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2023 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Season
Pre-Season Challenge champions
NRL Rank12th
Play-off resultDNQ
2023 recordWins: 11; draws: 1; losses: 12
Team information
CEOAustralia Tony Mestrov
CoachAustralia Anthony Seibold
Captain
StadiumBrookvale Oval (4 Pines Park) (18,000)
Avg. attendance13,650 (not including home matches away from Brookvale)
High attendance17,385 (Round 18 v SYD) not including home matches away from Brookvale
Low attendance10,102 (Round 24 v PEN) not including home matches away from Brookvale
Top scorers
TriesNigeria Jason Saab (14)
PointsAustralia Reuben Garrick (174)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 74th in the club's history since their entry to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1947. The coach was Anthony Seibold taking over from Des Hasler. Daly Cherry-Evans captained the club for the seventh consecutive year. The Sea Eagles won the inaugural pre-season challenge.

Des Hasler Situation

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As a result of not making the finals in 2022, a requirement under Des Hasler's contract, his contract would not able to automatically extend to the end of 2024. Initially the situation started out with a change in assistant coaches with Chad Randall and Michael Monaghan leaving the club. It upset Hasler, but after meetings everything was reported that everyone was happy before reports came out that Hasler would coach the club until the end of 2024, with a succession plan in place, which put the club in unrest. [1]

A month later in October 2022, Des Hasler announced he threatened to sue Manly over the Manly pride jersey player boycott, as he believed that it derailed the season as a result of how there was little communication given between the playing group, coaching staff and the management about what was going on.[2] By then Manly powerbrokers already identified Anthony Seibold as a potential successor to Hasler,[3] with Hasler identifying Josh Hannay as his preferred successor.[2] Emails were also leaked between Manly officials involving the pride jersey. [4] It was then reported that if he is to coach Manly in 2023, he would have no say in recruitment/retention, accept Seibold as his successor and accept that 2023 would be his last year. [5]


On the 13th of October 2022, Hasler was sacked from the club. [6] On the 8th of November 2022, Seibold was officially announced as the head coach for the Sea Eagles. [7]

2023 Squad

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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2025 squad
Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL season Supplementary list Coaching staff

Extended squad

 Manager

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Managers

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 28 September 2024
Source(s): Sea Eagles Team Profiles, Sea Eagles 2024



Transfers

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Gains
Player Club Until Source
Jake Arthur (gained mid-season) Parramatta Eels 2024 [8]
Ben Condon North QLD Cowboys 2025 [9]
Austin Dias Wests Tigers TBC [10]
Cooper Johns Melbourne Storm 2023 [11]
Matthew Lodge (gained mid-season) Sydney Roosters 2023 [12]
Kelma Tuilagi Wests Tigers 2025 [13]
Aaron Woods (gained mid-season) St. George Illawarra Dragons 2023 [14]
Losses
Player Club Until Source
Andrew Davey Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2024 [15]
Sione Fainu (left mid 2022) Wests Tigers 2024 [16]
Kieran Foran Gold Coast Titans 2024 [17]
Jorge Taufua (left mid 2022) Wakefield Trinity 2023 [18]
Martin Taupau Brisbane Broncos 2023 [19]
Dylan Walker New Zealand Warriors 2025 [20]

Re-Signed: Josh Aloiai (2025), Daly Cherry-Evans (2025), Toluta'u Koula (2024), Karl Lawton (2024), Ben Trbojevic (2024), Kaeo Weekes (2023)

Results

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2023 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 18 0 6 3 645 312 +333 42
2 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 3 639 425 +214 42
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 3 627 459 +168 38
4 New Zealand Warriors 24 16 0 8 3 572 448 +124 38
5 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 3 626 451 +175 35
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 3 619 497 +122 34
7 Sydney Roosters 24 13 0 11 3 472 496 −24 32
8 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 3 486 623 −137 32
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 3 564 505 +59 30
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 3 587 574 +13 30
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 3 546 542 +4 30
12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 1 12 3 545 539 +6 29
13 Dolphins 24 9 0 15 3 520 631 −111 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 3 527 653 −126 24
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 3 438 769 −331 20
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 5 0 19 3 474 673 −199 16
17 Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 3 385 675 −290 14


Pre-Season Challenge

Source: [21]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Field Goals Referee Attendance
Fri 10 Feb 8:00pm 1 South Sydney Rabbitohs Central Coast Stadium 30-28 R. Vaega (2), J. Toby (2), Z. Fulton, C. Brown C. Johns (3/6) Todd Smith 9,807
Fri 17 Feb 8:00pm 2 Sydney Roosters Central Coast Stadium 16-28 R. Garrick (3), K. Tuilagi, T. Koula R. Garrick (4/6) Chris Butler 10,744

