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  • King bows out of Tigers clash

    MANLY prop Jason King has been ruled out for up to six weeks after opting to undergo surgery on his knee. King was struggling early in the week with the knee injury, sustained during the Sea Eagles' 56-0 thrashing of Sydney Roosters last Saturday....
  • Manly chasing Storm

    MANLY captain Matt Orford has declared the Sea Eagles' best football is yet to come and hasn't given up hope of winning the minor-premiership. Speaking ahead of tonight's blockbuster against the Wests Tigers at Brookvale Oval, the diminu...
  • More Beaver in 2008

    Manly great Steve Menzies is reportedly set to play on next NRL season and is prepared to take a pay cut to stay at the Sea Eagles. Newspaper reports said the 33-year-old backrower was planning on negotiating a new contract next week. "I'l...
  • Beaver pay-cut to stay?

    MANLY legend Steve Menzies last night formally announced he would play again in 2008 - and then declared he would be prepared to take a pay cut to ensure the Sea Eagles' long-term success. Menzies - one of the NRL's most loyal players - will ...
  • Manly class act: Sheens

    Tigers coach Time Sheens says his team will have to be at its best to match Manly in their clash tomorrow night. Sheens declared his team will need to bring their ``A'' game if they hope to walk away from Brookvale Oval with a victory tomorro...
  • Mandatory NRL scans rejected by doctor

    The spinal specialist who convinced Andrew Johns to hang up his boots believes there is no need for a mandatory scanning of every NRL player in relation to neck injuries. Professor John Yeo, head of the Royal North Shore spinal unit in Sydney, said sub...
  • Six is best for Lyon

    Adam Lucius 13Mar07 Jamie Lyon training at Sea Eagles camp at Narrabeen. SEA Eagles coach Des Hasler will today end a summer of speculation by naming star recruit Jamie Lyon at five-eighth in the first Manly side of the post-Ben Kennedy era. ...
  • Clock ticking on O'Donnell's future

    March 13, 2007 - 6:19AM No deadline has been given to off-contract North Queensland forward Luke O'Donnell despite an English Super League club joining the growing queue for the Test backrower. But North Queensland chief executive Peter Parr ad...
  • A Senior moment

    Adam Lucius 13Feb07 OUTSPOKEN Great Britain star Keith Senior has re-opened his feud with Steve Matai, revealing he regrets not punching the fiery Manly centre during last year's Tri-Nations series. The shaven-headed Lions star also admitt...
  • Sea Eagle on stand-by

    - FoxSports June 12, 2007 MANLY fullback Brett Stewart will be rushed into the New South Wales State of Origin squad this morning, with Anthony Minichiello in doubt for tomorrow night's Origin II from a back injury. Minichiello complained of ba...
  • Monaghan in Origin bolt

    Glenn Jackson | May 12, 2007 Sea Eagles 22 Eels 12 NSW selectors had hoped a halfback would stand up. And while Matt Orford showed glimpses of Origin form, it was the player unwanted as a No.7 who stood tallest. Just days before he is expected t...
  • Eagles target O'Donnell

    MANLY is set to step up its efforts to sign North Queensland Cowboys Test star Luke O'Donnell to replace retired skipper Ben Kennedy. The Sea Eagles have already held talks with O'Donnell's management and their failure to lure Paul Gallen f...
  • Roping in Luke

    Adam Lucius 10Feb07 MANLY will step up plans to lure Test back-rower Luke O'Donnell to Brookvale if veteran forward Steve Menzies decides 2007 is to be his last season in the NRL. Menzies has two years to run on his contract but has the opt...
  • Lyon Steals Anasta's Crown

    FINALLY, Braith Anasta can breathe easily. The Sydney Roosters five-eighth and lock, enjoying a fine season despite the poor performance of his club, has finally rid himself of the game's most despised tag: its most overrated player. Only months a...
  • Life's tough on top

    Jason Avedissian 11May07 MANLY coach Des Hasler has warned his team not to expect a free ride at the top of the premiership as rival clubs attempt ``to bring down'' the NRL leaders. The competition frontrunners host Parramatta in a h...
  • Aaron's groomed for path to top

    11May07 JOE BARTON AT a time when most NRL clubs seem desperate to rush their rising stars to the top grade at increasingly young ages, the Sea Eagles are bucking the trend by holding them back. In contrast to Melbourne and the Dragons, Manly...
  • Burns a pivotal player

    11Apr07 MANLY five-eighth Travis Burns has vowed to give coach Des Hasler a selection headache by continuing his strong NRL form for the undefeated Sea Eagles. Burns was demoted to the interchange bench at the start of the year as Hasler opted to ...
  • Need for Oval upgrade

    Saturday Night's sell-out crowd of 20,000 at a fast-decaying Brookvale Oval for the Sea Eagles v Rabbitohs semi-final highlighted once and for all how sadly the old ground remains in the dark ages. The spiritual home of the Sea Eagles simply isn&#...
  • Orford injury legit - Doctor

    Manly club doctor Paul Bloomfield says the team's captain, Matt Orford, did not get up after running into South Sydney lock Ben Rogers in Saturday night's game, because he was having diaphragm spasms and could hardly breathe. "Matt was s...
  • Manly's fitness edge

    HEAD Sea Eagles conditioner Don Singe has declared that Manly have prepared perfectly for an epic finals assault. Singe's claims are backed up by SportsData statistics which reveal Manly are the competition's most effective side in the final ...