Manly-Warringah 38–6 St George Illawarra — Qualifying Final, 2008 NRL Finals Series
13 Sep 2008 · Brookvale Oval, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 19,227
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2008 NRL finals series: Manly-Warringah 38–6 St George Illawarra, at Brookvale Oval, Sydney, NSW on 13 Sep 2008.
Sourcing caveat: No try/goal minute timestamps were found for this fixture. St George Illawarra's bench included Dan Hunt wearing #8 (duplicating starting prop Beau Scott's #8) — confirmed genuine flexible squad numbering for this era, not an extraction error.
Scorers
| Manly-Warringah | Tries: L'Estrange; Menzies; Perry; Robertson; Stewart (B); Watmough; Williams Goals: Orford (5/7 conversions); Menzies (0/1 conversion) |
| St George Illawarra | Tries: Gasnier Goals: Gasnier (1/1 conversion) |
Team sheets
| Manly-Warringah | St George Illawarra | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Stewart | Fullback | Jason Nightingale | 1 |
| 2 | Michael Robertson | Wing | Wendell Sailor | 2 |
| 3 | Steve Bell | Centre | Mark Gasnier (c) | 3 |
| 4 | Steve Matai | Centre | Matt Cooper | 4 |
| 5 | David Williams | Wing | Josh Morris | 5 |
| 6 | Jamie Lyon | Five-Eighth | Ben Rogers | 6 |
| 7 | Matt Orford (c) | Halfback | Ben Hornby | 7 |
| 8 | Brent Kite | Prop | Beau Scott | 8 |
| 9 | Matt Ballin | Hooker | Stuart Webb | 9 |
| 10 | Josh Perry | Prop | Jason Ryles | 10 |
| 11 | Anthony Watmough | Second Row | Lagi Setu | 11 |
| 12 | Glenn Hall | Second Row | Ben Creagh | 12 |
| 13 | Glenn Stewart | Lock | Dean Young | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Heath L'Estrange | Dan Hunt | 8 | |
| 15 | Mark Bryant | Matt Prior | 14 | |
| 16 | Jason King | Kirk Reynoldson | 15 | |
| 17 | Steve Menzies | Ben Ellis | 17 | |
| Des Hasler | Coach | Nathan Brown | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Shayne Hayne |
Match report
Manly delivered a statement performance as the No.2 seed, running in seven tries against a Dragons side that never got out of the blocks, trailing at half-time. Seven different Manly try-scorers underlined the squad depth that would carry the Sea Eagles to the title, while St George Illawarra's season ended with a lone Mark Gasnier try.