Things didn’t quite go to plan for Manly at the back end of the Shute Shield season in 2019, but they did give eventual premiers Sydney Uni a serious scare in the opening weekend of the playoffs.  Coach Billy Melrose moved on following that defeat and spoke to Rugby News about a season that didn’t quite pan out the way the Marlins had planned.  Overview with Billy Melrose:  “It was a frustrating year in that we always seemed to be rebuilding and never seemed to have any consistency in terms of personnel throughout the year but in saying that, it was rewarding because we were able to bring in a number of younger, local guys who made their debuts,” Melrose told Rugby News.  “To win the competition, you need your best team available at the right time of the year. There’s elements of fortune and luck in that and then some of it comes down to physical facts. This year, we weren’t the biggest team in the competition and I think because of that we probably did co