‘He hates losing’: Jake Trbojevic’s almighty dressing room rev-up

Jake Trbojevic gave his teammates an emotional spray after the side’s crushing loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday.

Jake Trbojevic had a few passionate words.

Manly Sea Eagles back rower Jake Trbojevic gave his fellow teammates the rev-up of a lifetime after their 40-22 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday night.

Despite a send off in the eighth minute of the game, the Sea Eagles were neck-and-neck with the Bunnies.

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While Fox League’s panel couldn’t decipher exactly what Trbojevic was saying, they said his passion for the game and his club was clear.

“I don’t know he’s saying, I don’t know but he’s very emotional,” Penrith Panthers great Greg Alexander said.

“He hates losing, Jake would be saying can we just go back out on the field and go again for 80 to see who wins. It’s fantastic you want someone like that in your team to show that sort of emotion. That’s Jake but it’s just him in a nutshell.

“It doesn’t matter what level he’s at he’s very passionate, loves to win and loves the game so if he thinks they can go out and do it again he’d be straight back out there.”

Karl Lawton sent off early in the first half (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Wests Tigers great Benji Marshall credited the Sea Eagles’ resilience after playing the majority of the game with 12 men as a result of Karl Lawton’s reckless tip tackle.

“I like the passion,” he said.

“A game like that for me for Manly could galvanise their season and turn it into something bigger than it already is.

“They were going OK but it could do even more because they had no right to be in that game, playing with 12 men for as long as they did and for me if I’m in that situation what Jake’s doing I’d be saying to the team, boys we can take a lot out of that.

“The resilience we showed first of all defensively at the start and then to stay in the game, they completed at 90 per cent tonight, that was a big part of it.

“I think they can take a lot away from this and listening to Dessy talk about the inexperience in his side they would learn a lot tonight.”

The Sea Eagles now have a week to recover and recuperate before their next fixture against the Wests Tigers at home on Saturday, May 7.

Originally published as ‘He hates losing’: Jake Trbojevic’s almighty dressing room rev-up