Jacob Preston

[Lyonstomenzies]

This guy played for Belrose and went to St Augustine’s.

Seems to be playing well for the dogs, why isn’t he mentioned anywhere as a potential Manly Junior??

 

[JenEagle]

Yep no idea how we let him go

 

[The Wheel]

Unfortunately our locals couldn’t get anywhere near of junior rep sides. Give you one guess why?

 

[HK_Eagle]

Unfortunately our locals couldn’t get anywhere near of junior rep sides. Give you one guess why?

Can’t handle a knife?

 

[Nordburg]

Very quiet on the media front with this decision.Pays to have friends in the media talking up your recruitment ability.
Although to be fair,the Roosters let him go too

 

[maxta]

Super backrower offering both quality and quantity

 

[double hoops]

It's a quantity backrower we need. A young, on the up quality one.

 

[maxta]

It's a quantity backrower we need. A young, on the up quality one.

I don't often like opposition players but Preston offers much of what we lack

 

[Eagle 1]

It's a quantity backrower we need. A young, on the up quality one.

Another one thats slipped through the cracks, trouble is, these cracks seem to be getting wider.

 

[BOZO]

I don't often like opposition players but Preston offers much of what we lack

His Resolute nature makes him a potential Origin player
Does he qualify for the Maroons @maxta ?

 

[Leader of the Flock]

His Resolute nature makes him a potential Origin player
Does he qualify for the Maroons @maxta ?

Jeez, I bloody hope not, Belrose as part of the hillbilly state now, that’ll do me.

 

[HK_Eagle]

Another one thats slipped through the cracks, trouble is, these cracks seem to be getting wider.

Perhaps we could hire Mylie Cyrus for recruitment? So many potential options slide through her crack…

 

[Smokin Joe]

Gee whiz, guess this is why the change in junior recruitment they are implementing.
Local juniors Beau McKee(11) and Billy Miller(13) are guys they are developing who are ones to watch.
There are others like Tuionetoa(8) Death(9) Alexander(6) Davies(6) etc......
Harder to find kids a little older but they are looking at locals.

 

[castle eagle]

His Resolute nature makes him a potential Origin player
Does he qualify for the Maroons @maxta ?

i heard he was eating bananas before his 5th birthday so they will claim him😉

 

[Eagle 1]

Perhaps we could hire Mylie Cyrus for recruitment? So many potential options slide through her crack…

Well, ok...a bit of star power wouldnt go astray with recruitment i guess.

 

[maxta]

His Resolute nature makes him a potential Origin player
Does he qualify for the Maroons @maxta ?

I actually think he was a Manly junior Bozo - but I'm not 100% sure of his birth place
Definitely a tough player who could play on any arena and hold his own and then some imo

 

[Rocky]

Good player..but hey yeah you aren't going to keep them all or get every recruitment decision right.

For every Preston that makes it, there are a heap that didn't.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

This guy played for Belrose and went to St Augustine’s.

Seems to be playing well for the dogs, why isn’t he mentioned anywhere as a potential Manly Junior??

Because he isn’t a potential Manly junior.

He is a Manly junior.

Born over at Wahroonga, presumably at the Adventist Hospital.

If you mean why don’t the commentators mention that he is a Manly junior? You would have to ask them.

Why was he not graded at Manly? By his own admission, he played poorly in a trial game for the junior rep teams.

He grew up wanting to play for Manly. His father wanted him to play for Manly. On his mother’s side (I believe), he has a grandfather that played for the Berries (today’s Bulldogs).

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

I actually think he was a Manly junior Bozo - but I'm not 100% sure of his birth place
Definitely a tough player who could play on any arena and hold his own and then some imo

See post #18 above. And as previously stated by LtM, he played his junior league at Belrose.

 

[Ryan]

We had a plumber come over, and I was dressed in my Manly onesy, hat and sockies (which instantly endeared me to him hahaha).

Anyways, we got talking about Manly, and he said his son went to one of the Rugby League schools around here. He showed me pics of his kid playing representative rugby league (for Australia). Kid was an absolute giant.

Anyways, he went on to say Manly's pathways are that much of a disgrace, that they've had to transition to Rugby Union. He knew all the names (which allude me), that are involved for us.

What a shame. Our kids have to either go to another region, or different sport, because of how nasty our pathways are.