My Kitchen Rules star Manu Feildel has celebrated a proud dad second after his son Jonti earned a transfer to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
{The teenager}’s change to the membership he has supported since he was a boy comes after spending time on the books of their NRL rivals Sydney Roosters.
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Jonti Morshead-Feildel performed for the Roosters’ under-17s workforce within the Harold Matthews Cup final 12 months alongside one other well-known identify in Zach Fittler, the son of NRL nice and NSW Origin coach Brad.
However the Clovelly Crocodiles junior has now adopted within the footsteps of Australian star Latrell Mitchell in shifting from the Roosters to the Rabbitohs.
Jonti’s choice to the under-19s squad delighted Feildel on two counts, first as a father and second as a South Sydney diehard.
“As a father you get (a) few proud moments in your life,” Feildel wrote on Instagram.
“My 18-year-old son Jonti lastly joined the under-19 Bunnies squad and this one is on high of my proud record.
“The ball is in his courtroom now and I’ve bought little doubt of his future success.”
Former Rabbitohs participant Josh Mansour was amongst Feildel’s associates and followers to supply help.
“Congratulations Jonti, go and kill it,” he wrote.
Mansour has beforehand hung out providing recommendation to Jonti on his rugby league journey.
Feildel final 12 months revealed that he launched his son to rugby league for the social advantages.
“I assumed that might be the game for him to attach with folks and be associates ceaselessly,” he mentioned on the Souths web site.
“I imagine that guys who’ve been taking part in collectively for such a very long time are nonetheless associates when they’re 40, 50, 60 years outdated. That is the factor I needed to show my son.”
The chef first turned concerned with the Rabbitohs when a pal in public relations labored for the membership’s main sponsor.
Feildel’s kitchen studio was used to movie ads with gamers, resulting in an invitation to their first South Sydney sport when Jonti was about 10 years outdated.
“From that day onwards the Rabbitohs have been our workforce,” he mentioned.
“I’ve bought to say, I’m an enormous supporter of the Rabbitohs however my son is completely loopy concerning the membership.
“It is his solely dream that he is bought – firstly to develop into an expert participant, but additionally to play for the Rabbitohs. Watch this area, as a result of I am certain he’ll be there quickly.”
