Wynnum Manly welcomed the Western Clydesdales and Ipswich Jets as opponents on Sunday to BMD Kougari Oval.

In addition, the Souths Logan Magpies and Western Clydesdales also played their BMD Premiership match on their day, with Souths winning 20-16.

Our gameday sponsor was our Platinum Partner Jayco Camperland, who brought caravans and a motorhome to the Chook Pen hill, along with new cars from parent company Bartons Motor Group.

Our BMD Premiership girls were looking for their 2nd win of the season and took on the Ipswich Jets at 12pm.

Charlotte Vandermeer scored our opening two tries and then Indee Brown grabbed one just before the break. Seagulls trailled 16-14 at the break.

Cortez Te Pou and Charlotte Wells scored in the second half, and the girls had 3 minutes to try to level the scores as they trailed 28-22.

However, that’s where the score remained, as our girls but in a courageous effort against a more-fancied team.

Hostplus Cup was up next at 2:10pm in the feature match of the round, our third free broadcasted match in a row at home.

Our Seagulls opened the scoring as Tieran Ross bumped away from his opposite number and made a break to pass to Chaz Jarvis, who passed to Liam Sutton.

Sutton had a double a few minutes later after a dummy close to the line, he dragged two tacklers over the line to put the Seagulls up 10-0.

Garry Tuilekutu, in his 2nd Hostplus Game, scored out wide for the Seagulls 3rd. He received the ball from Kalolo Saitaua and still had work to do, beating the opposite winger and centre in a 12m run to the line.

After the Seagulls conceded, Chaz Jarvis forced a dropped ball from the kick off. Off the ensuing scrum, Cooper Roberts received the ball through hands on the right wing and cut back in to beat 6 players to the line.

Seagulls led 20-6 at half time.

The second started with a bang for the Seagulls as debutant Cassius Cowley dummied and scored on the left edge.

The Clydesdales scored a 90m try against the run of play to stay in the game, however the Seagulls continued their dominance to finish off the game.

Kalolo Saitaua finished off an 85m try as Cassius Cowley stepped of his left foot to break the line and pass outside to Saitaua, who finished the final 50m and beating two would-be tacklers.

That put the Seagulls up 30-10 with 17 minutes remaining.

Jordan Grant closed out the game with a try under the posts, beating two players to dive over the line in the 74th minute,

Final score 36-10. The +26 for and against has pushed us above Norths into 2nd place.

Heading into Country Week at Augathella this Saturday, it is 2nd vs 3rd on the ladder, and a crucial opportunity to solidify a place in the Top 4.

Both Hostplus Cup and BMD Premiership teams made the trip to Mackay on Friday ahead of their respective matchups on Saturday afternoon.

Our boys were looking to continue their momentum after 3 wins in a row. While our girls were after their second win of the season, following last week’s breakthrough.

Our BMD Premiership team let in a couple of early tries but then got back into the game through their Brisbane Broncos connections Azalleyah Maaka and Lauren Dam.

We headed into the break 12-8 down at halftime.

However we shot out of the blocks to start the second half with quick tries to Tayla Sykes and Tameka Barnes within the first 5 minute of play.

That put us up 20-12, a lead we held for over 20 minutes before the Cutters scored in the 61st minute.

Heartbreakingly, the Cutters scored with the last play of the game to steal victory. Our girls are looking better each game and their second win isn’t far away.

In between games, the Cutters held a ceremony for BMD’s Indigenous Round and paid tribute to local Indigenous culture in the region.

Our Hostplus Cup boys entered into a tough battle to start the game, having to repel the Cutters multiple times on our line.

It was Liam Sutton who broke the deadlock in the 14th minute, with a nice step off both feet to find a gap in the defensive line.

Delouise Hoeter was next to score and it started through Liam Sutton yet again.

Sutton through a cutout ball to Cooper Roberts on the wing who broke the line and kicked inside. A nice pick up and pass from Chaz Jarvis to Hoeter saw him run in under the posts.

