Luke Williamson - UK
Jack Afamasaga - UK
Mark Bryant - UK
Steve Bell (as we all know UK)
Steve Menzies - UK
From Eagles official website:-
STEVE MENZIES FUNCTION FRIDAY
It will also provide an excellent opportunity for fans to say goodbye to other players who are leaving us at the end of the season including Luke Williamson, Mark Bryant, Steve Bell and Jack Afamasaga.
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To Manly:-
1. Trent Hodgkinson (Parramatta jnr 1/2 back)
2. Tony Williams (Parramatta jnr centre / winger)
3. Chris Bailey (Utility Knewcastle Knights)
4. Shane Rodney (Backrower Penrith Panthers)
5. Tim Mortimer (Utility Parramatta jnr)
6. Todd Carney 2010 (Canberra and maybe Wigan / Huddersfield 1/2 back)
We all know about Hodgkinson, Williams and Bailey...but some notes about the others:-
Persona non grata: Sharks wipe Bird from club website
Glenn Jackson | August 28, 2008
Elsewhere, Penrith are set to lose the fifth member of their 2003 premiership-winning side in the space of months, with back-rower Shane Rodney close to signing with Manly.
The Sea Eagles have offered Rodney a four-year deal - remarkable considering he has played just 16 matches in the past three seasons due to shoulder and neck problems.
Rodney attracted interest from the Bulldogs and St George Illawarra, who both offered three-year deals, but the extra season has swayed the 25-year-old. The deal is believed to be heavily back-ended, with Rodney earning most of his money in the third and fourth years.
Rodney's decision would be another blow to the Bulldogs, who had hoped he would fill a back-row spot vacated by Sonny Bill Williams. The club has already missed out on Brisbane's State of Origin winger Darius Boyd, who will join the Dragons, since Williams fled the club for Toulon.
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A Parra fan called 2SM's Talkin Sport program today complaining about Parra losing all their good young players and not signing anyone new. He said that Manly had signed Tony Williams and Tim Mortimer. Williams I knew about... but Mortimer?
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Just passing on something I heard on the radio this morning, which I'm surprised no-one's mentioned:
The newsreader said that yet another off-field incident had given the NRL an even worse name. He referred to Bird's case and went on about Todd Carney. Then he said that Carney had signed or was about to sign a 1 year deal with Huddersfield "and in 2010 will most likely be playing for Manly". This was news to me!
