2025 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season
| 2025 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL rank | 10th | |||
| Play-off result | DNQ | |||
| 2025 record | Wins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Tony Mestrov | |||
| Coach | Anthony Seibold | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Brookvale Oval (4 Pines Park) (18,000) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 16,393 | |||
| High attendance | 17,375 (Round 13 v BRI) | |||
| Low attendance | 12,478 (Round 22 v SYD) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Tolu Koula (17) | |||
| Points | Reuben Garrick (176) | |||
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The 2025 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 76th in the club's history since their entry to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1947. Anthony Seibold coahed the club for the third consecutive year. Daly Cherry-Evans captained the club for the ninth consecutive and final year. Tolu Koula won the clubs Roy Bull Best and Fairest award for the season.
2025 squad
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Manager
Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 16 October 2025 | |||||
Transfers
| Gains | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Until | Source |
| Paul Bryan (Gained mid-season) | Newcastle Knights | 2026 | [1] |
| Sio Siua Taukeiaho | Catalans Dragons (Super League) | 2025 | [2] |
| Jazz Tevaga | New Zealand Warriors | 2025 | [3] |
| Losses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Until | Source |
| Jake Arthur (Left mid-season) | Newcastle Knights | 2025 | [1] |
| Bailey Hodgson (Left mid 2024) | Leigh Leopards (Super League) | 2026 | [4] |
| Jamie Humphreys | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2026 | [5] |
| Karl Lawton | North Queensland Cowboys | 2026 | [6] |
| Brad Parker | Retired | [7] | |
| Jaxson Paulo | North Queensland Cowboys | 2026 | [8] |
| Josh Schuster (Left mid 2024) | South Sydney Rabbitohs (Initially released from the club mid-season) | 2025 | [9] |
| Aaron Woods | Retired | 2025 | [10] |
Results
Pre-season challenge
Source:[11]
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Referee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 - 8 Feb | 1 | Bye | |||||||
| Sat 15 Feb 3:30pm | 2 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Central Coast Stadium | 24 - 34 | N. Willett (2), R. Vaega (2), A. Schoupp, J. Simpkin, C. Faulalo | C. Faulalo (3/7) | Peter Gough | 5,679 | |
| Fri 21 Feb 6:00pm | 2 | Penrith Panthers | Leichhardt Oval | 22 - 38 | R. Vaega (2), N. Willett, E. Bullemor | A. Schoupp (3/3), R. Garrick (0/1) | Grant Atkins | ||
Regular season
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 654 | 506 | +148 | 44 | Advance to finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 671 | 459 | +212 | 40 | |
| 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 534 | 414 | +120 | 38 | |
| 4 | Brisbane Broncos (P) | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 680 | 508 | +172 | 36 | |
| 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 599 | 490 | +109 | 36 | |
| 6 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 517 | 496 | +21 | 34 | |
| 7 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 576 | 469 | +107 | 33 | |
| 8 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 653 | 521 | +132 | 32 | |
| 9 | Dolphins | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 721 | 596 | +125 | 30 | |
| 10 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 555 | 534 | +21 | 30 | |
| 11 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 502 | 578 | −76 | 26 | |
| 12 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 538 | 684 | −146 | 25 | |
| 13 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 477 | 612 | −135 | 24 | |
| 14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 427 | 608 | −181 | 24 | |
| 15 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 498 | 628 | −130 | 22 | |
| 16 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 520 | 719 | −199 | 18 | |
| 17 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 338 | 638 | −300 | 18 |
Matches
Representative players
- Daly Cherry-Evans ( Queensland - Captain game 1)
- Lehi Hopoate ( Tonga)
- Tolu Koula ( Tonga)
- Caleb Navale ( Fiji)
- Jason Saab ( Prime Minister's XIII)
- Jacob Sykes ( Indigenous All Stars)
- Jazz Tevaga ( Māori All Stars, Samoa)
- Brandon Wakeham ( Fiji)
References
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- ^ "Manly roll the dice on veteran despite injury queries". Nine. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "Jazz Tevaga brings experience and grit to Sea Eagles". Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "Bailey Hodgson is a Leopard – Leigh Leopards". Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "Rabbitohs sign Jamie Humphreys until the end of Season 2026 – South Sydney Rabbitohs". Site Name, i.e. Moz. 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "Cowboys sign Lawton". North Queensland Cowboys. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ Gee, Xander (2024-09-07). "Parker officially announces retirement". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "Cowboys sign Paulo". North Queensland Cowboys. 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "Rabbitohs confident former Sea Eagles prodigy will get 'back on track' under Wayne Bennett". ABC News. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "Emotional great bids farewell after 'rollercoaster' career". Nine. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ "Draw". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2025-02-08.