Round 1 of the Hostplus Cup and BMD Premiership has finally arrived for the 2023 season.

The BMD Wynnum Manly Seagulls have the honour of hosting the first game on Saturday at home in both competitions, where we will face the Mackay Cutters.

In a huge day of football at BMD Kougari Oval, Seagulls fans will see 5 games take place across the day, with our McDonalds Academy teams taking on the Tweed Seagulls in the morning.

This Round 1 fixture will be presented by our Premier Partner, Place Estate Agents Gumdale and Manly. Keep an eye out for the Place army around BMD Kougari Oval – they are your one-stop-shop for anything real estate related.

Gameday details: 
8:30am – Gates Open
9:10am – U16s Cyril Connell Challenge
10:30am – U18s Mal Meninga Cup
12:00pm – U19s Harvey Norman Women
1:20pm – BMD Premiership Women
3:00pm – Hostplus Cup

Check out our Round 1 Team Lists below:

Hostplus Cup Team List
1. Matt Milson
2. Gideon Gela Mosby
3. Delouise Hoeter
4. Deine Mariner
5. Josh Simm
6. Josh Rogers
7. Brendan O’Hagan (c)
8. Cooper Page Wilson
9. Tyson Smoothy
10. Darius Farmer
11. Kitron Laka
12. Brendan Frei
13. Shalom O’Ofou
Interchange
14. Tony Pellow
15. Jack Martin
16. Luke Gale
17. Bailey Hartwig
Reserves
18. Jack Croft
19. Caius Faatili
20. Kyle Foxwell

BMD Premiership Team List
1. Julia Robinson
2. Emily Bass
3. Kim Hunt
4. Felila Kia
5. Karina Brown
6. Ellie Williamson
7. Layne Bennett
8. Indee Brown
9. Patrice Chambers (c)
10. Jayda Lofipo
11. Toni Hunt
12. Shaylee Bent
13. Rease Casey
Interchange
14. Lily Green
15. Nirada Phonsaya
16. Demi Butler
17. Sarai Pule
Reserves
18. Shaniah Power
19. Kennedy Harrison-Vahua

The BMD Wynnum Manly Seagulls will host 5 games across different grades this Saturday at BMD Kougari Oval.

In another massive pre-season day of football for the club, the Seagulls will welcome both Norths Devils and Brisbane Tigers to our home ground.

Our McDonalds Seagulls Academy U16s, U18s and U19s will take on Norths Devils in Round 2 of their respective competitions.

While our BMD Premiership and Hostplus Cup teams will clash with our local rival, Brisbane Tigers, in their final trial matches before Round 1 in two weeks time.

We will have the Chook Pen, canteen and kids activities all open as per a normal home gameday, and we would love to see a big crowd of Seagulls supporters throughout the day.

Gameday Details:
9:30am – Gates Open
10:10am – U16 Cyril Connell Challenge
11:30am – U18 Mal Meninga Cup
1:00pm – U19s Harvey Norman Women
2:20pm – BMD Premiership Women
4:00pm – Hostplus Cup

The Wynnum Manly Seagulls own and operate two social sport franchises within the Bayside Community. Touch Rugby League (TRL) is played on Monday and Wednesday across Mixed and Men’s Divisions. Monday nights are played out of Capalaba Warriors Rugby League and Wednesdays are played at Wynnum Juniors. We currently have close to 40 teams spread across our competitions, with varying age and ability of players.

Our Netball competition is run out of the Wakerley District Courts on Manly Road. We currently play on Monday and Tuesday nights. Mondays we have both Ladies and Mixed competitions available and on Tuesday we have Ladies only. We have just over 30 teams that play across the two nights, and have plenty of room for more! Our mixed netball competition is only one season in and we have received great feedback! As with TRL, our netball competition varies in age and ability. Across TRL and Netball our youngest age we allow is 14 years old.

We also are always on the hunt for casual TRL referees and Netball umpires who want some extra fitness and cash to help our games operate. We have 3 time slots a night across TRL and Netball and are always keen to train extra referees and umpires.

