NRL whiz’s cosy new heartland home

This NRL pointscoring whiz has scored a brand new home smack bang in the middle of Rugby League heartland.

Manly star Reuben Garrick. NRL Imagery

Sea Eagles star Reuben Garrick and his fiancee, Riley Wishart, have bought in the Manly heartland.

Garrick, a first-home buyer, and Wishart, the daughter of Illawarra Steelers legend Rod Wishart, have spent $1,165,000 at Freshwater – just a few months after becoming engaged.

The early 1970s apartment is 3km from Brookvale Oval – the only home ground Garrick has known since starting his NRL career in 2019.

The top-floor, two-bedroom apartment had been recently renovated before being listed by Sea Freshwater agents James Smyth and John Lang.

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Reuben Garrick and Riley Wishart have bought an apartment in Freshwater. Picture: realestate.com.au

The apartment has a full-width, north-facing balcony. Picture: realestate.com.au

After being last sold in 2020 for $758,000, the apartment got a new bathroom, kitchen with white stone benchtops, Italian gas cooktop stove, Miele dishwasher and a custom laundry room.

The open-plan kitchen living and dining area has a breakfast nook with bench seating. The living area and the master bedroom open to a full-width, north-facing balcony.

Garrick, 26, and Wishart got engaged at Jonah’s Whale Beach in February.

He signed with the Sea Eagles for the 2019 season having scored 10 tries with St George Illawarra Dragons juniors in the 2018 NSW Cup.

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Manly Sea Eagle Reuben Garrick and Riley Wishart. Picture: Instagram

At 26, Garrick is fifth on the Sea Eagles’ all-time points-scoring list with more than 1000 points.

He is contracted to the end of 2027 and will likely pass the 1917 total points scored by club legend Graham Eadie that has stood since 1971.

Garrick’s captain, Daly Cherry-Evans, started his property journey in Freshwater in 2012 when he bought a two-bedroom apartment for $500,000, which he still has.

It was up for lease at $700 a week in March last year through Cunninghams Real Estate – up on the October 2020 asking rental of $625, having been initially tenanted in 2014 at $540 a week.

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