Manly coach Anthony Seibold says he was “shattered” to see star fullback Tom Trbojevic undergo what’s more likely to be a season-ending pectoral damage as he confirmed the membership will search wage cap dispensation if a specialist confirms their worst fears.
The membership has already crammed its top-30 roster spots however can add one other participant beneath NRL guidelines that permit groups to use for as much as $350,000 in cap reduction if somebody is injured in a rep recreation and dominated out for at the very least 12 weeks.
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The Sea Eagles can use the likes of Kaeo Weekes, Reuben Garrick or Tolu Koula, however they may take a look at guys like Daine Laurie or Xavier Savage, who’re caught in reserve grade, or Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, who’s heading again to the Warriors subsequent yr and is completed together with his rugby union commitments.
“It’s too early to say we’ve got someone on the horizon,” Seibold stated.
“But if it’s confirmed that the surgeon says they’ll operate on Tom, then we’ll look at who’s available and who can fill that position. It’s a like-for-like replacement, and there probably aren’t too many (who are like Trbojevic).
“There are a number of names that we can look at, and I’m sure he (Tuivasa-Sheck) would be one of them. I don’t want to be presumptuous and we want to put the support around Tom.”
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Trbojevic went for scans on Thursday after he injured himself simply three minutes into Wednesday’s recreation, however the membership gained’t decide on what to do subsequent till he meets the identical specialist who operated on his different pec in 2019.
Seibold says he expects the celebrity fullback to have the pec reattached subsequent week. Trbojevic will miss a minimal of 12-16 weeks and Seibold was “shattered” to see the native junior undergo one more setback to his profession.
Manly’s teaching workers watched the sport at a basis dinner with 250 company in Terrey Hills the place Seibold stated the one factor he needed to see within the recreation was for Trbojevic and skipper Daly Cherry-Evans to get by means of unscathed.
It was a really sombre temper within the room when Trbojevic harm himself making a sort out on Reece Walsh, together with his season minimize quick once more after having to cope with main hamstring and shoulder considerations prior to now.
“Tom will need a bit of support because there’s constant speculation about his health with regards to his injuries,” Seibold stated, confirming Jake Trbojevic was on the occasion when his brother acquired harm.
“I don’t think that’s necessarily good for anybody to have to be put under the microscope so much.
“The reality of it with Tom – and I’ve known him for a little while now because I worked with him at the end of 2015 – his character off the field is as good as anyone I‘ve come across in the game.
“He’s got great integrity, his work ethic is second to none and his diligence with his preparation is elite – it’s Olympic athlete level elite. You can’t say that about everyone in the NRL, but you can say that about Tom,” Seibold stated.
“It’s unfair that he has to go through what he’s going through, but I know he’ll come out the other side and he’ll go again.”
There is one optimistic to return out of the Queensland win, with Cherry-Evans set to tackle the Storm on Saturday night time after recovering from the fun of one other collection win.
“I spoke to ‘Chez’ yesterday,” his coach stated.
“Of course he’s up and about after a big Queensland win. He’ll fly to Melbourne and won’t train this morning. He’ll fly directly from Brisbane and meet us there.
“He can’t wait to get back with the group. This is where he’s at with his career that he just puts his hand up straight away to the play after a really big performance and I’m sure they had a big celebration as well.
“I reckon that says what sort of leader he is.”
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