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Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL Round 27 Tips - Brookie says goodbye to DCE

Ryan Tucker

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Last updated: Wed 03 Sep 2025 20:09

Ryan Tucker 03 Sep 2025

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Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors expert predictions for Friday’s Round 27 NRL game
Kick off is at 6:00 PM (AEST) at 4 Pines Park
Manly Sea Eagles are favored to win against the Warriors in Round 27.
Cherry-Evans plays his final Sea Eagles game at Brookvale.
Warriors’ top 4 hopes are slim; Faulalo tipped as top tryscorer.

Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL Round 27 Tips

Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors, Round 27 2025 - Expert Prediction

Manly’s final game of the season and Daly Cherry-Evans’ last game as a Sea Eagle at Brookie will be a victory.

Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors, Round 27 2025 - Expert Prediction
Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors Round 27 Cheat Sheet
Head to Head
Manly Sea Eagles Form Analysis
Manly Sea Eagles Team News
Manly Sea Eagles Team List
New Zealand Warriors Form Analysis
New Zealand Warriors Team News
New Zealand Warriors Team List
Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2025 Round 27 FAQ’s

The Warriors hopes of a top 4 spot are all but gone with them needing to not only win this game but hope that both Brisbane and Cronulla lose. It will be difficult for them to find the motivation needed to match the Sea Eagles who will be up and about in their final game of the season.

Yes, mathematically they have a chance - but come on, it aint happening. Manly are a good team at home ranking 6th in scoring and 8th in defence. With Cherry set to move on at season’s end it will be the final time he laces up the boots in front of the Brookie faithful in the white and maroon after 15 seasons and 352 games. This will mean everything to those men.

New Zealand have fallen to 13th in scoring over their past 5 games and are not likely to be able to do enough in this short time frame to find the points needed to beat Manly on their home deck.

Take the Sea Eagles to cover and New Zealand to go Under their team total. Clayton Faulalo is the top pick for tryscorers.

Manly have won 4 of their last 5 and 7 of 11 games at 4 Pines Park this season.
New Zealand have not reached 20 pts in 4 of their last 6 games and average 18.6 pts per game in 10 games against top 9 defensive opponents this year.
Clayton Faulalo has scored 4 tries in 7 games this season and comes up against a right edge defence that has conceded 60% of opposition tries this year.
Manly have scored first in 4 of their last 5 while the Warriors have conceded the first try in 3 straight matchups.

Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors Round 27 Cheat Sheet

Sea Eagles vs Warriors Rd 27 Cheat Sheet

Head to Head

New Zealand won the most recent matchup 36-16 at Go Media Stadium back in March of this year. The Sea Eagles have won 4 of the last 7 (which also includes a draw) with 3 of those victories coming at 4 Pines Park.

The overall head to head since the start of the 2019 season is 5-5-1. The Over has hit in the Game Total in 9 of 11 games while the winning margin has been 13+ in 3 of the past 5 games.

Manly Sea Eagles Form Analysis

Manly tried their best to make up the points differential needed to possibly leap frog the Roosters into 8th spot if results fall their way. The 40-24 demolition of the Dragons meant it was the second straight game the Sea Eagles reached 40 points, their combined total of 98 pts outshadowing the 32 pts combined they had scored in the 4 games prior.

They had 9 Linebreaks in the game to go with 1781 Run Metres and 44 Tackles inside their opponents 20m zone. Manly were at one stage this season the competition leaders in Run Metres but fell away through a tough middle third of the year.

The Sea Eagles have won 4 of their last 5 at home averaging over 30 pts in that 5 game span.

Manly Sea Eagles Team News

Tolu Koula injured his MCL and will miss the final game of the season, replaced by Clayton Faulalo. Joey Walsh will make his debut off the bench.

Tof Sipley received a 4 match suspension at the judiciary so is out of this one, his replacement has yet to be confirmed.

Manly Sea Eagles Team List

1. Tom Trbojevic

2. Jason Saab

3. Clayton Faulalo

4. Tommy Talau

5. Lehi Hopoate

6. Luke Brooks

7. Daly Cherry-Evans

8. Matthew Lodge

9. Jake Simpkin

10. Siosiua Taukeiaho

11. Corey Waddell

12. Ben Trbojevic

13. Jazz Tevaga

Interchange

14. Joey Walsh

15. Caleb Navale

16. Ethan Bullemor

17. Tof Sipley

Reserves

18. Aaron Schoupp

19. Navren Willett

20. D'Jazirhae Pua'avase

21. Simione Laiafi

22. Gordon Chan Kum Tong

New Zealand Warriors Form Analysis

The Warriors had their two game win streak snapped last weekend by a determined Parramatta Eels team 26-22 in their final home game of the regular season.

New Zealand owned the lion’s share of Territory and Possession in the matchup but were unable to outscore their opponent despite a lopsided count of Tackles Inside 20m 28-8.

The Warriors have dropped to 13th in Scoring over their last 5 games putting up an average of only 20 pts per outing but interestingly have the 3rd best record away from home having gone 7-4 on the season in Australia.

New Zealand Warriors Team News

Only the one change for the Warriors after their shock loss to the Eels last weekend. Wade Egan is out with a hip injury, replaced at hooker by Sam Healey.

New Zealand Warriors Team List

1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad

2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

3. Adam Pompey

4. Rocco Berry

5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

6. Chanel Harris-Tavita

7. Tanah Boyd

8. James Fisher-Harris

9. Sam Healey

10. Tanner Stowers-Smith

11. Kurt Capewell

12. Marata Niukore

13. Erin Clark

Interchange

14. Te Maire Martin

15. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava

16. Demitric Vaimauga

17. Leka Halasima

Reserves

18. Taine Tuaupiki

20. Kalani Going

21. Bunty Afoa

22. Edward Kosi

23. Luke Hanson

Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2025 Round 27 FAQ’s

How to watch Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2025 Round 27?

You can watch the Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2025 Round 27 game via Fox Sports or Kayo Sports. If you are watching from outside of Australia the WatchNRL app is the perfect solution.

How to buy tickets to Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2025 Round 27?

To buy tickets to the Manly Sea Eagles vs New Zealand Warriors NRL 2025 Round 27 game check the NRL website or the official Manly Sea Eagles site.

Verdict

Manly Sea Eagles v New Zealand Warriors

Take the Sea Eagles to cover and New Zealand to go Under their team total. Clayton Faulalo is the top pick for tryscorers.

Manly -5.5

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