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skills, another Englishman
(and no he did not become
Governor of the Reserve Bank).
1978 – Manly 11 d Cronulla
11, Manly 16 def Cronulla 0
(Grand Final Replay)
Graham Eadie and Terry
Randall – each 4-time
Premiership winners, Eadie a
rampaging running fullback
and toe poke goal kicker and
Randall a devastating tackler,
block of granite forward and
North Curl Curl junior.
1987 – Manly 18 def
Canberra 8
Cliff Lyons – THE MAGICIAN,
ball-playing mastermind
at five-eighth and Michael
O’Connor – side-stepping,
goal kicking centre, dual
International (Publisher’s
note: poached from St George
Dragons).
1996 – Manly 20 def
St George 8
Geoff Toovey – Manly captain,
fearless defender, zippy
halfback and hooker, Belrose
Eagles junior and Steve
Menzies – try scoring wizard,
his on-field partnership with
Cliff Lyons was telepathic,
Harbord United junior.
2008 – Manly 40 def
Melbourne 0 (Manly
defeat an entire city)
Brett Stewart – electric, elusive
fullback and Brookvale Oval
entertainer and Steve Matai –
opposition centres feared his
crunching tackles, powerful
with the ball.
2011 – Manly 24 def New
Zealand 10 (Manly defeat
an entire country)
Kieran Foran – formed dream
halves combination with DCE,
still running hard and giving
100 per cent and Anthony
Watmough – mercurial
backrower, something always
happened when the football
came his way, Narrabeen
Sharks junior.
– Greg McHugh
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