We have 4 seasons for both our social sport competitions which are 10 weeks long. Our netball competitions break for school holidays, while our TRL competitions roll straight through each season. Our Autumn season for TRL is now open for registration – first night of play will be March 6^th for Capalaba Mondays and March 8^th for Wynnum Wednesdays. Pricing and more information can be found on our website; https://www.trl.com.au/redlands/.

Our Autumn season for netball isn’t too far away, with our Monday night competition for ladies and mixed due to start on Monday March 20^th. More information about our netball competition can be found on our website; https://www.seagullssports.com.au/netball/.

If you want any more information about either of our social sport competitions, please feel free to contact Mikkayla on 0434 354 045 or email redlands@trl.com.au or netball@seagullssports.com.au.

Ireland Wolfhounds international, Brendan O’Hagan, has recently landed in Australia to join the BMD Wynnum Manly Seagulls for the 2023 season.

Brendan most recently played for the York Knights in the UK’s Championship League, the second tier of rugby league in the country.

Having been granted a release from York, Brendan felt the time was right, and is excited to return home to Australia to be closer to friends and family.

He played 27 games for York and scored 12 tries, leading the team to the Championship playoff last season.

The 24 year old from Gosford, NSW, is a halfback/hooker and played in all three of Ireland’s matches at the 2022 Rugby League World Cup.

O’Hagan has slotted into life as a Seagull very easily, making his mark in training, and currently lives with a few of his Wynnum teammates.

We’re looking forward to seeing Brendan on the field in the red and green very soon!

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Queensland Rugby League has today released the season draw for each statewide competition on their website.

This update comes ahead of Round 1 for our McDonalds Seagulls Academy teams on Saturday at Capalaba rugby league club. Our Cyril Connell Challenge U16s, Mal Meninga U18s and Harvey Norman U19s Women will head to John Frederick Park to take on the Burleigh Bears.

Seagulls supporters will now be able to navigate easily between teams and competitions to follow where we are playing in 2023.

Eager-eyed fans of Wynnum Manly will notice that there are 8 Hostplus Cup games at BMD Kougari Oval in 2023, which is a very pleasing result. Each draw can be seen here: QRL Website

Our Round 3 match for both Hostplus Cup and BMD Premiership will take place on the grounds of our Premier Partner Iona College. Iona have been a great supporter of the Seagulls, especially our Women’s program, and it is a pleasure to host one of our games at this iconic Bayside school.

While annual fixtures at North Stradbroke Island and the Fraser Coast region (Maryborough) will still go ahead, these have been negotiated with our respective opponents to move their home games away instead of ours. We’d like to thank the Sunshine Coast Falcons and Souths Logan Magpies for working through this process with us.

Overall, Seagulls supporters can look forward to more home games at BMD Kougari Oval in 2023, without losing our connection to the Iona College, Redlands and Fraser Coast communities.

We will release Season Passes and corporate hospitality tickets closer to Round 1, and also keep you upto date with kickoff times etc.

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This Saturday 11 February, the Seagulls will head across the gateway to Norths Devils for 5 trial matches across different grades.

Especially for our Hostplus Cup men, this is a great opportunity to test themselves against last year’s Premiers before the season kicks off.

Norths will have a BMD Premiership team for the first time this season, while our girls are looking to go one better than last year and make the Grand Final.

For the U16s and U18s, this will be their second trial in consecutive weeks before their Round 1 games against Burleigh next weekend.

It is an exciting time around BMD Kougari Oval, coming off the back of the game against the Broncos, with Round 1 matches not too far away.

We hope some Seagulls supporters can make it over to Norths on Saturday!

Game Details:
1.20pm – Cyril Connell Challenge U16s
2:40pm – Mal Meninga Cup U18s
4:10pm – Harvey Norman U19s
5:30pm – BMD Premiership
7:00pm – Hostplus Cup

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Former Wakefield Trinity player Jack Croft is heading down under for the 2023 season.

