "injured" after being tackled and then miraculously popped up in the next passage of play to take the inside pass from Ivan Henjak and score. With Meninga off the ground, Gary Belcher converted to narrow the scores to 16–8.

Ron Gibbs' return from the head-bin helped snap the Sea Eagles out of their complacency. Daley's tackle on Canberra replacement Terry Regan and Dale Shearer's try-saving tackle on Ashley Gilbert three minutes from full-time ended any chance of a Canberra fightback. Paul Vautin led the charge back up-field with Hasler being bundled into the corner post after a run-around movement with O'Connor. The Manly centre also had a try taken off him just minutes after his previous try when Mick Stone ruled a pass from Cliff Lyons had gone forward.

Right on full-time, O'Connor landed his fifth goal from five attempts after the Raiders were penalised in front of their own posts for being offside after a tap-kick restart. The 18–8 scoreline was a fair indication of Manly's supremacy on the day and a just result considering the Sea Eagles' consistency throughout the year.

Manly became the first team other than Canterbury-Bankstown or Parramatta to win the grand final during the 1980s (Manly had been beaten grand finalists in 1982 and 1983, losing both times to Parramatta).

For Manly coach Bob Fulton, premiership glory in a nine-year coaching career was finally achieved. For the dual Canberra coaches it marked a milestone. It was a sad ending to the long club coaching career of Don Furner, the man who brought Canberra into the competition. For his partner Wayne Bennett, the tactician behind the side, it was a disappointing exit but another door was about to open on his own stellar coaching career with the Brisbane Broncos and a continuing career as Queensland Origin coach.

1987 World Club Challenge

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1987 saw the second World Club Challenge game between the reigning New South Wales Rugby League premiers and the reigning Rugby Football League (England) champions. This game was held in England less than two weeks following the 1987 NSWRL grand final.

The match was played at 7:45pm on a dry Wednesday night, 7 October at the Central Park ground in Wigan. A crowd of 36,895 was in attendance for the game, though unofficial estimates from those present put the attendance as high as 50,000.[28] The game was refereed by RFL international referee John Holdsworth. Former four-time Manly premiership winning Fullback Graham Eadie, who at the time was playing in England with 1987 Challenge Cup winners Halifax, was on hand as a match commentator as was dual Manly premiership player (and captain of the 1978 team) and the skipper of the 1982 Invincibles, Max Krilich.

Wednesday, 7 October
Wigan 8 – 2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Tries:

Goals:
David Stephenson (4)
[29]
Tries:

Goals:
Michael O'Connor (1)
Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 36,895
Referee: John Holdsworth England
Player of the Match: Shaun Wane
Wigan
Manly-Warringah
FB 1 Steve Hampson
RW 2 Richard Russell
CE 3 Darrell Williams
CE 4 Joe Lydon
LW 5 Henderson Gill
SO 6 Shaun Edwards
SH 7 Andy Gregory
PR 8 Brian Case
HK 9 Nicky Kiss
PR 10 Shaun Wane
SR 11 Andy Goodway
SR 12 Ian Potter
LF 13 Ellery Hanley (c)
Substitutions:
IC 14 Ged Byrne
IC 15 Graeme West
IC 16 Ian Gildart
IC 17 Ian Lucas
Coach:
New Zealand Graham Lowe
FB 1 Dale Shearer
RW 2 David Ronson
CE 3 Darrell Williams
CE 4 Michael O'Connor
LW 5 Stuart Davis
FE 6 Cliff Lyons
HB 7 Des Hasler
LK 8 Paul Vautin (c)
SR 9 Owen Cunningham
SR 10 Ron Gibbs
PR 11 Ian Gately
HK 12 Mal Cochrane
PR 13 Phil Daley
Substitutions:
IC 14 Mark Brokenshire
IC 15 Jeremy Ticehurst
IC 16 Mark Pocock
IC 17 Paul Shaw
Coach:
Australia Bob Fulton

No tries were scored in what was a closely fought and, at times, spiteful encounter. Michael O'Connor opened the scoring for Manly with a successful penalty kick in only the second minute, which would turn out to be the only time the Sea Eagles scored. Tempers flared as the match went on, punctuated by more penalties and a few unsavoury incidents:

  • Manly forward Ron Gibbs became the first person to be sent off in a World Club Challenge match for illegal use of the elbow when taking out Joe Lydon high after he attempted a drop-goal;
  • An all-in brawl erupted after Dale Shearer was lifted in a tackle then started a punch-up in the ruck with Brian Case;
  • After taking Manly captain Paul Vautin over the touchline, a group of Wigan defenders went on to take him over the fence causing another all-in brawl;
  • Later, when Shearer brought down Lydon in defence, he appeared to step on the Great Britain international's head as he got up after making the tackle.

