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Tue March 6, 2012
Source: www.manlyseaeagles.com.auDespite a few bumps and bruises from the Sea Eagles' tough win over the Warriors, coach Geoff Toovey has named a largely unchanged side to face the Tigers.
Steve Matai has been ruled out with a hand injury and will be replaced by young speedster Dean Whare.
Kieran Foran is fine to back up at Bluetongue on Friday, while Glenn Stewart will undergo further scans on his injured fingers on Tuesday night.
1 Brett Stewart
2 Michael Oldfield
3 Jamie Lyon [c]
4 Dean Whare
5 David Williams
6 Kieran Foran
7 Daly Cherry-Evans
8 Jason King [c]
9 Matt Ballin
10 Brent Kite
11 Anthony Watmough
12 Tony Williams
13 Glenn Stewart
14 Jamie Buhrer
15 Vic Mauro
16 Darcy Lussick
17 Tim Robinson
MANLY WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES v WESTS TIGERS
Round 2, 2012 NRL Premiership
Friday, March 9, 2012
NRL Kick-Off 7.30pm
Bluetongue Stadium
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Fri October 7, 2011
NRL grand finalists Krisnan Inu and Elijah Taylor plus North Queensland winger Kalifa Faifai Loa have today been called into the Kiwis' touring squad for their one-off Test against the Kangaroos and the 2011 Four Nations in England.
They come into the side for Warriors Manu Vatuvei and Shaun Johnson plus Manly's Steve Matai - all NRL grand finalists last Sunday - were ruled out on medical grounds.
Vatuvei has battled with knee and wrist problems throughout the season but still managed to score 12 tries in 19 matches, the fifth straight year he has been the Vodafone Warriors' top try scorer. Kiwi team doctor Simon Mayhew said Vatuvei needed end of season treatment which might include surgery.
While Johnson finished the 2011 campaign by making 16 NRL appearances he had a late start due to a back injury, which had to be managed throughout the season. Mayhew said Johnson needed a period of rest to fully recover from the complaint.
Matai has a recent history of shoulder and neck complaints which flared up again during Manly's grand final win. Manly's medical staff have told Mayhew Matai may need offseason surgery.
As the Kiwis have numerous options in the halves, the selectors have replaced Johnson with another NRL rookie in Vodafone Warriors back rower Taylor. He played 21 NRL games this year, scoring a try in the grand final loss to Manly when he was being used in the centres.
Inu has been recalled after last being in the Kiwi squad for the 2009 Four Nations. He wasn't used during that campaign but played four Tests in 2007 and 2008.
Faifai Loa scored 10 tries in 22 games for the Cowboys this year, joining the club after making his NRL debut when he was with St George Illawarra last year. Born in Wellington, Faifai Loa (21) was raised in Auckland where he played his junior football for the Marist Saints before linking with Newcastle and then being signed by the Dragons. He joined the Cowboys for the 2011 season.
With Taylor and Faifai Loa coming into the squad, the Kiwis now have seven players yet to play a Test, the others being Warriors Kevin Locke and prop Russell Packer, Brisbane's Gerard Beale and Alex Glenn plus Melbourne's Kevin Proctor.
Locke was selected for the Kiwis' 2009 Four Nations campaign but didn't play a match while Beale was 19th man for the Kiwis in this year's Anzac Test and Glenn was in the Anzac Test squad in 2009 and 2010 but didn't make the playing line-up.
A total of eight players involved in Sunday's NRL grand final - seven from the Warriors - are included. Named from the premiership-winning Manly side is standoff Kieran Foran.
Apart from Locke, Inu, Taylor and Packer, the other Vodafone Warriors players are centre/second rower Lewis Brown - who made his Test debut in this year's Anzac Test - second rower Simon Mannering and prop Ben Matulino.
In all 17 of the 23 players were involved in finals football in the NRL or the English Super League.
Besides the eight in the NRL grand final, another four are from the Melbourne and Brisbane sides beaten in the preliminary finals ? the Storm's Sika Manu and Proctor plus Brisbane's Beale and Glenn. Wigan's Thomas Leuluai also went within a win of making the English Super League grand final while St George Illawarra's Jason Nightingale and Nathan Fien played in the finals as did Kiwi captain Benji Marshall for Wests Tigers and Faifai Loa for North Queensland.
A total of 12 players have now been ruled out of consideration due to injury - Josh Hoffman (Brisbane), Lance Hohaia (NZ Warriors), Sam Rapira (NZ Warriors), Matt Duffie (Melbourne), Sam Perrett (Sydney Roosters), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Sydney Roosters), Frank-Paul Nuuausala (Sydney Roosters), Greg Eastwood (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) and Bronson Harrison (Canberra) plus Vatuvei, Matai and Johnson. In addition, Bulldogs second rower Frank Pritchard was unavailable after committing himself to Toa Samoa.
The Kiwis are due to assemble in Sydney on Sunday where they will train for three days before travelling to Newcastle for the Bill Kelly Cup Test against the Kangaroos at Ausgrid Stadium on October 16. The team for the Test is due to be named next Monday (October 10).
