Manly fail in bold bid to save Tom Trbojevic’s 2019 season
Manly will be without Tom Trbojevic for their NRL finals campaign after their hopes to avoid immediate surgery on the star fullback’s pectoral injury were dashed.
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Manly superstar Tom Trbojevic will have surgery on his ruptured pectoral on Wednesday which will rule him out of the Sea Eagles’ NRL finals campaign.
The Sea Eagles had tried to put off any surgery until the end of the season which would have given Trbojevic a faint hope of returning this year.
Scan results on Saturday night confirmed Trbojevic had ruptured his pectoral during Manly’s 36-6 loss to Melbourne.
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“Following a consultation with the specialist today, Tom Trbojevic will undergo an operation on Wednesday, ruling him out for the season,” the Sea Eagles tweeted on Monday afternoon.
The Sea Eagles were privately hopeful Trbojevic could feature again this year should Manly go deep into the finals.
They had looked to Gold Coast veteran Michael Gordon for inspiration. Gordon ruptured his pectoral for the Roosters in 2017 but delayed surgery as he unsuccessfully chased an elusive premiership.
He played 39 days after the incident which was to have ruled him out for eight weeks.
He hurt the muscle as he tried to make a try-saving tackle on Josh Addo-Carr in the opening minutes of the clash.
His brother Jake said Manly needed to learn from the poor performance which now has them fighting to finish in the top four.
“It doesn’t look good but that’s footy,” Jake said of Tom’s injury.
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“We have to turn it around and learn from it. It wasn’t good enough. Letting in 36 points is very disappointing. We have a week to turn it around.
“We were too ill-disciplined, Melbourne are the benchmark. Too many errors. We shot ourselves in the foot.
“It’s an indication of where we are at.”
Tom has had a horrid year with injuries. A pre-season hamstring injury delay meant he missed the opening two games before he re-aggravated the hamstring two matches into his comeback.
He has featured in just 12 games for Manly this year.
Brendan Elliot did well at fullback when Trbojevic was missing.
Manly’s heavy defeat to the Storm came at a huge cost as their injury toll continues to mount. Interchange prop Morgan Boyle could be missing for two weeks after coming from the field with a shoulder injury while back-rower Jack Gosiewski (leg) is in doubt for the match against Parramatta on Friday night.
The Sea Eagles are already without Joel Thompson for at least another month while Toafofoa Sipley is sidelined for the rest of the season because of a knee injury.
Originally published as Manly fail in bold bid to save Tom Trbojevic’s 2019 season
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