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Sydney Roosters player Joseph Manu buys Botany unit

Sydney Roosters young gun Joseph Manu has secured his first property, snapping up a Botany unit for $1.15 million.

Joseph Manu is a happy man after buying in Botany. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
Joseph Manu is a happy man after buying in Botany. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Sydney Roosters young gun Joseph Manu has bought his first home in the heartland of a rival club.

The 22-year-old winger has spent $1.15 million on a Botany apartment. It’s set on the first level of the recently completed Magnolia building of Tailor’s Walk, an urban village complex developed by Frasers Property.

He paid $1.15 million for the Botany unit.
He paid $1.15 million for the Botany unit.

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Marketed by Phillips Pantzer Donnelley agents Tristan Oddi and Debbie Donnelley as having house-size proportions, the 160sq m apartment has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The kitchen comes with a butler’s pantry. Wall-to-wall glass opens to a full-size alfresco entertainers’ terrace.

Manu (pictured), who joined the Roosters in 2016 and has extended his contract to the end of the 2020 season, joins teammate Latrell Mitchell as a first-home buyer.

The Origin shoo-in spent $1.45 million on a 2015-built, four- bedroom home in Chifley,
just before the Roosters’ 2018 grand final victory.

Manu in action for New Zealand. (Photo by Fiona Goodall / AFP)
Manu in action for New Zealand. (Photo by Fiona Goodall / AFP)
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Fellow Rooster Victor Radley spent $1.2 million on a Bondi apartment, having previously scoped out an apartment in Double Bay.

Star fullback James Tedesco, who has built an impressive property portfolio, has quietly bought his first eastern suburbs property. Tedesco had been renting in Bondi Beach before settling in Rose Bay, where he paid $1.75 million for a two-bedroom, two-level updated apartment with 115sq m of landscaped terraces.

The apartment has three bedrooms.
The apartment has three bedrooms.

Veteran backrower Mitch Aubusson also bought in the east, spending $1.45 million on a two-bedroom unit in North Bondi, and promptly found a tenant at $995 a week, reflecting a 3.5 per cent yield.

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Originally published as Sydney Roosters player Joseph Manu buys Botany unit

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