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Cliff Lyons (born 19 October 1961 in Narrandera, New South Wales ) is an indigenous Australian former international-level rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A Clive Churchill Medallist and two-time Dally M Medallist, he made 309 first-grade appearances with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, winning grand finals with them in 1987 and 1996, and also represented New South Wales and Australia, being part of the successful 1990 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain and France.
Cliff Lyons, known as Napper or Cliffy to his mates, started his rugby league career playing lock forward, but was often moved into the five-eighth role which is where he was considered to be at his best. It was at five-eighth that Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles coach Bob Fulton started playing Lyons on a permanent basis and he quickly became a favourite son at the Sea Eagles who gave him the nickname "God". Lyons success with the Sea Eagles, winning premierships in 1987 and 1996 saw him selected to the Manly Sea Eagles 60th Anniversary Dream Team in 2006. Lyons was named on the bench of the 17 man team.
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Lyons to Menzies. What a combination. Cliffy played his 300th game for Manly in July, 1999. He set up 6 tries in this match - 4 of them on a plate to another Manly legend in Steve Menzies. Final Score: Manly-Warringah 48 Western Suburbs 32
Manly has won premierships (8 in total) in every decade since the 1970's. Manly is one of the only teams in rugby league history to have never, ever come last, in any first-grade competition. From 1995-1997, Manly made the Grand Final three seasons in a row - and if it weren't for two forward passes and a drug-taking Knights side - Manly would have won all three. Manly also holds two records during this time for two of the longest winning streaks in history: 15 (Round 1, 1995 -- Round 15, 1995) and 12 (Round 21, 1996 -- Round 7, 1997). Their winning streak at Fortress Brookvale Oval included 16 matches between 13/8/95 -- 20/4/97. Recently, Manly have made the Grand Final four times in seven seasons and are the only club to have made it to the Final Series for 10 consecutive seasons. ...
John Fahey Former NSW Premier/ARL Development Chairman talks to T.C about the Legends Shield. Cliff Lyons drops by for a chat and so does Mario Fenech to talk about their experiences as a young player and how much bigger these competitions have become in recent years.
Cliff Lyons Try in the 2nd test of the 1990 Rugby League Ashes Series with the try called by Ray Hadley.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 64 (Cliff Lyons 3, Dale Shearer 3, Matthew Burke, Charlie Haggett, Don McKinnon, Michael O'Connor, Paul Vautin tries; Michael O'Connor 10 goals) defeated Parramatta Eels 12 (Bob Lindner, Brett Scott tries; Steve Ella 2 goals) at Parramatta Stadium. Date: Sun, 20th March, 1988. Referee: Eddie Ward. Crowd: 20,072. Parramatta: Delroy, Chalmers, Erickson, Ella, Grothe; Scott, Sterling; Vernon, Moseley, Wynn, Taylor, Ford, Lindner. Int: Garnon, Crnkovich. Manly Warringah: Shearer, Ronson, Burke, O'Connor, Davis; Lyons, Hasler; Daley, Haggett, McKinnon, Gately, Cleal, Vautin. Int: Cunningham, Shaw. Info: http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/5655
Doc Scanlon's Rhythm Boys' Cliff Lyons sings "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" @ The Saratoga Savoy Diamond Dance-Jan. 2012. Graham Tichy/guitar, Riff Baxter/trumpet, Gene Garone/drums, Doc Scanlon/bass.
Includes Ben Gonzales decking Cliff Lyons. Penrith Panthers 11 (Geoff Gerard try; Greg Alexander 3 goals; Greg Alexander field goal) drew with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 11 (Phil Blake, David Ronson tries; Mal Cochrane goal; Phil Blake field goal) at Penrith Park. Date: Sun, 27th July, 1986. Referee: Phil Cooley. Crowd: 9,718. Penrith: Liddiard, Greene, Izzard, Wolffe, Gonzales; Clements, Alexander; Gerard, Longhurst, Goodwin, Izzard, Houghton, Van der Voort. Int: Akkary, Connor, Blair. Manly Warringah: Gurr, Ronson, Close, Shearer, Davis; Blake, Hasler; Daley, Cochrane, McMillan, Cullum, Gibbs, Lyons. Int: Quetcher. Info: http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/5430 Reporter: Ken Sutcliffe
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2nd Half Highlights of Manly and Balmain in Round 16, 1990 at Brookvale Oval. Featuring Tries to Cliff Lyons & Geoff Toovey (Manly) and the Famous Steve Roach 'Head Pat', post match interviews and Rex Mossop (RIP) going though the weekend scores, the competition table and the following week's matches
Lyons to Menzies. What a combination. Cliffy played his 300th game for Manly in July, 1999. He set up 6 tries in this match - 4 of them on a plate to another Manly legend in Steve Menzies. Final Score: Manly-Warringah 48 Western Suburbs 32
This was a famous Manly victory, a 30-0 drubbing of the touring Great Britain Lions team in 1988. Man of the Match performance by a young Geoff Toovey, at this point in time he had only played 2 or 3 first grade games. This game was played on Tuesday June 7. Manly 30 (Ian Gately, Mark Pocock, Geoff Toovey, Charlie Haggett, Cliff Lyons Tries Tim Dwyer 5 Goals) b Great Britain 0. Francois Desplas was the Referee. Manly player Mark Brokenshire and Great Britain player Roy Haggerty were both Sent To The Sin Bin for 10 Minutes. The Crowd was 11,131. Manly Lead 18-0 at Halftime. Manly player Geoff Toovey was the Man Of The Match. These are the teams. From Great Britain's Tour Game against Manly at Brookvale Oval in 1988. Manly: Tim Dwyer, Stuart Davis, Joe Ropati, Darrel Williams, Greg...
Manly has won premierships (8 in total) in every decade since the 1970's. Manly is one of the only teams in rugby league history to have never, ever come last, in any first-grade competition. From 1995-1997, Manly made the Grand Final three seasons in a row - and if it weren't for two forward passes and a drug-taking Knights side - Manly would have won all three. Manly also holds two records during this time for two of the longest winning streaks in history: 15 (Round 1, 1995 -- Round 15, 1995) and 12 (Round 21, 1996 -- Round 7, 1997). Their winning streak at Fortress Brookvale Oval included 16 matches between 13/8/95 -- 20/4/97. Recently, Manly have made the Grand Final four times in seven seasons and are the only club to have made it to the Final Series for 10 consecutive seasons. ...
Writer/Director Khoa DO and Writer/Actor Anh DO spoke with The Movie Show Online about their latest film FOOTY LEGENDS. Set in Sydney's western suburbs, FOOTY LEGENDS is a feel-good comedy with serious socio-political undertones. We follow a group of misfit youth from Yagoona, who are plagued by unemployment and legal trouble. Our central protagonist, Luc (stand-up comedian Anh DO), is threatened with losing custody of his little sister Anne (Lisa SAGGERS). Led by Luc, the misfits form a rag-tag football team to compete for the Holden Cup. They must hold their own against real footy legends Bradley CLYDE, Gary LARSON, Cliff LYONS, Rod WISHART & Brett KENNY (playing themselves). Winning the Holden cup will save Anne from foster care and secure employment for all our boys... ...
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