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  • Manly CEO sledges billionaire Souths owners

    HOLLYWOOD star Russell Crowe and his South Sydney co-owner Peter Holmes a Court were last night accused of being attention seekers by rivals Manly. The inflammatory comments from Sea Eagles chief executive Grant Mayer come with tonight's airing of...
  • Kite sees Origin win as vital to rep career

    Jason Avedissian 07Jun07 MANLY prop Brent Kite fears his representative career could be at an end if the Blues do not level the State of Origin series in Sydney next week. Kite and fellow Sea Eagle Jamie Lyon moved into Origin camp in Coogee y...
  • Firing Lyon on Blues mission

    By Margie McDonald May 07, 2007 YOU expect an impact from a player nicknamed "Killer" and Manly's Jamie Lyon delivered it in the northwestern corner of Canberra Stadium yesterday. With his side trailing Canberra for two-thirds of the ...
  • Lyon ready for Origin jersey

    By Steve Mascord May 07, 2007 12:00 MANLY star Jamie Lyon said he was ready for the NSW goalkicking duties and sent Queensland a warning that he was still short of his best after a sizzling display against Canberra yesterday. The Blues five-eighth ...
  • Beaver hits rock bottom

    by David Riccio May 06, 2007 12:00 STEVE Menzies has played 240 first-grade games for Manly. He has won a World Cup with the Kangaroos, claimed an Origin series with the Blues and also owns a premiership ring. It seems nothing could tarnish a glitteri...
  • Orford regrets errors

    Greg Prichard | May 7, 2007 MATT Orford came down hard on himself over his performance for Manly against Canberra yesterday and was in no mood to talk about his chances of being picked to play for NSW in State of Origin I. The fact that the Sea Eag...
  • Manly blitz stuns Raiders

    A second-half onslaught has powered Manly to a stunning 46-30 come from behind NRL victory over an impressive Canberra outfit in the nation's capital today. The Sea Eagles started slowly but five tries in a dramatic 18-minute period took care of t...
  • Manly's raid on the capital

    Greg Prichard | May 7, 2007 Raiders 30 Sea Eagles 46 Jamie Lyon was travelling so fast and stretching so far that he didn't have a clue whether the ball he batted back for the try that put Manly in front for the first time - and for good - had...
  • Eagles' backrow blow

    Adam Lucius 07Mar07 MANLY'S plans to build their backrow depth were dealt a triple setback yesterday, with the hunt for Paul Gallen and Luke O'Donnell going cold as fresh doubts surfaced over Steve Menzies' long-term future. Galle...
  • Sharks, Manly battle for Gallen

    By Dean Ritchie March 07, 2007 The Sharks have increased their offer to match the valuable four-year deal tabled by rivals Manly, but Gallen, out until round three with an ankle injury, remains undecided about his future. The Cronulla club, however...
  • Manly on a roll

    By Dean Ritchie December 07, 2006 12:00 TWENTY years ago rugby league players used to drink kegs during the off-season. Now they throw them. Manly yesterday held a strongman contest at the club's Narrabeen headquarters as part of an unusual ap...
  • Stand up Mr Tonga

    Jason Avedissian 07Dec06 Sione Finefeuiaki was yesterday throwing his 116kg frame around at the Sea Eagles inaugural strong-man day designed to reveal the club's toughest. Mr Tonga won the day, throwing a 60kg keg 10m over his head. MANLY co...
  • We'll do it for BK

    Jason Avedissian 07Sep06 MANLY half Matt Orford has revealed the Sea Eagles will use the emotion of Ben Kennedy's retirement as a motivating factor ahead of tomorrow night's NRL finals opener against the Knights in Newcastle. Orfor...
  • Final fling for green Sea Eagles

    Glenn Jackson September 7, 2006 MANLY, who are clearly drinking out of a half-full glass, believe they can turn what would seem their biggest Achilles heel into their secret weapon. The Sea Eagles will head into tomorrow night's clash with New...
  • Lyon returns a better player

    ADAM LUCIUS 07jul06 [b]THE Jamie Lyon Manly will welcome back next season is a much better model than the one who abruptly departed the NRL two years ago, according to St Helens coach Daniel Anderson. [/b] Lyon signed a four-year deal with the S...
  • Bell back where he belongs

    ADAM LUCIUS 06jun06 MANLY coach Des Hasler believes Queensland now possess the firepower out wide to level the State of Origin series after the Maroon selectors yesterday switched Steve Bell from wing to centre. The in-form Sea Eagles back scored...
  • Kennedy eyes rep return

    By Dean Ritchie April 7, 2006 [b]THE lure of playing in Andrew Johns's final Test match could tempt Manly's Ben Kennedy to end his brief representative football retirement.[/b] Kennedy announced he would quit representative football eig...
  • The kid they couldn't break

    By Dean Ritchie April 7, 2006 [b]MANLY's lightweight five-eighth, 80kg Travis Burns, has amazingly topped the Sea Eagles' tackle count for the past three successive matches.[/b] Burns, 22, has become the unbreakable rookie. The kid who ou...
  • Crunch time for veterans

    JOHN GRECO 07apr06 [b]MANLY skipper Ben Kennedy and veteran second-rower Steve Menzies will decide on their futures by the end of the month. [/b] Both players are off contract at the end of the year and will sit down with Sea Eagles management ...
  • ARU may swoop for chief of Sea Eagles

    By Greg Growden Chief Rugby Correspondent Friday, April 7, 2006 [b]FOUR months of upheaval at Australian Rugby Union headquarters continued yesterday with confirmation that one of the men who selected John Connolly as Wallabies coach is set to be ...