Manly's Brett Stewart, Daly Cherry-Evans take steps to end feud
Date
July 18, 2015 - 7:04PM
Brett Stewart's form over the past 12 months demands that he is rewarded with a new deal.
His professionalism is highlighted by a softening on his stance towards Daly Cherry-Evans. You may remember the ill feeling towards DCE from the Stewart brothers, Anthony Watmough, and others.
Stewart knows he is going to spend the best part of the next three years playing in the same team as DCE. Both Stewart and DCE were in a small group of Manly players who went out to celebrate the win over the Titans on the Gold Coast and they got on when they were out together.
It sounds like a small thing, but that is definitely a big step in their relationship. It would not have happened a few months ago.
The Eagles need their highest-profile players seeing eye to eye because the broom is being put through the playing ranks. As we told you a couple of weeks ago, not even club favourites like Matt Ballin are safe.
Ballin's management are well and truly aware of the directive for him to look elsewhere and that highlights how brutal the shake-up at the club will be.
The Sea Eagles are prepared to make the hard decisions to right the ship, particularly in the vital coaching and development areas. The sudden change of direction under the supervision of club great Bob Fulton predictably has got some noses out of joint. But criticism has never and won't affect Fulton's desire to fix a massive problem.
He is simply answering a call from owners Scott and Rick Penn to accelerate the recovery.
Figures released last week support the fact there are critical issues at the junior and development level.
The NRL figures based on the elite under-20 competition show Manly is last of the 16 clubs in developing players through the 20s to the NRL, with just 12 players making the jump.
In comparison, South Sydney had 25 players make the leap, exactly the reason a major restructure of the juniors and development was pinpointed by Fulton six months ago.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...o-end-feud-20150718-gifec2.html#ixzz3gF3uFxoI
Date
July 18, 2015 - 7:04PM
Brett Stewart's form over the past 12 months demands that he is rewarded with a new deal.
His professionalism is highlighted by a softening on his stance towards Daly Cherry-Evans. You may remember the ill feeling towards DCE from the Stewart brothers, Anthony Watmough, and others.
Stewart knows he is going to spend the best part of the next three years playing in the same team as DCE. Both Stewart and DCE were in a small group of Manly players who went out to celebrate the win over the Titans on the Gold Coast and they got on when they were out together.
It sounds like a small thing, but that is definitely a big step in their relationship. It would not have happened a few months ago.
The Eagles need their highest-profile players seeing eye to eye because the broom is being put through the playing ranks. As we told you a couple of weeks ago, not even club favourites like Matt Ballin are safe.
Ballin's management are well and truly aware of the directive for him to look elsewhere and that highlights how brutal the shake-up at the club will be.
The Sea Eagles are prepared to make the hard decisions to right the ship, particularly in the vital coaching and development areas. The sudden change of direction under the supervision of club great Bob Fulton predictably has got some noses out of joint. But criticism has never and won't affect Fulton's desire to fix a massive problem.
He is simply answering a call from owners Scott and Rick Penn to accelerate the recovery.
Figures released last week support the fact there are critical issues at the junior and development level.
The NRL figures based on the elite under-20 competition show Manly is last of the 16 clubs in developing players through the 20s to the NRL, with just 12 players making the jump.
In comparison, South Sydney had 25 players make the leap, exactly the reason a major restructure of the juniors and development was pinpointed by Fulton six months ago.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...o-end-feud-20150718-gifec2.html#ixzz3gF3uFxoI
