1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

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1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
NSWRFL champions
NSWRFL Rank1st
1976 recordWins: 18; Draws: 0; Losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 544; Against: 300
Team information
Secretary Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Arthurson
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Stanton
Captain
Stadium Brookvale Oval
Top scorers
Tries Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Fulton (21)
Goals Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Eadie (103)
Points Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Eadie (233)
<  1975 1977  >

The 1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 30th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.

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The 1976 Sea Eagles were coached by 1963–64 Kangaroo tourist Frank Stanton. Captaining the side was brilliant centre Bob Fulton. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1976 Premiership season and played its home games at the 27,000 capacity Brookvale Oval. [1]

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 221606499252+24732
2 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 221426347238+10930
3 St. George colours.svg St. George 221408328298+3028
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 221318399250+14927
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 221237361337+2427
6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 221219318287+3125
7 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 221129379313+6624
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 229112378393-1519
9 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 228113352333+1917
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 228014297421-12416
11 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 226115272526-25413
12 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Jets 223019264546-2826

Regular season

Sunday 21 March Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cronulla colours.svg 15 – 27 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Endeavour Field, Sydney  
Tries:
Dave Chamberlain, Greg Mullane, Glenn Stolzenheim
Goals:
Barry Andrews (3/6)		 [2] Tries:
Graham Eadie, Rod Jackson, Tom Mooney, Terry Randall, Gary Thoroughgood
Goals:
Graham Eadie (6/8)		Attendance: 7,629
Referee: Gary Cook
Sunday 28 March Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 17 – 13 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Graham Eadie, Rod Jackson, Tom Mooney
Goals:
Graham Eadie (4/8)		 [3] Tries:
Ron Giteau, Graeme O'Grady, Peter Young
Goals:
Graeme O'Grady (2/5)		Attendance: 12,059
Referee: Greg Hartley
Sunday 4 April Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 21 – 31 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Belmore Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Mick Ryan (2), Don Moseley, Peter O'Neill, George Peponis
Goals:
Graeme Hughes (3/6)		 [4] Tries:
Ray Branighan, Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Rod Jackson, Max Krilich, Ian Martin, Col Parkes
Goals:
Graham Eadie (5/9)		Attendance: 16,046
Referee: Richie Humphreys
Sunday 11 April Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 30 – 4 St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Bob Fulton (2), Rod Jackson (2), Col Parkes, Terry Randall
Goals:
Graham Eadie (6/9)		 [5] Tries:

Goals:
Henry Tatana (2/5)		Attendance: 18,077
Referee: Jack Danzey
Sunday 18 April Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg 8 – 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Cumberland Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Ray Price (2)
Goals:
John Peard (1/4)		 [6] Tries:
Tom Mooney
Goals:
Graham Eadie (1/4)		Attendance: 14,543
Referee: Greg Hartley
Sunday 25 April Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 38 – 13 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Bob Fulton (2), Phil Lowe (2), Max Krilich, Tom Mooney
Goals:
Graham Eadie (10/10)		 [7] Tries:
Bruce Walker, Rex Murphy
Goals:
John Gray (1/3)
Mark Tonks (1/1)		Attendance: 13,057
Referee: Col Turnell
Saturday 1 May Eastern Suburbs Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 19 – 18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  
Tries:
Ron Coote, Russell Fairfax, Mark Harris
Goals:
John Brass (3/4)
Royce Ayliffe (2/4)		 [8] Tries:
Graham Eadie, Russel Gartner, Rod Jackson, Mick Waller
Goals:
Graham Eadie (3/6)		Attendance: 22,861
Referee: Kevin Roberts
Saturday 8 May Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 27 – 14 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Tom Mooney (4), Phil Lowe (2), Bob Fulton
Goals:
Graham Eadie (3/9)		 [9] Tries:
John King (2)
Goals:
Ken Wilson (4/5)		Attendance: 9,314
Referee: Don Macdonald
Sunday 16 May Newtown Bluebags Newtown colours.svg 6 – 57 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Henson Park, Sydney  
Tries:

