Grand Final Premiership Sides
1972, September 16.
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd: 54,357.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:
Graham Eadie, Ken Irvine, Ray Branighan, Bob Fulton, Max Brown, Ian Martin, Dennis Ward, Malcolm Reilly, Terry Randall, Allan Thomson, John O'Neill, Freddie Jones (c), Bill Hamilton.
Coach: Ron Willey.
Result:
Manly Sea Eagles - 19 (Jones, Branighan tries; Branighan 6 goals; Fulton field goal) defeated
Eastern Suburbs Roosters - 14 (Ballesty, Mullins tries; McKean 4 goals). Referee: Keith Page.
1973, September 15.
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd: 52,044.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:
Graham Eadie, Ken Irvine, Ray Branighan, Bob Fulton, Max Brown, Ian Martin, Johnny Mayes, Malcolm Reilly, Terry Randall, Peter Peters, John O'Neill, Freddie Jones (c), Bill Hamilton.
Replacement: John Bucknall for Malcolm Reilly, injured.
Coach: Ron Willey.
Result:
Manly Sea Eagles - 10 (Fulton 2 tries; Eadie 2 goals) defeated
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks - 7 (Bourke try; Rogers 2 goals). Referee: Keith Page.
1976, September 18.
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd: 57,343.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:
Graham Eadie, Tom Mooney, Russel Gartner, Bob Fulton (c), Rod Jackson, Alan Thompson, Gary Stephens, Ian Martin, Phil Lowe, Steve Norton, Terry Randall, Max Krilich, John Harvey.
Replacements: Gary Thoroughgood for Ian Martin; Mark Willoughby for Phil Lowe.
Coach: Frank Stanton.
Result:
Manly Sea Eagles - 13 (Lowe try; Eadie 5 goals) defeated
Parramatta Eels - 10 (Porter, Gerard tries; Peard 2 goals). Referee: Gary Cook.
1978, September 19 (Grand Final Replay).
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd: 33,552.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:
Graham Eadie, Tom Mooney, Stephen Knight, Russel Gartner, Simon Booth, Alan Thompson, Steve Martin, Ian Martin, Terry Randall, Bruce Walker, John Harvey, Max Krilich (c), Ian Thomson.
Replacements: Ray Branighan for Simon Booth; Wayne Springall for Ian Martin.
Coach: Frank Stanton.
Result:
Manly Sea Eagles - 16 (Gartner 2, Eadie tries; Eadie 3 goals; field goal) defeated
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks - 0. Referee: Greg Hartley.
1987, September 27.
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.
Crowd: 50,201.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:
Dale Shearer, David Ronson, Darrell Williams, Michael O'Connor, Stuart Davis, Cliff Lyons, Des Hasler, Paul Vautin (c), Noel Cleal, Ron Gibbs, Kevin Ward, Mal Cochrane, Phil Daley.
Replacements: Mark Pocock for Noel Cleal; Paul Shaw for head bin (twice for Ron Gibbs).
Coach: Bob Fulton.
Result:
Manly Sea Eagles - 18 (O'Connor, Lyons tries; O'Connor 5 goals) defeated
Canberra Raiders - 8 (O'Sullivan try; Meninga, Belcher goals). Referee: Mick Stone.
Clive Churchill Medal Winner: Cliff Lyons.
1996, September 29.
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium.
Crowd: 40,985.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles:
Matthew Ridge, Danny Moore, Craig Innes, Terry Hill, John Hopoate, Nik Kosef, Geoff Toovey (c), David Gillespie, Jim Serdaris, Mark Carroll, Steve Menzies, Daniel Gartner, Owen Cunningham.
Interchange: Cliff Lyons, Neil Tierney, Craig Hancock, Des Hasler.
Coach: Bob Fulton.
Result:
Manly Sea Eagles - 20 (Innes, Menzies, Moore tries; Ridge 3, Innes goals) defeated
St George Dragons - 8 (Zisti try; Bartrim 2 goals). Referee: David Manson.
Clive Churchill Medal Winner: Geoff Toovey.
