{"id":226263,"date":"2025-10-20T00:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226263\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:26:09","slug":"five-november-1-targets-manly-sea-eagles-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226263\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE November 1 targets: Manly Sea Eagles – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The free agency window ahead of the 2027 NRL<\/a> season is shaping up as moving time for the Manly Sea Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The outfit could well lose both Jake and Tom Trbojevic<\/a> at the end of the campaign, while several other players are all off-contract.<\/p>\n

Anthony Seibold’s side went through a difficult 2025 season where, at times, they looked like a premiership shot, and at others, they looked closer to being a side in line for the wooden spoon.<\/p>\n

There wasn’t a whole lot of consistency from Manly, and unfortunately for Seibold, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, it has defined his time at Manly.<\/p>\n

The club welcome Jamal Fogarty<\/a> for 2026, and needs to find some consistency pretty urgently, or they could be heading into 2027 under a new coach.<\/p>\n

For now, though, Seibold remains in charge, and when November 1 hits, there are some pretty clear areas the Northern Beaches-based side will be looking at to strengthen their squad.<\/p>\n

Current Manly Sea Eagles 2027 squad
Luke Brooks<\/a>, Ethan Bullemor<\/a>, Clayton Faulalo<\/a>, Jamal Fogarty<\/a>, Hugo Hart<\/a>, Lehi Hopoate<\/a>, Davvy Moale<\/a>, Caleb Navale<\/a>, Haumole Olakau’atu<\/a>, Taniela Paseka<\/a>, Jason Saab<\/a>, Ben Trbojevic<\/a>, Corey Waddell<\/a>, Joey Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n

Off-contract at the end of 2026
Nathan Brown<\/a>, Paul Bryan<\/a>, Lachlan Croker<\/a>, Reuben Garrick<\/a>, Simione Laiafi<\/a>, Zaidas Muagututia<\/a>, Jake Simpkin<\/a>, Jake Trbojevic<\/a>, Tom Trbojevic<\/a><\/p>\n

Current best 17 for 2027
1. Lehi Hopoate<\/a>
2. Clayton Faulalo<\/a>
3. No player signed.
4. No player signed.
5. Jason Saab<\/a>
6. Luke Brooks<\/a>
7. Jamal Fogarty<\/a>
8. Taniela Paseka<\/a>
9. No player signed.
10. Ethan Bullemor<\/a>
11. Ben Trbojevic<\/a>
12. Haumole Olakau’atu<\/a>
13. Caleb Navale<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Joey Walsh<\/a>
15. Corey Waddell<\/a>
16. Hugo Hart<\/a>
17. Davvy Moale<\/a><\/p>\n

\"NRL<\/p>\n

As it currently stands, the Sea Eagles are looking at a similar nucleus of their side for 2027, but there is no guarantee of several key players sticking around.<\/p>\n

Already the Trbojevic brothers – Tom and Jake that is – have expressed they may leave, while star outside back Reuben Garrick<\/a> has hinted he will test the market.<\/p>\n

While the Sea Eagles have had salary cap issues, at the very least, Tom and Jake will take pay cuts, and Daly Cherry-Evans’<\/a> salary has not entirely gone to Jamal Fogarty<\/a> for his deal, which starts in 2026.<\/p>\n

That eases a lot of financial strain on the club, with the Northern Beaches-based club now able to attack the free agency market.<\/p>\n

There is little doubt they’ll be targeting outside backs and middle forwards.<\/p>\n

Manly’s engine room struggled for depth in 2025, and there is no obvious fix for 2026, while the outside backs need an X-Factor – probably in the centres – for the side to go to the next level.<\/p>\n

A second dummy half would also likely be an option. The players who rotated in and out of there in 2026 while Lachlan Croker<\/a> was out injured<\/a> were serviceable, but it was a clear issue for Manly.<\/p>\n

5. Option 1: Josh Curran (Canterbury Bulldogs)<\/p>\n

The Sea Eagles, maybe more than anything, need more forwards. And good forwards.<\/p>\n

At times this year, their forward pack held their own, but at others, they were cannon fodder.<\/p>\n

It has become clear they need more experience and a harder edge in the middle third if they are going to succeed in this competition.<\/p>\n

That’s not to say their own crop of young talent doesn’t have plenty about it, but for now, they need at least one, and maybe two, outside signings.<\/p>\n

Josh Curran<\/a> is the first name we’d look at.<\/p>\n

Able to play in the middle or on the edge, his form in a top four side at the Bulldogs this year has been tremendous. Add that to what he once dished up for the Warriors, and it’s a surprise he hasn’t played an Origin game yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The free agency window ahead of the 2027 NRL season is shaping up as moving time for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-226263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}