2025 R1 Sat - Manly 42-12 North Qld @ 4 Pines

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 1
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v North Queensland Cowboys
4 Pines Park, Brookvale / Cammeraygal (TICKETS)

Saturday 8 March 2025
Kickoff 7:35pm AEDT
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jason Saab 3. Tolutau Koula 4. Reuben Garrick 5. Lehi Hopoate 6. Luke Brooks 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Jazz Tevaga 10. Siosiua Taukeiaho 11. Haumole Olakau'atu 12. Ben Trbojevic 13. Jake Trbojevic
14. Jake Simpkin 15. Corey Waddell 16. Ethan Bullemor 17. Toafofoa Sipley
18. Clayton Faulalo 19. Dean Matterson 20. Gordon Chan Kum Tong 21. Jakob Arthur 22. Josh Aloiai

1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Braidon Burns 3. Jaxon Purdue 4. Viliami Vailea 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Thomas Duffy 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Sam McIntyre 11. John Bateman 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Reuben Cotter
14. Karl Lawton 15. Harrison Edwards 16. Griffin Neame 17. Coen Hess
18. Kai O'Donnell 19. Jake Clifford 20. Thomas Mikaele 21. Jaxson Paulo 22. Jason Taumalolo

Referee: Peter Gough​ Sideline Officials: Kasey Badger, Drew Oultram​ Video Referee: Ashley Klein​

HEAD TO HEAD - 1995 - 2024​

	TOTAL	MAN	NQL	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	36	21	15	0
4 PINES	12	5	7	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2021	Round 14	MAN 50-18	4 Pines	6801
2021	Round 25	MAN 46-18	QLD C. Bank	14336
2022	Round 15	NQL 28-26	4 Pines	9226
2023	Round 20	NQL 19-8	4 Pines	13240
2024	Round 18	MAN 21-20	QLD C. Bank	18787

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1996	Round 7	MAN 46-4	Brookvale	5227
2015	Round 19	NQL 30-12	Brookvale	7643

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
MANLY	WAR (A)	CAN (H)	PAR (H)	MEL (H)
NORTH QLD	CRO (H)	BRI (A)	CAN (H)	PEN (A)

 

[Valheru]

Manly comfortably

 

[JamesRustle]

Manly by 30 with Turbo bagging a couple meat pies and 300+ supercoach points.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Manlys forward pack/bench is as shit as their backline is great. Heard good things about the Cows 7 so interested to see him. Defence will be an after thought here, whats the overs, surely 50+?

Think Manly but nothing would surprise me.

 

[This Year?]

Arm me with harmony
Jakey, drop a load on 'em
D.C.E, how can I explain it?
I'll take you frame by frame it
To have y'all all jumpin', shoutin', sayin' it
D is for Daley, C is for Cherry, scratch your temple
The last E well, that's not that simple, uh
It's sorta like well, another way to call a toff a Bevan.
It's five little letters that are missin' here
You get it on occasion if the other half isn't playin
It seems I gotta start the explainin'
Bust it
You ever had a coach that fell asleep at Maccas yo
And laugh at how he sounds like kermit when he says hello
You jog out, run a play, Turbo is what it's all about
Then you get a call and it's Kevvie's or is it Billy's house
It's not a front, F to the R to the O to the N to the T
It's just that Hunt is at his house
(Oh, that's why he's scary)
It's D.C.E time, other people's, but you get it
There's no room for QLD spirit, there's just room for gossip
How many halves out there know just what I'm gettin' at?
Who thinks it's wrong that he's too old to be QLD's halfback
Well if you do, that's D.C.E and you're not down with it
But if you don't, here's your membership
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
Who's down with D.C.E.?
(Even Anthony)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
Who's down with D.C.E.?
(Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about)
(All Maroon jersey)

 

[gerg]

Is Croker injured? Jazz at hooker is a worry.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Arm me with harmony
Jakey, drop a load on 'em
D.C.E, how can I explain it?
I'll take you frame by frame it
To have y'all all jumpin', shoutin', sayin' it
D is for Daley, C is for Cherry, scratch your temple
The last E well, that's not that simple, uh
It's sorta like well, another way to call a toff a Bevan.
It's five little letters that are missin' here
You get it on occasion if the other half isn't playin
It seems I gotta start the explainin'
Bust it
You ever had a coach that fell asleep at Maccas yo
And laugh at how he sounds like kermit when he says hello
You jog out, run a play, Turbo is what it's all about
Then you get a call and it's Kevvie's or is it Billy's house
It's not a front, F to the R to the O to the N to the T
It's just that Hunt is at his house
(Oh, that's why he's scary)
It's D.C.E time, other people's, but you get it
There's no room for QLD spirit, there's just room for gossip
How many halves out there know just what I'm gettin' at?
Who thinks it's wrong that he's too old to he QLD's halfback
Well if you do, that's D.C.E and you're not down with it
But if you don't, here's your membership
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
Who's down with D.C.E.?
(Even Anthony)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
You down with D.C.E.?
(Yeah you know me)
Who's down with D.C.E.?
(Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about)
(All Maroon jersey)

Lol you somehow turned a song about something controversially enjoyable, to something (or someone) the vast majority of people f**king hate. Well done.