Amongst all of these incidents Wigan's David Stephenson kicked four penalty goals, which in the end would prove decisive. The score was 8 - 2 in favour of the home side as the final whistle blew,[30] prompting the overjoyed Wigan supporters to flood onto the field to celebrate with the players.

In his biography The Strife and Times of Paul Vautin written by Mike Coleman and released in 1992, the Manly captain told that the Sea Eagles players were so convinced that they would beat Wigan after their grand final win over the Canberra Raiders and after the undefeated 1986 Kangaroo Tour, that they treated the trip to England more as a holiday than anything serious and continued celebrating their GF win while there. Vautin and the other Manly players believe that their poor attitude is what ultimately cost them the game. Wigan on the other hand, led by their Kiwi coach Graham Lowe and featuring 11 Great Britain and one New Zealand international (compared to 5 Australian and one New Zealand international for Manly), took the game very seriously with pride their main motivation after the Great Britain Lions had been humiliated by the Australian's with 4 straight 3-0 Ashes series losses since the disastrous 1979 Australasian tour and the popular belief that the NSWRL Premiership was superior to the RFL's.

In a twist, after leading Wigan to numerous cup titles over the next two seasons, Graham Lowe would become Manly's head coach from 1990 to 1992.

Player statistics

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Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played. List does not include World Club Challenge.

Player Games (sub) Tries Goals FG Points
Australia Greg Austin 1 (3) 2 8
Australia Ian Barkley 11 (1) 4 16
Australia Mark Brokenshire 12
Australia Noel Cleal (vc) 14 (1) 7 28
Australia Chris Close 8 (2) 1 4
Australia Mal Cochrane 25 5 59/92 138
Australia Mitchell Cox (2)
Australia Peter Cullum (3)
Australia Owen Cunningham 4 (2)
Australia Phil Daley 18
Australia Stuart Davis 15 (1) 8 32
Australia Ian Gately 4 (3)
Australia Ron Gibbs 26 4 16
Australia Marty Gurr 3 (1)
Australia Charlie Haggett (1)
Australia Des Hasler 24 9 36
Australia Matthew Loft (1)
Australia Cliff Lyons 21 (1) 7 1 29
Australia Martin Meredith 7 (4) 3 12
Australia Michael O'Connor 21 11 39/51 122
Australia Steve Park 7 1 4
Australia Mark Pocock 6 (12) 1 4
Australia David Ronson 22 (2) 8 32
Australia Glenn Ryan (3)
Australia Paul Shaw 2 (9) 2 8
Australia Dale Shearer 20 13 52
Australia Jeremy Ticehurst 9 (4) 3 12
Australia Paul Vautin (c) 23 1 4
England Kevin Ward 11 1 4
New Zealand Darrell Williams 22 5 20
TOTAL 96 98/143 1 581

Representative Players

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International

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State

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City vs Country

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References

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  1. ^ NSWRL 1987 - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
  2. ^ "1987 NSWRL Rd.1 - St George vs Manly". Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.2 - Manly vs Penrith
  4. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.3 - Western Suburbs vs Manly
  5. ^ "1987 NSWRL Rd.4 - Manly vs Parramatta". Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  6. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.6 - Canterbury-Bankstown vs Manly
  7. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.7 - Manly vs South Sydney
  8. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.8 - Cronulla-Sutherland vs Manly
  9. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.9 - Manly vs Eastern Suburbs
  10. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.10 - Canberra vs Manly
  11. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.11 - Manly vs Illawarra
  12. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.12 - North Sydney vs Manly
  13. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.13 - Manly vs Balmain
  14. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.14 - Manly vs St George
  15. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.15 - Penrith vs Manly
  16. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.16 - Manly vs Western Suburbs
  17. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.17 - Parramatta vs Manly
  18. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.19 - Manly vs Canterbury-Bankstown
  19. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.20 - South Sydney vs Manly
  20. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.21 - Manly vs Cronulla-Sutherland
  21. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.22 - Eastern Suburbs vs Manly
  22. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.23 - Manly vs Canberra
  23. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.24 - Illawarra vs Manly
  24. ^ "1987 NSWRL Rd.25 - Manly vs North Sydney". Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  25. ^ 1987 NSWRL Rd.26 - Balmain vs Manly
  26. ^ 1987 NSWRL major semi-final – Manly vs Eastern Suburbs
  27. ^ 1987 NSWRL grand final – Manly-Warringah vs Canberra
  28. ^ AAP (25 January 2001) "World Club Championship Factbox"[dead link] AAP Sports News (Australia)
  29. ^ 1987 World Club Challenge - Wigan vs Manly
  30. ^ Wilson, Zack (24 February 2011). "Wigan heroes of 1987 to parade before PROBIZ World Club Challenge". code13rugbyleague.com. UK: Code13 Sports Media. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
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