Liam Sutton capped a fantastic first half with his second try in the 30th minute. This time he chased through a Josh Berryman kick and outjumped the fullback to score.

Seagulls up 18-4 at the halftime break.

The second half started much the same, with right-side dominance from the Seagulls.

Delouise Hoeter had his second try with 3 minutes of kickoff, this time through a short side play on the last tackle after another high energy set from the Seagulls.

Hoeter has his hattrick a few minutes later after a Josh Berryman kick ricocheted from Luke Gale to Cooper Roberts, who passed for Hoeter to fall over the line.

5/5 from the tee for Liam Sutton opened up a 30-4 lead with 30 minutes to go.

To the Cutters credit, they didn’t stop fighting, with tries in the 58th and 68th minutes.

However, the Seagulls held on for a 30-14 win away from home that consolidates their 3rd position on the ladder.

This Sunday, both teams return to BMD Kougari Oval to play against the Jets and Clydesdales respectively.

After a slow start, our BMD Premiership team is on the board with a thrilling win in Round 4.

With two 6-point losses in a row, the girls were primed for a win as they showed improvement each week.

This game formed part of an all-girls rugby league carnival in the Fraser Coast region, hosted at Ralph Stafford park, home of the Hervey Bay Seagulls.

After previously playing two matches at the same ground in recent years, as part of a partnership with Fraser Coast Regional Council and Deadly Choices / Galangoor Duwalami health clinic, we were delighted as a club to head back to Hervey Bay.

Our girls were guests at a gala dinner on Friday night, and as always in the Fraser Coast region, were treated extremely well, with plenty of local juniors flocking for photos and a chat.

We also arrived early on Saturday to watch some other girls games that were part of the carnival.

Capras were the first on the board in the 2nd and 9th minutes to open a 10-0 lead before Tayla Sykes score for the Seagulls in the 18th minute.

The Capras scored again just before halftime to lead 16-4 going into the break.

Coach Ron Troutman’s halftime speech must have been a beauty as the Seagulls girls changed gears in the second half.

Within a few minutes, Princess Elliot had scored to start the comeback.

Indee Brown then scored a double in the 52nd and 61st minutes to leave the scores tied at 16-all. The prop forward ran into a hole for each try and carried players with her over the tryline in two strong runs.

Then Charlotte Vandermeer scored on the last play of the game, with on 30 seconds remaining, to put the Seagulls in front for the first time in the game.

Final score 20-16, in front of a boisterous Hervey Bay crowd.

Our next BMD Premiership match is this Saturday at 1:30pm away at the Mackay Cutters, followed by our Hostplus Cup team at 4pm.

Both teams return home to BMD Kougari Oval the following Sunday 20th of July.

The rain threatened all day at BMD Kougari Oval as we hosted 4 games across 3 different competitions.

The heavens finally opened at halftime of our Hostplus Cup game and the rain didn’t stop as we held on for a tough win against a formidable opponent in the Dolphins.

Earlier in the day, the Wynnum Manly Juniors BRL Reserve Grade team won 13-12 over the Brighton Roosters with a late field goal.

Up next, our BRL A Grade team were in a high quality back-and-forth battle with the Redcliffe Dolphins across 80 minutes.

Our boys found themselves down by 10 late in the second half but fought back to lead. Then conceded the lead late, only to score a try in the final 30 seconds to steal victory from the Dolphins, 30-26.

The NRLQ U20s Broncos vs Dolphins match was the 3rd game of the day, with the Dolphins prevailing 34-12.

Hostplus Cup kicked off at 2:10pm and the Seagulls started slowly as the Dolphins were the first to score two tries, however missed both conversions.

James Uesele unfortunately left the field in the 10th minute and didn’t return

Treymain Spry, on Hostplus Cup debut for the Seagulls, got his team on the board in the 25th minute.

Then Cooper Roberts finished off a nice move in the corner, with Kalolo Saitaua breaking a tackle to get him the ball just in time.

The Seagulls were up 10-8 before a late penalty was awarded to Redcliffe to allow them to even it up at halftime, 10-10.

