11) Player Origin Story
Bertie Mannering-Phipps is the son of Alexander Mannering-Phipps, noted assorted tinned seafood tycoon, and Lalage Mannering-Phipps, daughter of the famous biographer and socialite raconteur, Cecilia Prune. Born into excruciating wealth, Bertie was raised to play the truly elite sports - tennis, golf and croquet. After suffering an unfortunate ring finger injury at the under 16 World Cup of croquet back in 2019, Bertie was publicly castigated by his father, and confined to the family estate in the Hamptons for no less than 6 months as punishment for his terrible failure. This cast Bertie into a horrible rage, and in a savage act of revenge, he stole his mother’s antique silver set, bundled it into the Rolls Royce and bribed one of the junior butlers to drive him to Princeton, where he enrolled himself into a fully pre-paid business program with one of the spare Amex cards that he found in the glove compartment of the Rolls Royce.
Bertie quickly caught the attention of both Princeton’s croquet and football coaches, and after a brief, yet furious courting period involving copious amounts of Pimms and Budweiser, the football program won out, and invited him into their ranks. His natural speed, intelligence, and desire to embarrass his father led him naturally to the position of RB, where he honed his skills to the severe detriment of his studies. Although his strength and hand-eye coordination have been pointed out as areas in sore need of improvement, his sheer speed more often than not makes up for these deficiencies. He holds himself accountable for his weaknesses however, and is determined to prove that he can become a powerful asset to any team that picks him. Recently, he was picked up by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers who are eager to see what this rookie can bring to the mix, once he makes it through a full training camp and shakes off the effects of a decade of toiling in the croquet world.
Bertie Mannering-Phipps is the son of Alexander Mannering-Phipps, noted assorted tinned seafood tycoon, and Lalage Mannering-Phipps, daughter of the famous biographer and socialite raconteur, Cecilia Prune. Born into excruciating wealth, Bertie was raised to play the truly elite sports - tennis, golf and croquet. After suffering an unfortunate ring finger injury at the under 16 World Cup of croquet back in 2019, Bertie was publicly castigated by his father, and confined to the family estate in the Hamptons for no less than 6 months as punishment for his terrible failure. This cast Bertie into a horrible rage, and in a savage act of revenge, he stole his mother’s antique silver set, bundled it into the Rolls Royce and bribed one of the junior butlers to drive him to Princeton, where he enrolled himself into a fully pre-paid business program with one of the spare Amex cards that he found in the glove compartment of the Rolls Royce.
Bertie quickly caught the attention of both Princeton’s croquet and football coaches, and after a brief, yet furious courting period involving copious amounts of Pimms and Budweiser, the football program won out, and invited him into their ranks. His natural speed, intelligence, and desire to embarrass his father led him naturally to the position of RB, where he honed his skills to the severe detriment of his studies. Although his strength and hand-eye coordination have been pointed out as areas in sore need of improvement, his sheer speed more often than not makes up for these deficiencies. He holds himself accountable for his weaknesses however, and is determined to prove that he can become a powerful asset to any team that picks him. Recently, he was picked up by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers who are eager to see what this rookie can bring to the mix, once he makes it through a full training camp and shakes off the effects of a decade of toiling in the croquet world.