1987 World Club Challenge 1987 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

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1987 saw second world club challenge game between reigning new south wales rugby league premiers , reigning rugby football league (england) champions. game held in england less 2 weeks following 1987 nswrl grand final.


the match played @ 7:45pm on dry wednesday night, 7 october @ central park ground in wigan. crowd of 36,895 in attendance game, though unofficial estimates present put attendance high 50,000. game refereed rfl international referee john holdsworth. former four-time manly premiership winning fullback graham eadie, @ time playing in england 1987 challenge cup winners halifax, on hand match commentator dual manly premiership player (and captain of 1978 team) , skipper of 1982 invincibles, max krilich.
















no tries scored in closely fought and, @ times, spiteful encounter. michael o connor opened scoring manly successful penalty kick in second minute, turn out time sea eagles scored. tempers flared match went on, punctuated more penalties , few unsavoury incidents:



manly forward ron gibbs became first person sent off in world club challenge match illegal use of elbow when taking out joe lydon high after attempted drop-goal;
an all-in brawl erupted after dale shearer lifted in tackle started punch-up in ruck brian case;
after taking manly captain paul vautin on touchline, group of wigan defenders went on take him on fence causing all-in brawl;
later, when shearer brought down lydon in defence, appeared step on great britain international s head got after making tackle.

amongst of these incidents wigan s david stephenson kicked 4 penalty goals, in end prove decisive. score 8 - 2 in favour of home side final whistle blew, prompting overjoyed wigan supporters flood onto field celebrate players.


in biography strife , times of paul vautin written mike coleman , released in 1992, manly captain told sea eagles players convinced beat wigan after grand final win on canberra raiders , after undefeated 1986 kangaroo tour, treated trip england more holiday serious , continued celebrating gf win while there. vautin , other manly players believe poor attitude cost them game. wigan on other hand, led kiwi coach graham lowe , featuring 11 great britain , 1 new zealand international (compared 5 australian , 1 new zealand international manly), took game pride main motivation after great britain lions had been humiliated australian s 4 straight 3-0 ashes series losses since disastrous 1979 australasian tour , popular belief that nswrl premiership superior rfl s.


in twist, after leading wigan numerous cup titles on next 2 seasons, graham lowe become manly s head coach 1990-1992.









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