Goals:
John Bradstock (3/5)		 [10] Tries:
Bob Fulton (3), Tom Mooney (3), Ian Martin (2), Ray Branighan, Graham Eadie, John Harvey, Max Krilich, Alan Thompson
Goals:
Graham Eadie (9/13)		Attendance: 2,825
Referee: Richie Humphreys
Sunday 23 May South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg 16 – 18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Redfern Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Bernard Lowther, John Marsh
Goals:
Greg Purcell (5/8)		 [11] Tries:
Bob Fulton (2)
Goals:
Graham Eadie (6/9)		Attendance: 11,198
Referee: Col Turnell
Sunday 30 May Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 14 – 0 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Bob Fulton, Tom Mooney
Goals:
Ray Branighan (6/8)		 [12] Tries:

Goals:		Attendance: 25,876
Referee: Greg Hartley
Sunday 6 June Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 17 – 12 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Roosters Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Ray Branighan, Bob Fulton, Tom Mooney
Goals:
Graham Eadie (4/4)		 [13] Tries:
Ron Coote, Russell Fairfax
Goals:
John Brass (3/5)		Attendance: 23,005
Referee: Gary Cook
Sunday 13 June Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 20 – 9 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Mick Waller (2), Phil Lowe, Terry Randall
Goals:
Graham Eadie (4/8)		 [14] Tries:
Martin Raftery
Goals:
Steve Rogers (3/4)		Attendance: 16,026
Referee: Don Macdonald
Sunday 20 June Western Suburbs Magpies Western Suburbs colours.svg 15 – 37 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Lidcombe Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
John Donnelly, James Murphy, John Purcell
Goals:
Ron Giteau (3)		 [15] Tries:
Johnny Gibbs (2), Terry Randall (2), Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Terry Hill, Tom Mooney, Steve Norton
Goals:
Graham Eadie (5)		Attendance: Greg Hartley
Referee: 12,713
Sunday 27 June Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 9 – 13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Alan Thompson
Goals:
Graham Eadie (3)		 [16] Tries:
Steve Hage
Goals:
Don Moseley (5)		Attendance: 15,446
Referee: Kevin Roberts
Saturday 3 July St. George Dragons St. George colours.svg 13 – 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Kogarah Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Ted Goodwin
Goals:
Henry Tatana (5)		 [17] Tries:
Tom Mooney
Goals:
Graham Eadie (1)		Attendance: 10,388
Referee: Gary Cook
Sunday 11 July Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 10 – 14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Graham Eadie, Russel Gartner
Goals:
Graham Eadie (2)		 [18] Tries:
Neville Glover, Phil Mann
Goals:
John Peard (4)		Attendance: 2,311
Referee: Don Macdonald
Saturday 17 July North Sydney Bears North Sydney colours.svg 28 – 5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles North Sydney Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
John Miller
Goals:
Barry Wood (1)		 [19] Tries:
Bob Fulton (2), Johnny Gibbs, Rod Jackson, Tom Mooney, Alan Thompson
Goals:
Graham Eadie (5)		Attendance: 6,475
Referee: Richie Humphreys
Saturday 31 July Penrith Panthers Penrith colours.svg 16 – 15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Penrith Park, Sydney  
Tries:
Glenn West (2), Terry Geary, Terry Quinn
Goals:
Ken Wilson (2)		 [20] Tries:
Russel Gartner, Johnny Gibbs, Rod Jackson
Goals:
Mick Waller (3)		Attendance: 6,260
Referee: Greg Hartley
Sunday 8 August Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 20 – 12 Newtown colours.svg Newtown Bluebags Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Bob Fulton, Russel Gartner, Phil Lowe, Alan Thompson
Goals:
Bob Fulton (4)		 [21] Tries:
Chris Dawson, Brian Plummer
Goals:
Brian Robertson (3)		Attendance: 8,643
Referee: Keith Page
Saturday 15 August Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 26 – 3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Brookvale Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Graham Eadie, Bob Fulton, Ian Martin, Tom Mooney
Goals:
Graham Eadie (7)		 [22] Tries:
John Berne
Goals:		Attendance: 10,532
Referee: Barry Bradstock
Sunday 22 August Balmain Tigers Balmain colours.svg 11 – 30 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Leichhardt Oval, Sydney  
Tries:
Greg Cox
Goals:
Greg Cox (4)		 [23] Tries:
Gary Stephens (2), Graham Eadie, Ian Martin, Tom Mooney, Alan Thompson
Goals:
Graham Eadie (6)		Attendance: 17,360
Referee: Don Macdonald

