Brotherhood tie OK by McManus
ROBBIE McManus knows when you are on a good thing, stick with it.
It is why after 10 years he is still a Lauderdale player and will be until he hangs up the boots.
McManus, 27, will notch his 200th game for the Bombers when they take on
Clarence at Richmond Oval on Sunday.
He credits the club’s “awesome” environment, a family feel and a cracking coach as the reason he’s stuck around.
“I like the way a large majority of our players started here and have stuck together coming through the ranks, following some of the older blokes like Marcus Fitz and Tex Perkins,” he said.
“It’s just a really good club environment, a brotherhood among the players, and there just wasn’t a good reason to leave.”
McManus made his TSL debut against South Launceston in a game played at North Hobart Oval while Lauderdale Oval was sodden with rain.
He started as a pressure forward, earned his stripes in the midfield and now does everything from running defender to pinch-hitting up forward.
“I don’t care where I play, as long as I’m in the team,” McManus said.
Playing in three consecutive TSL grand finals are the highlight of the journey.
“You want to lay in the big game at the end of the year — obviously we would have liked to have won one of them,” he said.
“We’ve built our base and our standard has been set, over the past three years especially, and we’ve got the people to go to the next level, but you’ve got to back that up with a win on the day.”