Inside Manly
Storied, and stuck in the middle.
Manly's history is the third-best win rate the game has seen and eight premierships, the last in 2011, followed by a decade parked in the middle, tenth for win rate over ten years and over three. Lately the club has been busier off the field than on it. Anthony Seibold was cut three rounds into 2026, Kieran Foran went from interim to a deal through 2029 inside three months, and Jason King took the chief executive's chair in November. Daly Cherry-Evans's exit played out in public for a year before landing at the Roosters, Reuben Garrick follows him there in 2027, and Tom Trbojevic re-signed for 2027 at a reported $900K a season, down from $1.3 million, which the club calls keeping him and the arithmetic calls a pay cut. The Penn family's $32.5 million Brookvale centre is still waiting for a team to match it.
- The Penn family controls the operating company; the member-owned football club holds minority shares, a preference share and two board seats.
- No accounts published for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Ltd. The club's own share of the $32.5 million centre is unstated.
Checked 21 August 2026 · Evidence medium
At a glance
- Home crowd, 2026: 15,805 across 12 home matches, down 588 on 2025
- Members, 2026: 20,159, a club record, published by Manly Sea Eagles
- Following: 796,337 across 5 platforms
- Brand value, 2024: $42M, 12th of 17 clubs
- Who owns the club: Penn family-controlled operator; the member Football Club holds minority rights
- Accounts we can see: No current operating-company accounts found
- Training base: Penn Centre of Excellence, Brookvale · opened 2023
- Head coach: Kieran Foran through 2029
Ownership & Financials
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Ltd administers and funds the NRL team and is privately controlled by the Penn family; Scott Penn is publicly identified as owner and chairman.
- The separate member Manly-Warringah Rugby League Football Club holds shares in the operator, a preference share and the right to appoint two directors, but does not run the NRL team.
Following & Sponsorship
Leadership
- Jason King, Chief Executive Officer
- Scott Penn, chair
Football Department
- Kieran Foran, Head coach
- Brett Kimmorley, NSW Cup head coach
- Chris Crotty, Jersey Flegg head coach
- Lachlan Croker, SG Ball head coach
- Brad Parker, SG Ball assistant coach
- Jack Johns, SG Ball assistant coach
- Tom Giles, Harold Matthews head coach
- Ray Windle, Tarsha Gale head coach
- Luke Phillips, Lisa Fiaola head coach
Training Base
- Penn Centre of Excellence, 4 Pines Park, Brookvale: A $32.5 million Northern Grandstand and Centre of Excellence at the home ground, opened in March 2023, combining high-performance training, administration, community space and commercial education.
Pathways
- Manly's men's ladder now runs from local clubs through four junior-representative grades, Jersey Flegg and the club's own NSW Cup side to NRL, with Manly Leagues added in the Ron Massey Cup for 2026. The women's ladder stops at Tarsha Gale under-19s with no senior team verified in 2026.
- Manly Leagues entered the Ron Massey Cup for 2026, the state's second-tier competition that feeds into NSW Cup, after winning the 2025 Sydney Shield.
- Manly's women's pathway in 2026 runs Lisa Fiaola and Tarsha Gale teams; no senior women's team is verified and the club holds no NRLW licence.
Results
- All-time win rate: 56.2% (All first-grade games), 3rd of 17
- Last 10 seasons: 48.0% (2017–2026), 10th of 17
- Last 3 seasons: 50.0% (2024–2026), 10th of 17
- Team Rating: 80.4 (2026 season), 5th of 17
- Premierships: 8 (Since 1947), 3rd= of 17
- Finals seasons: 47 (Since 1947), 3rd of 17
Sources
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