Regular Season

Source: [22]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Field Goals Referee Attendance
Sat 4 March 3:00pm 1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Brookvale Oval 31-6 D. Cherry-Evans (3), T. Trbojevic, R. Garrick R. Garrick (5/5) D. Cherry-Evans (1/1) Grant Atkins 17,278
9-12 March 2 Bye
Thu 16 March 7:50pm 3 Parramatta Eels Brookvale Oval 34-30 T. Trbojevic (2), H. Olakau'atu (2), R. Garrick, B. Parker R. Garrick (4/6) Adam Gee 13,353
Sat 25 March 7:35pm 4 South Sydney Rabbitohs Accor Stadium 13-12 H. Olakau'atu, D. Cherry-Evans R. Garrick (2/2) Chris Sutton 18,379
Sat 1 April 3:00pm 5 Newcastle Knights Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium 32-32 H. Olakau'atu, C. Tuipulotu, B. Parker, K. Tuilagi, K. Weekes, R. Garrick R. Garrick (4/6) Chris Butler 9,024
Sat 8 April 5:30pm 6 Penrith Panthers Penrith Stadium 44-12 J. Saab, T. Trbojevic D. Cherry-Evans (2/2) Todd Smith 20,312
Fri 14 April 8:00pm 7 Melbourne Storm Brookvale Oval 18-8 T. Trbojevic, L. Croker D. Cherry-Evans (5/6) Adam Gee 13,572
Sun 23 April 4:05pm 8 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium 16-22 D. Cherry-Evans, H. Olakau'atu, J. Saab R. Garrick (3/3) Todd Smith 10,033
Sat 29 April 5:30pm 9 Gold Coast Titans Brookvale Oval 10-26 S. Keppie R. Garrick (3/3) Ben Cummins 10,107
Fri 5 May 8:05pm 10 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 6-32 B. Trbojevic R. Garrick (1/1) Gerard Sutton 50,077
Sun 14 May 4:05pm 11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Brookvale Oval 14-20 R. Garrick, L. Croker R. Garrick (3/3) Ashley Klein 10,358
Sun 21 May 4:05pm 12 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 16-42 T. Trbojevic (3), B. Parker, R. Garrick, J. Schuster, J. Saab, B. Condon R. Garrick (5/8) Gerard Sutton 14,730
Sun 28 May 4:05pm 13 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 28-18 R. Garrick, L. Croker, J. Saab R. Garrick (3/4) Peter Gough 20,661
2-4 June 14 Bye
Fri 9 June 8:00pm 15 Dolphins Brookvale Oval 58-18 R. Garrick (3), J. Saab (2), T. Trbojevic (2), T. Koula (2), L. Croker R. Garrick (9/10) Gerard Sutton 14,598
Sat 17 June 5:30pm 16 Parramatta Eels Commbank Stadium 34-4 C. Tuipulotu R. Garrick (0/1) Chris Butler 21,296
Sat 24 June 7:35pm 17 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 24-6 H. Olakau'atu R. Garrick (1/1) Todd Smith 13,198
Sun 2 July 4:05pm 18 Sydney Roosters Brookvale Oval 18-16 D. Cherry-Evans (2), B. Trbojevic R. Garrick (3/3) Ben Cummins 17,385
6-9 July 19 Bye
Sat 15 July 5:30pm 20 North Queensland Cowboys Brookvale Oval 8-19 D. Matterson, B. Parker D. Cherry-Evans (0/1),R. Garrick (0/1) Adam Gee 13,240
Sun 23 July 4:05pm 21 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Shark Park 26-30 T. Koula (2), J. Aloiai, L. Croker, H. Olakau'atu, R. Garrick R. Garrick (3/6) Peter Gough 10,634
Sat 29 July 5:30pm 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 24-18 T. Koula, H. Olakau'atu, R. Garrick, J. Saab R. Garrick (3/4) Chris Butler 14,872
Thu 3 August 7:50pm 23 Sydney Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground 26-16 J. Schuster, B. Parker, T. Koula R. Garrick (2/4) Ashley Klein 12,197
Thu 10 August 7:50pm 24 Penrith Panthers Brookvale Oval 12-24 T. Sipley, R. Garrick R. Garrick (2/2) Gerard Sutton 10,102
Fri 18 August 6:00pm 25 New Zealand Warriors Go Media Stadium 29-22 J. Saab (3), J. Arthur R. Garrick (3/4) Todd Smith 24,112
Sun 27 August 2:00pm 26 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Accor Stadium 24-42 J. Saab (2), T. Sipley, R. Vaega, H. Olakau'atu, D. Cherry-Evans, L. Croker D. Cherry-Evans (6/7), G. Chan Kum Tong (1/1) Liam Kennedy 13,074
Fri 1 September 6:00pm 27 Wests Tigers Brookvale Oval 54-12 T. Koula (2), J. Saab, E. Bullemor, H. Olakau'atu, J. Trbojevic, R. Vaega, G. Chan Kum Tong, D. Cherry-Evans D. Cherry-Evans (7/10) Belinda Sharpe 16,503

Representative Players

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Milestones

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Daly Cherry-Evans played his 300th game for the club against the St. George Illawarra Dragons on the 29th of July 2023. He has played all of his games for the club. [23] For Manly he scored 83 tries, 158 goals and 26 field goals. He was part of the 2011 Grand Final team. He has played in nine series for Queensland in state of origin, being the captain in 2019. He has made 18 appearances for the Kangaroos and played in both the 2013 and 2021 world cups. He also played for Australia at the 2019 RLWC 9s.

In that same game Lachlan Croker played his 100th game of NRL, playing all but one for the club. [24] Before his 100th he had scored 16 tries and played games across both the hooker and five-eighth positions.

In Round 27 on the final home game for the season Jake Trbojevic played his 200th game for the Sea Eagles against the Wests Tigers playing all of his matches for the club. [25] Before his 200th, he had scored 31 tries for the club. Trbojevic played 16 games for New South Wales in state of origin playing in every series from 2017. He has also made 12 appearances for the Kangaroos which included the 2017 and 2021 world cups.

References

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  22. ^ "Draw". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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  25. ^ "NRL Team Sheet: Round 27 v Wests Tigers". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. 2023-08-29. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
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