Final ▁ ▁Grand ▁Final ▁ ▁After ▁twenty - five ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁competition ▁and ▁five ▁Grand ▁Final ▁losses , ▁Man ly ▁finally ▁broke ▁through ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁club ' s ▁first ▁NS WR FL ▁premi ership . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁match , ▁the ▁Sea - E ag les ▁down ed ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Sub ur bs ▁Ro ost ers ▁ 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 4 , ▁thus ▁shed ding ▁their ▁' br ides ma ids ' ▁tag . ▁The ▁Ro ost ers ▁were ▁highly ▁critical ▁of ▁ref eree ▁Keith ▁Page ▁after ▁the ▁match , ▁claim ing ▁both ▁of ▁Man ly ' s ▁tries ▁shouldn ' t ▁have ▁been ▁awarded . ▁To ▁add ▁to ▁their ▁ra ge , ▁East s ▁crossed ▁for ▁ 2 ▁tries ▁that ▁were ▁dis allowed . ▁ ▁A ▁d our ▁first ▁half ▁saw ▁the ▁teams ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁break ▁at ▁ 4 - all , ▁before ▁a ▁try ▁by ▁hook er ▁Fred ▁Jones ▁put ▁Man ly ▁ahead . ▁Jones ▁appeared ▁to ▁drop ▁the ▁ball ▁as ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁ground ▁it , ▁but ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁try ▁non eth eless . ▁For ▁his ▁part ▁Jones ▁cont ends ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁place ▁the ▁ball ▁with ▁down ward ▁pressure . ▁Mid way ▁through ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁controvers y ▁fla red ▁again ▁when ▁Man ly ▁centre ▁Ray ▁Bran igh an ▁appeared ▁to ▁stop ▁over ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Sub ur bs ▁try ▁line ▁after ▁accepting ▁what ▁looked ▁like ▁a ▁forward ▁pass ▁from ▁prop ▁Bill ▁Hamilton . ▁However , ▁ref eree ▁Page ▁allowed ▁it