ARTICLE COURTESY OF MANLY DAILY
By Andrew Prentice
THE Sea Eagles have called on the expertise of Manly Wolves premiership coach Leigh Brain to give them an advantage on the field this year.
Geoff Toovey followed the remarkable success of the Wolves in their maiden season last year in the Sydney Premier AFL Division via the Manly Daily and figured a fresh voice would motivate his troops during pre-season.
Brain has attended a couple of sessions at Narrabeen and was humbled to rub shoulders with the likes of Toovey, Andrew Johns and Dave Penna.
"It was a great honour, especially given I am a long term Manly fan,'' Brain said.
"I guess I offer a different perspective from a different code.
"We have worked on things like body positioning and how to attack the ball.
"The guys responded well to it, and we hope to get a few of their guys down to Weldon Oval when they are free to pick their brains on a few things."
Penna revealed it has been a fruitful partnership.
"Tooves was pretty impressed with the results the Wolves achieved last year and obviously Leigh was a big part of their success,'' he said.
"He is very articulate and saw a few things we probably don't see given our collective rugby league backgrounds.
"NRL clubs are always looking for new ways to keep the boys stimulated and we are no different."
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Last Modified on 06/02/2014 09:48
