Top two ready - It's going to be ours, says Tulloch

Ryon Jones, Gleaner Writer

The 18-year-old St George's College forward, McKaully Tulloch, has been having a phenomenal season, scoring 20 goals in all competitions, with 18 of them coming in the Manning Cup.

"I started from a tender age, from I was around eight. I played with my friends until I developed a love for the sport and started playing seriously at primary school," Tulloch said.

He won the Primary League with Mountain View Primary in 2003 before moving on to Kingston College, where he played in both the Pepsi Under-14 and Colts Under-16 competitions.

Wonderful experience

"Playing at Kingston College was a great, wonderful experience, and I deve-loped there very well. However, one day I woke and I just decided I needed a change," Tulloch said. "I decided to come to George's because I have a few friends there. It has been great (at St George's), wonderful guys; the players are fantastic to be around," he added.

Tulloch, who has also represented Jamaica at both the under-17 and under-20 levels, said it was a great honour to represent one's country.

"To represent your country is a great honour because there are a lot of players in Jamaica and for a youth to be selected in that 20 and then in the final 11, it is a wonderful thing," Tulloch said.

At the under-20 level, Tulloch played in last year's Caribbean Football Union tournament, where Jamaica topped the group. He, however, got injured and had to do knee surgery upon his return to Jamaica.

Best season of career

"I got the injury in January and it kept me out of football for some 10 months, but I am just working hard. I am still not at 100 per cent but I am getting there. Football is what I love and I really want a career out of it, so I am working very hard at that.

"It is the best season of my schoolboy football career, I can't complain. I have played in all the games throughout the Manning Cup season and the Walker Cup. Went to the Walker Cup finals and now we are in the Manning Cup finals, can't ask for more," Tulloch said.

For today's final, Tulloch promises the "same wonderful passing game from St George's College".

"The first priority is to win the Manning Cup, and that is what I really want to do. With the help of my team and playing to instructions it's going to be ours," he added.