Not sure who was on the bench but that could be the difference between a Manly junior, as opposed to a pack of blow-ins from western Sydney, with no cultural affinity (when they were growing up) with the Manly-Warringah district and our team. Jake is an inheritor of the mindset of great Manly forwards of the past, like Bull, Randall, Krilich or Vautin.
Or am I reading to much into this? They were looking at a big winning margin at that point.
Shows we cannot afford to rest him again between now and September.