two rounds before winning their next four. Another serious injury to star player Tom Trbojevic in round 11 derailed their season once again with Manly winning only four of their last thirteen games to finish 11th and miss out on the finals. Their season was further marred by an incident when seven players boycotted the round 20 match against the Sydney Roosters due to their refusal to wear the club's "pride" jersey, which was the start of an unfortunate end to the year for the Sea Eagles. On 13 October, the club decided to terminate Des Hasler as head coach. Emblem and colours The team has always been officially known as the "Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles" since 1947. Upon entering the NSWRL, Manly took on the colours of maroon and white. Manly chose the sea eagle – the native bird of prey on the Sydney coastline – as its emblem. The club's first jersey was maroon with a large white 'V' on the front. Manly were one of the first teams to feature an emblem, with an 'MW' appearing in the early 1950s. The 'Sea Eagle' has appeared on all jerseys since the mid-1950s. In 1956, Manly chose a new logo for their jersey, consisting of a maroon and white eagle sitting atop a rugby league ball with the letters 'MW' on it. Manly would then change their logo a decade later in 1960, which depicted more accurately a sea eagle so as to not create confusion whether it was a sea eagle or a seagull. From the 1980s, Manly would go on to use perhaps their most famous of logos used in what is regarded as their most successful years up until the creation of the new competition. In conjunction with the new competition, the National Rugby League, Manly would change their logo in 1998. It featured predominantly maroon, white, yellow and blue to symbolise the connection the club had with its major sponsor at the time Pepsi. This logo would not last however when the ill-fated merger with North Sydney Bears in 2000 saw them take on the Northern Eagles moniker instead. Upon their return in 2003, Manly opted to revert to the previous logo but tweaked it slightly to focus on the sea eagle and include Warringah in the club's name again. They also returned to their original colours however a darker shade of maroon and white, a