Following the Newcastle international, the Kiwis will return to Sydney before flying out to England for their Four Nations matches against Australia in Warrington on October 28, Wales at Wembley Stadium in London on November 5 and England at KC Stadium in Hull on November 12. The Four Nations final will be played at Elland Road in Leeds on November 19.
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 2012 World Club Challenge
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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2012 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
8 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [04 Mar 12] W 26-20 v Warriors (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [31 Mar 12] L 20-29 v Parramatta (A). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [09 Apr 12] W 30-0 v Penrith (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [14 Apr 12] L 14-26 v Gold Coast (H). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [27 Apr 12] W 12-10 v Canterbury (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [06 May 12] W 18-12 v Canberra (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [11 May 12] W 24-22 v Brisbane (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [20 May 12] W 18-10 v Roosters (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
21 games; 9 tries, 36 points.
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 11] W 19-13 v Cronulla (A). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 11] W 20-10 v Warriors (H). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [22 Apr 11] W 22-16 v Panthers (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 11] L 20-22 v Cowboys (A). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [09 May 11] W 20-0 v Canberra (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [16 May 11] W 16-12 v Titans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [27 May 11] W 34-10 v Broncos (H). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 11] W 38-4 v Canterbury (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [11 Jun 11] W 24-4 v Cowboys (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [20 Jun 11] W 22-18 v Eels (H). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [27 Jun 11] L 6-24 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [17 Jul 11] W 32-10 v Knights (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [24 Jul 11] W 12-8 v Panthers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [29 Jul 11] L 12-14 v Wests Tigers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 11] W 36-8 v Roosters (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 11] W 26-20 v Eels (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 11] W 27-16 v Canterbury (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [26 Aug 11] W 18-4 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 11] L 10-18 v Brisbane (A). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 1 [10 Sep 11] W 42-8 v North Qld. [CT]
[View] Finals Week 3 [23 Sep 11] W 26-14 v Brisbane. [CT]
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
21 games; 14 tries, 1/1 goals, 58 points.
[View] Round 1 [15 Mar 10] L 22-26 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 2 [21 Mar 10] L 20-24 v Eels (A). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 10] W 36-12 v Knights (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 4 [04 Apr 10] W 14-6 v Warriors (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [11 Apr 10] W 40-12 v Sharks (H). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [19 Apr 10] W 18-16 v Storm (A). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [26 Apr 10] L 22-24 v Titans (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 8 [02 May 10] W 30-22 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [08 May 10] W 24-6 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [17 May 10] L 12-19 v Eels (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [19 Jun 10] W 26-25 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 16 [25 Jun 10] L 22-40 v Panthers (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1/1g
[View] Round 18 [10 Jul 10] L 22-24 v Raiders (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [17 Jul 10] W 48-18 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [25 Jul 10] W 38-20 v Tigers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [02 Aug 10] L 14-32 v Knights (A). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 10] W 26-6 v Storm (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [16 Aug 10] L 10-32 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 10] W 19-16 v Warriors (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 25 [29 Aug 10] L 14-30 v Roosters (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [05 Sep 10] L 24-30 v Bulldogs (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
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2010 International Test Matches
New Zealand
1 games; [View] Anzac Test Match [07 May 10] L 8-12 v Australia (A). [CT]
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2009 World Club Challenge
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
1 tries, 4 points.
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
22 games; 3 tries, 0/1 goals, 12 points.
[View] Round 1 [14 Mar 09] L 12-34 v Bulldogs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 2 [22 Mar 09] L 24-26 v Warriors (H). [CT]
[View] Round 3 [30 Mar 09] L 10-12 v Panthers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [05 Apr 09] L 12-26 v Knights (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 09] W 24-8 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 09] L 12-26 v Cowboys (A). [CT]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 09] L 8-22 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [10 May 09] W 22-20 v Broncos (A). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [17 May 09] W 34-10 v Eels (H). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [24 May 09] L 17-18 v Titans (A). [CT]
[View] Round 13 [06 Jun 09] W 38-18 v Roosters (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [13 Jun 09] W 20-6 v Panthers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [21 Jun 09] W 20-14 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [06 Jul 09] W 19-12 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 09] L 18-48 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [03 Aug 09] L 18-19 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 22 [08 Aug 09] L 22-36 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [15 Aug 09] W 44-12 v Roosters (A). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [23 Aug 09] W 20-16 v Storm (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [30 Aug 09] W 18-16 v Sharks (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [05 Sep 09] W 38-4 v Titans (H). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 1 [11 Sep 09] L 12-40 v Storm. [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2008 World Cup
New Zealand
2 games; 1/3 goals, 2 points.
[View] Pool A [26 Oct 08] L 6-30 v Australia. [CT] 2 Pts; 1/1g
[View] Pool A [08 Nov 08] W 36-24 v England. [CT]
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
21 games; 7 tries, 12/19 goals, 52 points.
