After World War II, the Seagulls re-entered in 1951 as the Wynnum-Manly District Rugby League Football Club, with Jim Cloherty as President until 1964.

Having secured star players Gene Miles and Greg Dowling from north Queensland, Wynnum-Manly became a power for the first time,[5] winning the Brisbane premiership in 1982, 1984, and 1986, with a runner-up finish in 1985.

Four Seagulls players, Miles, Dowling, Bob Lindner and Australian captain Wally Lewis, were part of the "Unbeatables" 1986 Kangaroo squad that completed an unbeaten tour of Great Britain and France.

Facing receivership in the early 1990s,[6] the team rebranded as the Wynnum Seagulls, securing their fourth BRL premiership in 1995.

* Wally Lewis who joined the club from Valleys in 1984, is the only Wynnum-Manly player to captain the Australia national rugby league team.