Liam Sutton continued his incredible form to earn a repeat set and then score a try in the 44th minute, after a first half that included two line breaks and a 40/20.

A successful goal kick, also to Sutton, put the Seagulls up 16-10.

Ben Farr then left the field for the Seagulls with a lower leg injury and Chaz Jarvis substituted on at fullback.

That’s 3 games in a row that Jarvis has filled in a position for an injury, first at centre against the Magpies, then wing against the Falcons, and this time fullback against the Dolphins.

Defence was the order of the day as both teams repelled multiple efforts, particularly the Seagulls on their own line.

Then a Liam Sutton penalty goal in the 61st minute extended the Seagulls lead to 18-10.

Sutton and Max Bailey were sent to the sin bin in 67th minute which made it 12 vs 12 on the field.

The Seagulls continued to defend their line with pride and keep the Dolphins out.

Time ticked down and we held on for a significant win, with two key players injured on the day, and keeping the Dolphins scoreless in the second half.

We have a well earned bye next weekend before travelling to Mackay to face the Cutters.

Our next home game is on Sunday 20 July against the Western Clydesdales – the feature broadcast match of the round at 2:10pm.

A successful Saturday night for our Hostplus Cup team on the Sunshine Coast  continues their recent momentum of strong performances.

Winning 46-18 after a dominant second half solidified 3rd spot on the ladder for our boys.

Earlier in the day, our BMD Premiership team played their second game of the season.

The girls were down 16-4 at halftime and fought back to be within a chance of tying the game off the last paly, but unfortunately went down 20-14.

They are winless after two games but showing improvement week to week.

Our Hostplus Cup team started with a bang as Delouise Hoeter scored in the second minute.

Then we conceded 3 tries as the Falcons ran with a strong wind behind their back.

Selwyn Cobbo got on the board for the Seagulls, followed by Liam Sutton to close out a topsy-turvy half of football.

It was goal kicking that split the score at halftime, with 3 tries each. Falcons led 18-14.

The second half was a different story as the Seagulls put on 7 tries to none in a complete whitewash.

Playing with the wind this time, the Seagulls dominated field position and played to their attacking strengths.

Tries were scored by Hoeter (41st), Chaz Jarvis (46th), Ben Farr (49th), Hoeter (54th), Jarvis (60th), Jaiyden Hunt (65th) and Farr (70th) to round out a clinical second 40 minutes.

Goal kicking was tough on the night considering the breeze, as we finished 3 from 10.

In sad news, winger Sione Hopoate will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. This follows the long-term injury to opposite winger Ron Philitoga last weekend. But the Seagulls will battle on despite these setbacks and look to push towards finals football with momentum.

Our next match is at home against the Redcliffe Dolphins on a big day at BMD Kougari Oval. The feature match of the round will be preceded by the NRLQ match between the Broncos and Dolphins.

 

The Seagulls and Souths Logan Magpies played for the Mitch Cronin Cup in Round 13, with the total aggregate score determining the winner of the coveted trophy.

Playing at Davies Park, West End, for the first time since in more than 5 years, the Seagulls took a 34 point lead into the game after winning the first clash 54-20.

Both teams walked out carrying their number 9 jerseys, which were retired for the day in tribute to Mitch. A video presentation and moment of silence also took place before kickoff.

After a slow start where the Magpies scored the opening two tries across the first 20 minutes, Ben Farr got the Seagulls on the board in the 25th minute with a typically elusive slice through the defence to score in the corner.

Farr had a double 7 minutes later, but this time he bashed his way between defenders to fall over the line and put the Seagulls in the lead 10-8.

The Seagulls lost winger Ron Philitoga to a high ankle sprain early on, with Chaz Jarvis coming on at centre.

Liam Sutton kicked an early field goal on the last play of the first half to ensure an 11-8 score at halftime.

Souths also started the second half as they did the first, with an early try to jump back into the lead.

