GEOFF Toovey, immediately after every game, phones daughter Georgia. It is always his first call. Sometimes, the only call.
A conversation that has nothing to do with the Manly Sea Eagles — and everything.
“Because even with all our drama,’’ says one club insider, “it doesn’t come close to the challenge that’s raising your child alone”.
Yep, this is why Manly keeps winning.
Why despite the infighting, AVOs and superstars wanting out, still their premiership odds stay firmer than those cheerleaders celebrating another Sea Eagles try. It’s Toovey.
Single dad. Sea Eagles God. A fella who, as that right boot of Adam MacDougall will always attest, has the head for...