1996 Grand Final

Manly-Warringah 20 (Innes, Menzies, Moore tries, Ridge 3, Innes goals) defeated
St George 8 (Zisti try, Bartrim 2 goals)

Played on Sun Sep 29, 1996 3pm at the Sydney Football Stadium, Referee: David Manson, Crowd: 40,985.

Manly-Warringah (1.Matthew Ridge, 2. Danny Moore, 3. Craig Innes, 4. Terry Hill, 5. John Hopoate, 13. Nik Kosef, 7. Geoff Toovey (c), 8. David Gillespie, 9. Jim Serdaris, 10. Mark Carroll, 11. Steve Menzies, 12. Daniel Gartner, Owen Cunningham, Interchange: 6. Cliff Lyons, 14. Neil Tierney, 19. Craig Hancock, Des Hasler, Coach: Bob Fulton)

St George (1.Dean Raper, 2. Nick Zisti, 3. Mark Coyne (c), 4. Mark Bell, 5. Adrian Brunker, 6. Anthony Mundine, 7. Noel Goldthorpe, 8. Troy Stone, 9. Jeff Hardy, 10. Luke Felsch, 11. Scott Gourley, 12. Kevin Campion, 13. Wayne Bartrim, Interchange: 16. Nathan Brown, Lance Thompson, David Barnhill, Colin Ward, coach: David Waite)

Clive Churchill Medal Winner: Geoff Toovey (Manly)

This was Manly's 6th premiership win since coming into the competition in 1947.

This is from the Channel 9 television coverage of the game with commentary by Ray Warren.

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[rlimmortals]

Great try, tremendous team

[upthemightyseaeagles]

@rlimmortals agree - 4 members of Manly's Team of the Century in this team - Steve Menzies, Geoff Toovey, Cliff Lyons and Des Halser. Interestingly, Cliff Lyons and Des Hasler were bench members in the Team of the Century and were also on the bench in this team!

[TheGooGooGirl12345]

no joke that scott gourley is my uncle!!!

[bibssy]

i can't believe how much toovey's voice has changed

[laurababe101]

Go manly!!!

[jlennon48]

Yeah Manson the ref said at no stage did Nathan brown have a hand on him, you must be joking Brown goes to ground with Ridge plus with a hand on him and brings Ridge to his feet with hand on him that was a terrible decision and didn't help Saints at all. However Manly were too good on the day.

[Kse7en]

Ridge was held! - Manly were unstoppable that year. Was a miracle run for Saints though.

[amitavinashsingh]

This was better than the 2008 Grand Final for the 'Pepsi' Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

[rlimmortals]

@upthemightyseaeagles Great defensive unit this one as the Dragons are currently. I think this Manly team would wipe the floor with them though in regards to attack. Innes, Hoppa, Cliffy. Plus some real competitive bastards like Ridge and Toovey. Very surprised this Manly team only took home 1 premiership.