We want the Broncos back at Brookie – along with the Eels and Roosters.
Manly has formally requested that the NRL send Brisbane back to Brookvale Oval for a sellout game this coming season after a whopping ten-year absence.
This masthead can also reveal the Sea Eagles have asked the NRL that Parramatta and the Sydney Roosters play games at 4 Pines Park next season.
They are three games Manly insist will be immediate sellouts.
With Manly fans having flocked to Brookvale this year, the club doesn’t require the financial inducement of taking more home games to Magic Round.
“We definitely put the Broncos forward because we haven’t played them at home for so long. I dare say that would be a sellout," confirmed Manly CEO Tony Mestrov.
“This coming season, we won’t be playing a home game at Magic Round. Parramatta and the Roosters are also historic games for us.
“They would be big crowd pullers. We are looking for home matches where we will get a big following. Parramatta is always massive and would be a sellout.
“Every club gets requested by the NRL to nominate what home games they would like to play. We also let the NRL know that our contract for Magic Round had ceased.”
While plans are still in their infancy, Mestrov did say talks were gently progressing around the possibility of increasing the crowd capacity at Brookvale.
All clubs are encouraged to submit preferred games and dates to the NRL before the draw is announced with the governing body attempting to accommodate as many requests as possible.
The Sea Eagles and Parramatta Eels always enjoyed a fierce rivalry during the 1980s.
Further details of Manly’s proposed Brookvale Oval redevelopment will emerge over the next year.
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Go eels
I think most years it is for gone conclusion we play Manly at Brooky. What they even on about?
Agree , we have played there shitloads. Gutherson threw an intercept there last year and lost us the game.. He always had an absaloute Barry Crocker at Brookvale games.
I can't remember the last time we played at WIN Stadium. Seems like decades.
Surely then Parra can request Canberra in Darwin if we must play another game up there?
What are Manly on about, we have played at Brookvale every year, other than 2021 due to COVID, since 2007. Why request that?