2024 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 7th | |||
Play-off result | SF | |||
2024 record | Wins: 13; draws: 1; losses: 10 | |||
Points scored | For: 634; against: 521 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Tony Mestrov | |||
Coach | Anthony Seibold | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Brookvale Oval (4 Pines Park) (18,000) | |||
Avg. attendance | 16,473 (not including home games away from Brookvale) | |||
High attendance | 17,385 (Round 8 vs PAR) | |||
Low attendance | 10,215 (Round 9 vs CAN) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Tommy Talau (18) | |||
Points | Reuben Garrick (202) | |||
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The 2024 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season is the 75th in the club's history since their entry to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1947. Anthony Seibold coaches the club for the second consecutive year. Daly Cherry-Evans captains the club for the eighth consecutive year. The Sea Eagles participated in the first season opener in the United States at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. [1] The Sea Eagles finished the year by making the second week of the finals, it was the first time the team had made the finals since 2021.
Gains | |||
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Player | Club | Until | Source |
Luke Brooks | Wests Tigers | 2027 | [2] |
Aitasi James | Wests Tigers | 2025 | [3] |
Jaxson Paulo | Sydney Roosters | 2026 | [4] |
Aaron Schoupp | Gold Coast Titans (mid-season) | 2025 | [5] |
Jake Simpkin | Wests Tigers (mid-season) | 2026 | [6] |
Tommy Talau | Wests Tigers | 2025 | [4] |
Corey Waddell | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 2024 | [7] |
Losses | |||
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Player | Club | Until | Source |
Latu Fainu | Wests Tigers | 2027 | [8] |
Samuela Fainu | Wests Tigers | 2027 | [8] |
Morgan Harper | Parramatta Eels | 2024 | [9] |
Sean Keppie | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2026 | [10] |
Josh Schuster | Released (mid-season) | [11] | |
Kelma Tuilagi | Parramatta Eels | 2025 | [12] |
Christian Tuipulotu | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2025 | [13] |
Source: [14]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Referee | Attendance |
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Sun 11 Feb 4:00pm | N/A | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Central Coast Stadium | 68-6 | B. Trbojevic (3), J. Sykes (2) R. Vaega (2), J. Humphreys (2), J. Arthur, C. Faulalo, C. Brown | J. Humphreys (10/12) | Chris Sutton | 5,107 |
Source: [15]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Referee | Attendance |
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Sat 17 Feb 3:45pm | 1 | Sydney Roosters | Central Coast Stadium | 36-22 | T. Sipley, C. Faulalo, J. Arthur, J. Paulo | B. Wakeham (3/4) | Peter Gough | 8,663 | |
Sat 24 Feb 5:55pm | 2 | Brisbane Broncos | Brookvale Oval | 14-40 | M. Lehmann (2), B. Parker | J. Humphreys (1/3) | Grant Atkins |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Melbourne Storm (M) | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 692 | 449 | +243 | 44 | Advance to finals series |
2 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 580 | 394 | +186 | 40 | |
3 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 738 | 463 | +275 | 38 | |
4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 653 | 431 | +222 | 38 | |
5 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 657 | 568 | +89 | 36 | |
6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 529 | 433 | +96 | 34 | |
7 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 634 | 521 | +113 | 33 | |
8 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 470 | 510 | −40 | 30 | |
9 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 474 | 601 | −127 | 30 | |
10 | Dolphins | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 577 | 578 | −1 | 28 | |
11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 508 | 634 | −126 | 28 | |
12 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 537 | 607 | −70 | 26 | |
13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 512 | 574 | −62 | 25 | |
14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 488 | 656 | −168 | 22 | |
15 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 561 | 716 | −155 | 20 | |
16 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 494 | 682 | −188 | 20 | |
17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 463 | 750 | −287 | 18 |
Source: [16]
Date | Final | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Referee | Attendance |
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Sun 15 September 4:05pm | Elimination Final | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Accor Stadium | 22–24 | T. Talau, E. Bullemor, D. Cherry-Evans, T. Koula | R. Garrick (4/4) | Grant Atkins | 50,704 | |
Sat 21 September 7:50pm | Semi Final | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 40-16 | H. Olakau'atu, T. Talau, B. Trbojevic | R. Garrick (2/3) | Grant Atkins | 40,818 |
In the Round 4 game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Reuben Garrick reached 1000 points for club matches after converting Koula's try. [17]
In the Round 5 game against the Penrith Panthers, Daly Cherry-Evans became the most capped player at the Sea Eagles, passing Cliff Lyons record of 309 matches. [18]
In the Round 5 game against the Penrith Panthers, Corey Waddell played his 100th NRL game. This was his 41st game for the club after playing with Manly in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, with the 59 other games being with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. [19]
In the Round 20 game against the Gold Coast Titans, with his second goal of the night Reuben Garrick moved past Matthew Ridge's total of 1,093 points scored for the club to move into 4th outright on the clubs all time point scoring list. Garrick would finish the minor round with 190 points scored in 2024 (10 tries, 75 goals) and needing just 3 points to move into 3rd outright past Bob Batty who scored 1,154 points for Manly from 1959-1971.
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