Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Captain: Jamie Lyon
Coach: Geoff Toovey
Round 1: @ Eels, Friday 6 March Pirtek Stadium Stadium

Attack: 92
Defence: 90
Prediction: 6th

Strongest 17
1 Brett Stewart
2 Jorge Taufua
3 Jamie Lyon
4 Steve Matai
5 Peta Hiku
6 Kieran Foran
7 Daly Cherry-Evans

8 Brenton Lawrence
9 Matt Ballin
10 Willie Mason
11 Justin Horo
12 Jamie Buhrer
13 Feleti Mateo

14 Jesse Sene-Lefeo
15 Tom Symonds
16 Luke Burgess
17 Jake Trbojevic
Highlight: Another year of Cherry-Evans/Foran brilliance.
Lowlight: The possible split of the brilliant Cherry-Evans/Foran combination.

Is this the year that Manly finally fall off the pace and return to the pack? Probably not. But you can’t blame them if they do after being up for so many years. They’ve lost veterans Anthony Watmough, Jason King and Glenn Stewart but shopped wisely picking up Willie Mason, Luke Burgess and Feleti Mateo. This is still a great team and a Manly side with something to prove is a dangerous force to deal with. Injuries will dictate their charge toward the end of the year.

@CurtisWoodward1