Pursuit for Manly duo takes a twist after prison meeting

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Canterbury Bulldogs wide manager Phil Gould has confirmed helium visited erstwhile Manly hooker Manase Fainu successful situation but has poured acold h2o connected a imaginable pursuit of his brothers Latu and Samuela.

Manase was jailed past twelvemonth aft being recovered blameworthy of stabbing a Mormon religion person successful 2019 but News Corp has antecedently revealed his volition to appeal.

Latu and Samuela are connected the radar of a fig of clubs, namely the Dolphins and Wests Tigers, aft they were fixed support to talk with rivals pursuing Manly's signing of Luke Brooks.

After sharing that helium had visited the jailed 25-year-old, Gould said his involvement successful the brothers was not based connected recruitment.

Manase Fainu (AAP)

"I went retired and saw Manase, had a beauteous day with him, spent astir an hr and a fractional retired determination astatine the jailhouse and he's doing it pugnacious astatine the moment," Gould revealed connected Nine's 100% Footy.

"I had a speech with Latu and Samuela astir their futures arsenic well, it's much mentoring astatine the infinitesimal than really recruitment.

"I'll instrumentality a spot of involvement successful their vocation from present on, some of them played successful the NSW nether 19s the different night."

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Gould was asked if the Bulldogs were successful the marketplace for the brothers, but replied "not astatine the moment", conceding "they're precise young" with Samuela aged 19 and Latu 18.

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The Bulldogs supremo said helium was hoping to assistance the household successful the future.

"It's been a precise pugnacious clip for the household and that's astir each I tin accidental astatine the moment," helium said.

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"It was much successful conscionable gathering a narration and connection with the household and helping retired down the way if I can.

"It's much astir conscionable taking an involvement successful their lives and their football, their lives successful particular, shot becomes a portion of it down the track. They're going to astir a agelong time, they're talented boys."

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