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 08] W 20-16 v Eels (A). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [26 Apr 08] W 30-22 v Bulldogs (H). [F8]
[View] Round 9 [11 May 08] W 30-12 v Broncos (A). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [17 May 08] W 38-6 v Cowboys (H). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [23 May 08] L 18-20 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 12 [30 May 08] W 31-18 v Raiders (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [08 Jun 08] W 42-0 v Roosters (H). [CT]
[View] Round 15 [22 Jun 08] W 20-14 v Warriors (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 08] W 28-12 v Knights (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [04 Jul 08] W 34-14 v Gold Coast (A). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 08] W 34-6 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [18 Jul 08] W 28-10 v Eels (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 20 [27 Jul 08] L 12-34 v Roosters (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 2/2g
[View] Round 21 [01 Aug 08] W 30-10 v Panthers (H). [CT] 6 Pts; 3/5g
[View] Round 22 [08 Aug 08] L 10-16 v Storm (H). [CT] 2 Pts; 1/2g
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 08] L 32-40 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 2/3g
[View] Round 24 [23 Aug 08] W 48-16 v Tigers (A). [CT] 2 Pts; 1/1g
[View] Round 25 [01 Sep 08] W 28-10 v Gold Coast (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Finals Week 1 [13 Sep 08] W 38-6 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Finals Week 3 [27 Sep 08] W 32-6 v Warriors. [CT] 6 Pts; 1t, 1/2g
[View] Grand Final [05 Oct 08] W 40-0 v Storm. [CT] 4 Pts; 2/4g
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2008 International Test Matches
New Zealand
2 goals, 4 points.
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
10 games; 3 tries, 4/5 goals, 20 points.
[View] Round 1 [17 Mar 07] W 32-6 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [11 May 07] W 22-12 v Eels (H). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [26 May 07] W 13-12 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 17 [07 Jul 07] W 56-0 v Roosters (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [13 Jul 07] W 34-4 v Tigers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [20 Jul 07] W 29-22 v Sharks (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 4/5g
[View] Round 20 [29 Jul 07] W 32-24 v Eels (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] W 28-24 v Dragons (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 3 [22 Sep 07] W 28-6 v Cowboys. [CT]
[View] Grand Final [30 Sep 07] L 8-34 v Storm. [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
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2007 International Test Matches
New Zealand
1 games; [View] Centenary Test [14 Oct 07] L 0-58 v Australia (H). [CT]
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series
New Zealand
3 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 1 [14 Oct 06] L 18-30 v Australia (H). [CT]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 2 [21 Oct 06] L 15-20 v Australia (A). [CT]
[View] Tri-Nations Final [25 Nov 06] L 12-16 v Australia (A). [CT]
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
24 games; 10 tries, 40 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Mar 06] L 14-27 v Raiders (H). [CT]
[View] Round 4 [01 Apr 06] W 30-22 v Roosters (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 06] W 22-8 v Warriors (A). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [15 Apr 06] L 24-26 v Dragons (H). [CT]
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 06] W 40-14 v Bulldogs (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 06] W 23-22 v Eels (H). [CT]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 06] L 18-24 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 10 [13 May 06] L 10-32 v Broncos (A). [CT]
[View] Round 11 [20 May 06] W 34-12 v Storm (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 06] W 29-22 v Panthers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 14 [09 Jun 06] W 16-12 v Tigers (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 15 [17 Jun 06] L 12-15 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 16 [25 Jun 06] L 10-16 v Broncos (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 17 [30 Jun 06] L 12-26 v Knights (H). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [08 Jul 06] W 33-16 v Roosters (A). [CT]
[View] Round 19 [15 Jul 06] W 26-20 v Rabbitohs (A). [CT]
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 06] W 32-30 v Panthers (H). [CT]
[View] Round 21 [29 Jul 06] L 18-31 v Eels (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [11 Aug 06] W 16-14 v Knights (A). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [20 Aug 06] W 38-16 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 25 [25 Aug 06] W 21-20 v Bulldogs (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 06] L 20-30 v Storm (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week One [08 Sep 06] L 18-25 v Knights (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (53rd)
[View] Finals Week Two [15 Sep 06] L 0-28 v Dragons. [CT]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
11 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 05] W 25-18 v Storm (H). [CT]
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 05] L 6-32 v Dragons (A). [CT]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 05] W 36-14 v Raiders (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (18th)
[View] Round 7 [24 Apr 05] W 48-14 v Souths (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (2nd)
[View] Round 17 [01 Jul 05] L 24-49 v Tigers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 18 [09 Jul 05] L 12-16 v Panthers (A). [CT]
[View] Round 23 [14 Aug 05] L 14-22 v Knights (A). [CT]
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 05] L 6-68 v Sharks (A). [CT]
[View] Round 25 [27 Aug 05] L 20-22 v Warriors (H). [CT]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 05] W 36-18 v Raiders (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t (49th)
[View] Finals Week One [11 Sep 05] L 22-46 v Eels (A). [CT]
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