Finals

Major Semi-Final

Saturday 4 September Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 17 – 23 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  
Tries:
Bob Fulton (2), Alan Thompson
Goals:
Graham Eadie (4/6)		 [24] Tries:
Graeme Atkins, Neville Glover, John Peard
Goals:
John Peard (5/7)
Mark Levy (2/2)		Attendance: 30,999
Referee: Greg Hartley

Preliminary Final

Saturday 11 September Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 15 – 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  
Tries:
Bob Fulton, Russel Gartner
Goals:
Graham Eadie (4/6)
Field Goals:
Bob Fulton (1)		 [25] Tries:
Keith Harris, Bob McCarthy
Goals:
Don Moseley (3/4)		Attendance: 31,381
Referee: Gary Cook

Grand Final

Saturday 18 September
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 13 – 10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Tries:
Phil Lowe

Goals:
Graham Eadie (5/6)		 [26] Tries:
Geoff Gerard
Jim Porter
Goals:
John Peard (2/3)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 57,343
Referee: Gary Cook
Player of the Match: Graham Eadie Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
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Parramatta
FB1 Graham Eadie
LW2 Tom Mooney
CE3 Russel Gartner
CE4 Bob Fulton (c)
RW5 Rod Jackson
FE6 Alan Thompson
HB7 Gary Stephens
LK8 Ian Martin
SR9 Phil Lowe
SR10 Steve Norton
PR11 Terry Randall
HK12 Max Krilich
PR13 John Harvey
Substitutions:
IC14 Gary Thoroughgood
IC17 Mark Willoughby
Coach:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Stanton
FB1 Mark Levy
LW2 Jim Porter
CE3 Ed Sulkowicz
CE4 John Moran
RW5 Neville Glover
FE6 John Peard
HB7 John Kolc
LK8 Ray Price
SR9 Geoff Gerard
SR10 Ray Higgs (c)
PR11 Denis Fitzgerald
HK12 Ron Hilditch
PR13 Graham Olling
Substitutions:
IC14 John Baker
IC15 Graeme Atkins
Coach:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Fearnley

Player statistics

Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.

PlayerGames (sub)TriesGoalsFGPoints
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Baker
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Branighan 3417
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Byrne
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Eadie 9103233
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laurie Freier
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Fulton (c)214172
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russel Gartner 515
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johnny Gibbs 412
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Harvey 13
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Hill 13
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Jackson 824
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Krilich 39
Flag of England.svg Phil Lowe 721
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Martin 515
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Mooney 1854
Flag of England.svg Steve Norton 13
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Col Parkes 26
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Randall 515
Flag of England.svg Gary Stephens 26
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Thompson 618
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Thoroughgood 26
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Waller 3315
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Willoughby
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Wilson
TOTAL1051141544

Representative Players

State

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References

  1. ↑ NSWRFL 1976 - Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
  2. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.1 - Cronulla-Sutherland vs Manly
  3. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.2 - Manly vs Western Suburbs
  4. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.3 - Canterbury-Bankstown vs Manly
  5. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.4 - Manly vs St George
  6. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.5 - Parramatta vs Manly
  7. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.6 - Manly vs North Sydney
  8. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.7 - Eastern Suburbs vs Manly
  9. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.8 - Manly vs Penrith
  10. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.9 - Newtown vs Manly
  11. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.10 - South Sydney vs Manly
  12. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.11 - Manly vs Balmain
  13. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.12 - Manly vs Eastern Suburbs
  14. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.13 - Manly vs Cronulla-Sutherland
  15. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.14 - Western Suburbs vs Manly
  16. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.15 - Manly vs Canterbury-Bankstown
  17. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.16 - St George vs Manly
  18. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.17 - Manly vs Parramatta
  19. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.18 - North Sydney vs Manly
  20. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.19 - Penrith vs Manly
  21. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.20 - Manly vs Newtown
  22. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.21 - South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Manly
  23. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Rd.22 - Manly vs Balmain
  24. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Major Semi-final - Manly vs Parramatta
  25. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Preliminary final - Manly vs Canterbury-Bankstown
  26. ↑ 1976 NSWRFL Grand Final - Manly-Warringah vs Parramatta
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