Selwyn Cobbo, in his second game for the Seagulls in 2025, then out-jumped his opposite number from a Liam Sutton kick, and wrestled his way to the ground for a try to gain back the momentum. 15-14 Seagulls.

Liam Sutton put Jaiyden Hunt through a hole 30m out and he went on the step the fullback to score under the posts to extend the Seagulls lead.

Sutton was at it again 6 minutes later when he bounced off his tackler and broke the line to kick for Chaz Jarvis to score in the corner.

A 4th consecutive try assist to Sutton came when he delivered another short ball to Jaiyden Hunt who scored his second try to seal the game in the 75th minute.

Final score 33-20 to the Seagulls. The aggregate score was more than enough to claim the Mitch Cronin Cup for the first time, and importantly take 2 points from the game as well.

Up next we travel to the Sunshine Coast to take on the Falcons across two games, at 3:30pm for BMD Premiership and 5pm for Hostplus Cup on Saturday afternoon.

Then we return home to BMD Kougari Oval on Sunday 29th of June vs Redcliffe Dolphins.

 

A big crowd swelled through the gates of BMD Kougari Oval yesterday to see Selwyn Cobbo played his first game for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls since the 2021 Queensland Cup Grand Final.

The Chook Pen was full and kids were everywhere to see the talent from Cherbourg return to his old stomping ground, and to see the Seagulls continue the good form on the field following last week’s 28-0 win at Straddie.

Earlier in the day the Wynnum Manly Juniors BRL Reserve Grade team cruised to victory against the Logan Pride, before our BRL A Grade team lost to the Pride.

This Round 12 gameday was sponsored by our Platinum partner Place Wynnum Manly, as the Place team parked their iconic Mini Cooper on the Chook Pen hill to show their support for the club.

As the feature broadcast match of the round, this game was shown for free on Kayo, 9Now and QPlus.tv.

Townsville started the better of the two teams with a short kick through from dummy half for the opening try in the 6th minute.

They were in again in the 17th and 26th minutes to open up an 18-0 lead.

Wynnum Manly hit back in the 29th minute through Ron Philitoga as he took an intercept and ran 75m to score near the posts.

The Seagulls were unlucky not to be closer on the scoreboard, or even in front, as multiple tryscoring opportunities were not converted.

Townsville led 22-6 at halftime.

The Blackhawks then scored off the opening set in the second half, in the worst possible start for the Seagulls.

Selwyn Cobbo got involved to start the Seagulls comeback as he threw a cutout ball to Luke Gale, who found himself out on the wing, and scored in the 52nd minute.

4 minutes later, Ben Farr sliced through to score and continue to build the momentum.

In the 64th minute, Toni Tupouniua barged his way over from a Liam Sutton short ball, and the gap closed to 26-20 Blackhawks.

The Blackhawks scored again to lead 30-20, but the Seagulls weren’t done.

Liam Sutton put up a kick to Philitoga’s corner and the flying winger took one of the great catches you will see, using his opposite winger as a springboard to pluck the ball out of the air and score.

Despite the continued pressure from the Seagulls, a last minute intercept to the Blackhawks sealed the win 34-24.

The Seagulls will be confident for the rematch on the 9th of August, having failed to execute numerous chances in the match. On another day, the result could have been very different.

Our next two games see us travel to Souths Logan Magpies and then Sunshine Coast Falcons, before returning to BMD Kougari Oval on Sunday 29th of June against the Redcliffe Dolphins.

Our annual Indigenous recognition on North Stradbroke Island / Minjerribah was held on Saturday at the Straddie Sharks.

Even the torrential rain couldn’t ruin our day, one we’d been preparing for collectively for months.

The Straddie Sharks kicked off the day with three junior games against Easts Juniors in U7, U9 and U11.

Our BMD Premiership squad also travelled over for their final hitout before Round 1 on June 15.

The Straddie Youth Group then provided the Welcome to Country and dance ceremony to promote the Indigenous culture of the island.

We were lucky to get a small break in the rain while the ceremony was on, and just as it finished, the rain poured again.