Croft played 16 games for the West Yorkshire-based Super League club, before finishing with the club at the end of the 2022 season.

The Seagulls are excited to welcome Jack to the Bayside, as his addition will bolster the quality of our outside backs.

A speedy centre or winger, Jack progressed through the Wakefield academy system to wake his debut for the club in 2019 at just 19 years old.

Now 22, Croft has set his sights on a new challenge in a different environment with the hopes of progressing to an NRL system.

We’re eager to get Jack down to BMD Kougari Oval in the coming weeks and share some more information with our supporters.

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(Main photo property of Wakefield Trinity)

 

 

BMD Wynnum Manly Seagulls are excited to welcome Premier Asset Finance on board as a sponsor in season 2023.

Premier Asset Finance (PAF) are here to help Australian Businesses to understand the present, in preparation for the future. PAF can help to finance everything you need from cars and caravans, to large equipment and personal loans.

Peter Bell, General Manager of Finance, said:

“Premier Asset Finance was formed to provide Financial Assistance initially to Bartons Motors customers when required, and also to assist the local area residents and business fraternities in all things financial.

PAF’s highly experienced specialists are here to assist you with all your Consumer and Commercial Asset Finance needs.

We are very pleased to partner the Seagulls as both Bartons and Wynnum Manly Seagulls are institutions in the Wynnum Manly area. We are both proud of our achievements and uphold our reputations fiercely.

If we can help, we would welcome your contact and assure you of our best service at all times.”

To learn more about Premier Asset Finance, or to get in contact with them, click an option below:
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Inspired Built, a local building company based in Murrarie, has partnered with the Seagulls in 2023.

Inspired Built started as a family business and have been based in Brisbane for over 10 years. They are a full service, design and construction company.

Director of Inspired Built, Ben Sutcliffe, said “Inspired Built are intently focused on building strong client relationships and engaging closely with all stakeholders and consultants to ensure we design and deliver an outstanding result for each of our clients. We are commercially focused and complete construction and refurbishment projects including, Supermarkets, Hospitality, Retail, Fitness and Health, Industrial and Childcare.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with the mighty Wynnum Manly Seagulls for the 2023 season. At Inspired Built we support our local community wherever possible, and the Wynnum Manly Seagulls are certainly a cornerstone to the Brisbane Bayside community.

“The Seagulls sponsorship process itself has been swift, seamless and professional.”

We appreciate the support and investment in a local sporting club such as ours. We’re excited for a successful year together with the team at Inspired Built, and look forward to a long partnership.

Seagulls supporters will notice the Inspired Built logo around the ground at BMD Kougari Oval and also on our Men’s number 14 jerseys throughout 2023.

To see more of Inspired Built, visit their:
Website
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Instagram

There’s only one week to go until our mighty BMD Wynnum Manly Seagulls take on the Brisbane Broncos at BMD Kougari Oval.

This annual pre-season trial match against our big brother affiliate is a great opportunity for the Seagulls players to test themselves against the elite level of rugby league talent in the country.

We are expecting BMD Kougari Oval at capacity on Saturday 4 February when the two teams clash.

We will have Seagulls and Broncos merchandise, food trucks, junior affiliate clubs offering sign-on, face painting, and plenty of food and drink options!

2023 is going to start with a bang for the Seagulls and we want you to be there!

See below for more details:
11:30am – Gates open
12:30pm – Cyril Connell Challenge U16s trial (Seagulls vs Tigers)
2:15pm – Mal Meninga Cup U18s trial (Seagulls vs Tigers)
4pm – Seagulls vs Brisbane Broncos

We strongly recommend that you arrive early to avoid queueing at the front gate. Please note: there will be no entry through the back gate – all spectators must enter through the front gate.

We also encourage you to purchase a ticket before next Saturday. If you turn up to buy a ticket on the day, you may be left disappointed as we have to cap numbers for health and safety purposes.

Tickets are available on our website, as are our new range of 2023 membership and merchandise options. We’d love to see you next weekend wearing our new apparel!

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