 

[Leber]

Lmao jazz at hooker?

 

[Wb1234]

Still tipped manly

 

[Warrimoo3]

Seibs must have been watching the Hi Sense TV “go bigger” ads. While the Bulldogs showed everyone last year the way to go was with smaller more mobile forwards with big engines, Seibold has done the exact opposite. Interesting. They will be tested by the smaller, more mobile Cowboys’ pack.

We’ve got a star of the future in Jason Purdue against one of the worst defensive centres in the NRL (but one of the best wingers )in Garrick .Another Seibs selection special. He must have been watching the excellent performance of ex Manly halfback Jamie Humphries for Souths last night. Looked like an accomplished NRL halfback with a long kicking game. Not good enough for Seibs last year (ironically against Souths) where all Manly had in attack was an aimless bomb from Brooks.

With Croker recovering from knee surgery , Jazz Tevago starts. Not the greatest defender . A strange signing. Losing Api all those years ago was a sliding door moment for Manly and a position that has proven an Achilles heel. A certain beach sprinter may have filled the breach .

The Cowboys have a good recent record at Brookvale. Karl Lawton against his former club. Will Manly’s big men be able to keep their footing? How many tackles will Jason Saab miss? Will DCE be extra cranky in the tradition of players coming to the end of their careers? Will Tom T be able to outsprint the touchjudge?

The Cowboys have lost their talisman Chad Townsend(ok that was tongue-in-cheek). They seem to depend a lot on Drinkwater in attack. If he has a stinker the Cowboys will struggle , but if he lights it up who knows.

Three years ago the Cowboys had great defence but it’s all been downhill since then. Unless that’s improved , in the words of the master of double negatives , Craig Bellamy, “they ain’t going nowhere”.

Not sure about this one at all. Manly by 28 or the Cowboys by 2.

 

[Someone2]

Manly by 6

 

[Diesel]

Manly by 12

 

[skeepe]

The gap between games is too long. Hurry the f**k up.

 

[Rudy]

OK, Sea Eagles. We begin another season. Can you get closer to a grand final this year? Or will you crash and burn?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Why ya all posting here?

There’s no more footy today.

 

[Rudy]

Someone in the crowd yelled "Go the Bulldogs." Seems like he had a few roadies on the trip to the ground.

 

[KOMORI]

Seibs must have been watching the Hi Sense TV “go bigger” ads. While the Bulldogs showed everyone last year the way to go was with smaller more mobile forwards with big engines, Seibold has done the exact opposite. Interesting. They will be tested by the smaller, more mobile Cowboys’ pack.

We’ve got a star of the future in Jason Purdue against one of the worst defensive centres in the NRL (but one of the best wingers )in Garrick .Another Seibs selection special. He must have been watching the excellent performance of ex Manly halfback Jamie Humphries for Souths last night. Looked like an accomplished NRL halfback with a long kicking game. Not good enough for Seibs last year (ironically against Souths) where all Manly had in attack was an aimless bomb from Brooks.

With Croker recovering from knee surgery , Jazz Tevago starts. Not the greatest defender . A strange signing. Losing Api all those years ago was a sliding door moment for Manly and a position that has proven an Achilles heel. A certain beach sprinter may have filled the breach .

The Cowboys have a good recent record at Brookvale. Karl Lawton against his former club. Will Manly’s big men be able to keep their footing? How many tackles will Jason Saab miss? Will DCE be extra cranky in the tradition of players coming to the end of their careers? Will Tom T be able to outsprint the touchjudge?

The Cowboys have lost their talisman Chad Townsend(ok that was tongue-in-cheek). They seem to depend a lot on Drinkwater in attack. If he has a stinker the Cowboys will struggle , but if he lights it up who knows.

Three years ago the Cowboys had great defence but it’s all been downhill since then. Unless that’s improved , in the words of the master of double negatives , Craig Bellamy, “they ain’t going nowhere”.

Not sure about this one at all. Manly by 28 or the Cowboys by 2.

We put our eggs in the Stabby McStabface basket, who went and in a very Christian like manner went all Dark Ages Crusades on some bloke at a dance… heap of wasted talent there!!

 

[Warrimoo3]

Tom on the 5th. Something different this year

 

[Rudy]

I'd like to get a closer look at those Sea Eagles cheerleaders.

 

[Warrimoo3]

2 soft penalties