The 2018 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 69th in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947. The team came second last in the regular season and did not qualify for the finals.[1]
^"Joel signs amid drama". The Courier-Mail. 23 December 2017. p. 72. Joel Thompson had agreed to join Manly the day before the club's salary cap scandal broke, but he required NRL approval to sign a two-year deal