Out of a squad of nearly 50 I only noticed Steve Lamont, Junior To'o and the Manly player Paul Dan who was a lower grader at Manly. May of played the occasional game of firsts but usually due to injury from memory.[/quot
They'll be a tough hitout, especially if Newcastle field their strongest side in one of the games rather than mixing them together into two teams. There are plenty of players in the N/H side who could mix it in the Sydney comp IMO. In fact theres actually a player in the N/H side who played first grade with Manly back in the mid 00's.
Not sure how strong a side Manly will send up here, but it should be a good quality couple of games. There are a couple of other trial games but not heaps up here, I know our club has this weekend off so there should be a decent crowd.
According to the local tabloid the Manly team is;
1.Dave Porecki 2.Andrew Collins 3. Tim Fairbrother 4.Ed Gower 5.Ryan Melrose 6.Dylan Sigg 7.Andrew Davis 8. Harry Bergelin 9. Max Wood
10. Sam Lane 11.Plo Kautoga 12.Peter Gilmore 13.Will Helu 14.Richard Hooper 15.Jacob Woodhouse.
Not a bad outfit with a heap of super 15 and other reps to come......