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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Rugby league is a funny game. It’s also a crazy, strange, wonderful place full of forgotten memories and bizarre events. Welcome to OddBall Footy History. WESTS TIGERS WEAR BLACK FOR SUNDAY GAME IN TOWNSVILLE It is round 23 of the 2000 season and the 7th placed Wests Tigers take the field […]
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The North Sydney Bears are lining up a hostile takeover of their old rivals Manly which could end the Sea Eagles in top flight rugby league. According to The Daily Telegraph, a consortium of Bears business partners is set to make a bid to buy out the Penn family who currently own the troubled Eagles. […]
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Manly Sea Eagles legend and former coach Geoff Toovey has made the startling claim Jackson Hastings is being pushed out of the club to ease salary cap pressure. Current coach Trent Barrett recently held a press conference stating an altercation between Hastings and captain Daly Cherry-Evans was the reason behind Hastings’ tenure at the Blacktown […]
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BY A.J NASH AND SCOTT DILLON The NRL has handed down heavy sanctions on the Manly Sea Eagles for major salary cap breaches. Manly has been fined $750,000 and two club officials – COO Neil Bare and former CEO and current Roosters boss Joe Kelly have been banned from the game for 12 months. The […]
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An embarrassed Brad Arthur says his Parramatta team didn’t ‘have a go’ after they were smacked 54-0 by Manly at Brookvale on Sunday. “I told them I was surprised. I didn’t see it coming. Not this week, not last week, not next week not any week. We are very embarrassed with that performance.” Arthur said. […]
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One of Joel Thompson’s former teammates at the St George Illawarra Dragons, Peter Mata’utia, has taken a light-hearted dig at the forward who has just linked with the Manly Sea Eagles. Thompson tweeted, “First day at @SeaEagles . Didn’t think the move was going to happen but here now for a big 2018.” Mata’utia was […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis One of St George Illawarra’s most respected players Joel Thompson has been released by the club to take up a contract with the Manly Sea Eagles. There had been speculation that Thompson would be leaving the Dragons despite the man himself taking to Twitter in November saying, “Good being back with […]
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BY STAFF WRITERS Despite ongoing salary cap woes – the Manly Sea Eagles are reportedly in discussions to partner the New York City bid which is hoping to join the English Championship competition in 2019. According to The Daily Telegraph, the Sea Eagles want to partner the New Yorkers who have put forward a $12 […]
Read More Brand new Manly Sea Eagles CEO Lyall Gorman says the club will fight a breach notice from the NRL alleging salary cap breaches over the last five years. Manly has five days to response to the breach but it is believed they are asking for an extension. “Based on our legal team’s preliminary review, there […]
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Coach Ivan Cleary says he was proud of his Wests Tigers despite going down to Manly at Brookvale on Sunday 28-16. The struggling Wests Tigers were a chance of stealing the two competition points on a glorious day in Sydney but Cleary admitted that weight of possession won out in the end. “I’m actually really […]
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