1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
NSWRFL champions
NSWRFL Rank	1st
1976 record	Wins: 18; draws: 0; losses: 7
Points scored	For: 544; against: 300
Team information
Secretary	Ken Arthurson
Coach	Frank Stanton
Captain	Bob Fulton
Stadium	Brookvale Oval
Top scorers
Tries	Bob Fulton (21)
Goals	Graham Eadie (103)
Points	Graham Eadie (233)
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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.

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

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Manly-Warringah	22	16	0	6	499	252	+247	32
2	Parramatta	22	14	2	6	347	238	+109	30
3	St. George	22	14	0	8	328	298	+30	28
4	Eastern Suburbs	22	13	1	8	399	250	+149	27
5	Canterbury-Bankstown	22	12	3	7	361	337	+24	27
6	Balmain	22	12	1	9	318	287	+31	25
7	Western Suburbs	22	11	2	9	379	313	+66	24
8	Cronulla-Sutherland	22	9	1	12	378	393	-15	19
9	Penrith	22	8	1	13	352	333	+19	17
10	South Sydney	22	8	0	14	297	421	-124	16
11	North Sydney	22	6	1	15	272	526	-254	13
12	Newtown	22	3	0	19	264	546	-282	6

Regular season

Sunday 21 March	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	15 – 27	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

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Sunday 28 March	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	17 – 13	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

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Sunday 4 April	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	21 – 31	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

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Sunday 11 April	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	30 – 4	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

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Sunday 18 April	Parramatta Eels	8 – 5	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

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Sunday 25 April	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	38 – 13	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

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Saturday 1 May	Eastern Suburbs Roosters	19 – 18	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

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Saturday 8 May	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	27 – 14	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

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Sunday 16 May	Newtown Bluebags	6 – 57	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

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Sunday 23 May	South Sydney Rabbitohs	16 – 18	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

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Sunday 30 May	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	14 – 0	Balmain Tigers	Brookvale Oval, Sydney
	Tries: Bob Fulton, Tom Mooney Goals: Ray Branighan (6/8)	[12]	Tries: Goals:	Attendance: 25,876 Referee: Greg Hartley

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Sunday 6 June	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	17 – 12	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

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Sunday 13 June	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	20 – 9	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

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Sunday 20 June	Western Suburbs Magpies	15 – 37	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

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Sunday 27 June	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	9 – 13	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

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Saturday 3 July	St. George Dragons	13 – 5	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

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Sunday 11 July	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10 – 14	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

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Saturday 17 July	North Sydney Bears	28 – 5	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

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Saturday 31 July	Penrith Panthers	16 – 15	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

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Sunday 8 August	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	20 – 12	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

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Saturday 15 August	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	26 – 3	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

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Sunday 22 August	Balmain Tigers	11 – 30	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	17 – 23	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	15 – 12	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

Further information: 1976_NSWRFL_season § Grand_Final

Saturday 18 September

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	13 – 10	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-Warringah

Parramatta

FB 1 Graham Eadie LW 2 Tom Mooney CE 3 Russel Gartner CE 4 Bob Fulton (c) RW 5 Rod Jackson FE 6 Alan Thompson HB 7 Gary Stephens LK 8 Ian Martin SR 9 Phil Lowe SR 10 Steve Norton PR 11 Terry Randall HK 12 Max Krilich PR 13 John Harvey Substitutions: IC 14 Gary Thoroughgood IC 17 Mark Willoughby Coach: Frank Stanton

FB 1 Mark Levy LW 2 Jim Porter CE 3 Ed Sulkowicz CE 4 John Moran RW 5 Neville Glover FE 6 John Peard HB 7 John Kolc LK 8 Ray Price SR 9 Geoff Gerard SR 10 Ray Higgs (c) PR 11 Denis Fitzgerald HK 12 Ron Hilditch PR 13 Graham Olling Substitutions: IC 14 John Baker IC 15 Graeme Atkins Coach: Terry Fearnley

Player statistics

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

Player	Games (sub)	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Ian Baker
Ray Branighan		3	4		17
Peter Byrne
Graham Eadie		9	103		233
Laurie Freier
Bob Fulton (c)		21	4	1	72
Russel Gartner		5			15
Johnny Gibbs		4			12
John Harvey		1			3
Terry Hill		1			3
Rod Jackson		8			24
Max Krilich		3			9
Phil Lowe		7			21
Ian Martin		5			15
Tom Mooney		18			54
Steve Norton		1			3
Col Parkes		2			6
Terry Randall		5			15
Gary Stephens		2			6
Alan Thompson		6			18
Gary Thoroughgood		2			6
Mick Waller		3	3		15
Mark Willoughby
Brian Wilson
TOTAL		105	114	1	544

Representative Players

State

• New South Wales – Graham Eadie, Terry Randall

City vs Country

• City Firsts – Graham Eadie, Max Krilich, Terry Randall

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

External links

• Manly Warringah Sea Eagles official website
• National Rugby League official website