Both Hostplus Cup teams entered the field to torrential rain and it never let up for the rest of the day.

In an exciting development for the Seagulls, Liam Sutton, who had recently joined the squad from the Newcastle Knights system, would make his debut for the club.

The opening period of the game followed a predictable path, as both teams battered each other through the middle and struggled to find any space on a soggy field.

Will Parslow was the first on the scoresheet as he dived over in the corner under heavy pressure in the 27th minute.

Kalolo Saitaua was next to score in the 35th minute as he bustled his way over from 15m out, breaking multiple tackles in his distinct running style.

The Seagulls took a 12-0 lead into halftime.

Chaz Jarvis scored in the 47th minute, before Tieran Ross and Ben Farr sealed the game in the 65th and 76th minutes respectively.

Luke Gale resumed the goalkicking duties, slotting 2 from 5 conversions and also 2 penalty goals. A terrible day to be a goalkicker.

It was a dominant defensive performance in the wet as the Capras rarely challenged the Seagulls line.

28-0 was the final score, as the Seagulls once again proved North Stradbroke Island a happy hunting ground, having only lost once in 11 games.

Thank you to our event partners Deadly Choices, Yulu Burri Ba, Redland City Council and Sealink, and our hosts, the mighty Straddie Sharks.

 

Round 9 at BMD Kougari Oval saw the Cutters travel from Mackay to take on our Seagulls, with both teams needing a win.

The Gulls had two tries in the first 10 minutes thanks to Ben Farr and Delouise Hoeter.

From that point, the Cutters got into the grind and eventually won out, scoring in the 24th minute. They backed it up in quick succession with tries in the 29th and 32nd minutes to hit lead 14-10.

Wynnum made it 3 tries apiece through Josh Berryman in the 37th minute, and with the extra conversio, took a 16-14 lead into halftime.

The Cutters didn’t trouble the scorers in the second half, with Wynnum Manly scoring 18 points to nil to comfortably win the game 34-14.

Second half tries to Luke Gale, Cameron Bukowski and Ron Philitoga cemented the Seagulls position in what was a very dominant 40 minutes.

Luke Gale assumed the goal-kicking duties with Jock Madden injured, and did a great job while also scoring a try and playing 75 minutes in the second row.

A bye weekend awaits the boys in red and green before our annual trip to North Stradbroke Island.

 

The trip to Papua New Guinea always takes prominence in each Hostplus Cup team’s calendar, and our trip over the weekend was no different.

On top of the flights, accommodation and visas to be organised, you have to face a physically immense team with a whole country behind them.

Having lost in 2024 twice in Port Moresby, our coaching staff entered the week with greater knowledge of what to expect from this game.

We started well with Ben Farr hustling his way over the line in the 6th minute, after breaking away from the initial tacklers.

The Hunters’ Brandon scored to get his team on the board in the 15th minute, before a 20 minute stalemate period, where neither team could break the deadlock.

The heat and humidity wore each team down, particularly our Seagulls, who are not used to these playing conditions.

In the 38th minute, Nima scored again out wide to take the Hunters to an 8-6 lead going into halftime.

Seagulls halfback Jock Madden didn’t return after the break, which was a cruel blow to both him and Wynnum manly, given the exceptional form he has been in.

The Hunters scored a quick double in the 55th and 59th minutes to push out to an 18-6 lead.

Then Ben Farr grabbed his second of the afternoon, as he put Luke Gale through the defensive line and then backed up to receive the ball and score under the posts.

Another 15 minute period ensued where both teams had their opportunities, but a number of errors or good defensive reads stopped any points.

With the Seagulls right in the game at 18-12 and creating chances, the Hunters scored a couple of tries against the run of play and sealed their win 30-12.

Another tough trip to Port Moresby for our Seagulls, but we look forward to the opportunity to host the Hunters in the penultimate round of the regular season at BMD Kougari Oval.

We have the bye next weekend before returning home on Saturday 17 May against the Mackay Cutters.