The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are an Australian

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football club based at

Kougari Oval The BMD Kougari Oval is a sports venue in the Brisbane, Australia suburb of Manly West. Since 1967, it has been the home of the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls, a rugby league club playing in the Queensland Cup.

, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of

Wynnum Wynnum is a coastal suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wynnum had a population of 12,915 people. The suburb is a popular destination in Brisbane due to its coastline, jetty and tidal wading pool. Geography Wynnu ...

. They competed in the

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from 1951 to 1997. Since 1996 they have competed in the

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. Their jersey is red, green and white. From 1995 to 2005 they were known as the Wynnum Seagulls.

History

Wynnum-Manly first played in the Brisbane premiership in 1931, but withdrew from the competition after two seasons due to the

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. After the war, the Seagulls re-entered the premiership in 1951 as the Wynnum-Manly District Rugby League Football Club. In the club's formative years from 1951 through to 1964 Jim Cloherty held the role of President. Before moving to their current home ground of

BMD Kougari Oval The BMD Kougari Oval is a sports venue in the Brisbane, Australia suburb of Manly West. Since 1967, it has been the home of the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls, a rugby league club playing in the Queensland Cup.

in 1967, the club played at Kitchener Park. Kitchener Park remains the home of the Wynnum Manly Junior Rugby League Club. Wynnum-Manly won only nine matches and drew one in their first three seasons, and it was widely thought they would disappear again in 1954 after they suffered numerous thrashings in first grade – including a 13–89 loss to

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when Norm Pope kicked nineteen goals – and forfeitures in the lower grades. "The Seasiders", as they were known then, improved from 1954 to 1959, when they achieved their first season with more wins than losses, defeated Valleys in the minor semi-final and provided their first international in Aboriginal winger Lionel Morgan. Morgan, when he made his test debut against France in 1960, became both the first international representative while playing with Wynnum-Manly and the first Aboriginal player to make a Test appearance. However, from 1960 to 1980 Wynnum-Manly failed entirely to build upon the gains of the late 1950s. In that period they never finished higher than fifth in an eight-team competition, and were bottom no fewer than ten times. At the end of 1980, after thirty seasons since returning to the BRL, Wynnum-Manly had played 603 games for a win–loss–draw record of 173–415–14, corresponding to a success rate of a mere 29.90 percent. However, a speeding spree under president Arthur Lowell netted star North Queensland pair

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and

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, and the Seagulls became a power for the first time, rising from four wins in 1980 to 14 (four more than the previous best) in the 1981 home-and-away season. The Seagulls won the Brisbane premiership in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1995. They were runners up in 1985. Wynnum Manly was the last non-NSWRL club to have one of its players chosen to debut for

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when forward

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was selected to go on the

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. Lindner, who had made his

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debut for

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, made his test debut against

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before the team embarked of its unbeaten tour of Great Britain and France. Also part of that undefeated tour which earned the team the nickname "The Unbeatables" were Wynnum Manly players

, and Australian team captain

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. The BRL Premiership was succeeded by the

in 1996. In 2006 Wynnum Manly started the 100.3 Bay FM live rugby league for the Wynnum-Manly Queensland Cup games. The commentators are Mike Higgison and former ABC radio personality Troy Robbins. In 2012 Wynnum-Manly went on to break their biggest win record by beating Central Caparas 84–6. In the 2010 season, it was announced that Paul Green would become Wynnum's new coach. In 2011 after finishing 6th in the minor premiership and then defeating the minor premiers, Tweed Head Seagulls, twice during the final series, including the grand final. The Seagulls defended their premiership title in 2012, beating minor premiers Redcliffe in the grand final by 20–10. No. Position Player 1 FB 2 Wing 3 Centre 4 Centre 5 Wing 6 Australia Five-Eighth Patrick Templeman 7 Australia Halfback Sam Scarlett 8 Australia Front Row Alex Barr 9 Samoa Hooker Kalolo Saitaua 10 FR

Representative honours

Australia

* Lionel Morgan: 1960 * Johnny Gleeson: 1963, 1964 *

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: 1963 * Johnny Rhodes: 1975 *

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: 1975 *

: 1982 *

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: 1982 * Colin Scott: 1983 *

: 1984 *

: 1984* *

: 1986 Wally Lewis who joined the club from

in 1984, is the only Wynnum-Manly player to captain the

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. Lewis captained the Kangaroos on 16 occasions while a member of the Seagulls from 1984-1987 including captaining the unbeaten

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. The 1986 Kangaroos, which included Greg Dowling, Bob Lindner and Gene Miles, earned themselves the nickname "The Unbeatables".

2022 Squad

Backs *Ben Farr *Brandon Jackonia *Caleb Daunt *Daine Spencer *

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*Deine Mariner * Delouise Hoeter * Falakiko Manu *Grand Hagai *Mathew Lyons *Max Plath *Ryan O'Keefe *Sam Scarlett *Sebastian Winters-Chang *Sione Hopoate *

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*Tom Farr *Will Parslow Forwards *Aaron Rockley *Bailey Hartwig *Ben Shea *Clayton Mack *

Corey Jensen Corey Jensen (born 8 January 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. Background Jens ...

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*Harrison Graham *Jacob Sturt-Tobin *

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*James Robinson *Kalolo Saitaua *Kelepi Faukafa *Lachlan Lee *

Luke Bateman Luke Bateman (born 23 January 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and forward for the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls in the Intrust Super Cup. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders. Background Bateman w ...

*Luke Gale *Matiu Love-Henry *Max Elliott *Nesta Meleisea-Watene *Nofoasa Malutoa * TC Robati *Tristan Hope * Zac Hosking *Shaun Packer

Personnel

Results

References

Sources

Wynnum Seagulls Statistics
retrieved 7 February 2006
Wynnum Seagulls Club Profile
retrieved 7 February 2006

External links

Official website

QRL website Club Facts
{{Rugby League in Queensland Wynnum, Queensland Manly, Queensland Rugby clubs established in 1931 1931 establishments in Australia

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Australia

2022 Squad

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