{"id":26144,"date":"2021-01-24T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T02:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=26144"},"modified":"2021-01-24T03:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T03:57:24","slug":"foran-set-for-fairytale-halves-reunion-at-manly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=26144","title":{"rendered":"Foran set for fairytale halves reunion at Manly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kieran Foran looks set to play five-eighth in his Manly return, contrary to previous reports of a move to hooker.<\/p>\n<p>Foran, a 2011 Manly premiership winner alongside halfback and current captain Daly Cherry-Evans, is back at the Sea Eagles after a torrid run with injuries at the Eels, Warriors and Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>He remains a gun player when fit but there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=kieran+foran+hooker&amp;rlz=1C1GCEB_enAU931AU931&amp;oq=kieran+foran+hooker&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.3787j0j9&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"reports that he would play out of position \">reports that he would play out of position<\/a> at Manly due to the presence of Josh Schuster and Dylan Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Cherry-Evans suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/i-can-t-say-how-grateful-i-am-two-halves-whole-again-as-dce-foran-reunite-20210122-p56w85.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"in a Sun-Herald interview\">in a Sun-Herald interview<\/a> that Foran, 30, would be his halves partner again after five seasons apart.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ea6c8e4d-d298-46ff-8f1c-189369c243a7\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ea6c8e4d-d298-46ff-8f1c-189369c243a7\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m definitely looking forward to playing alongside Foz, purely for the experience he brings,&quot; Cherry-Evans said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It will naturally free me up to play a different role. I won&#x27;t reinvent the wheel with the way I play, but when you play with a dominant half, such as Munster in Origin, it brought out a different side in my game and hopefully that happens alongside Kieran.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Last year I fell into the trap of trying to control too much. That Origin series, I felt I didn&#x27;t have to do that. Wherever the ball went was the right way to go, and that&#x27;s the mentality I have with Kieran being here.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Cherry-Evans and Foran have completed several weeks of pre-season training together and said that there combination was rekindling nicely.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what impact Foran&#x27;s apparent return to the No.6 jumper has on Manly&#x27;s roster. <\/p>\n<p>Schuster, 19, is a rising superstar who wanted to start at five-eighth after debuting in the NRL last season and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/kieran-foran-josh-schuster-signing-manly-roadblock\/31f22aec-2571-41bc-9632-87a4b9492a9f\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"may be disgruntled\">may be disgruntled<\/a>; his agent threatened to demand a release when the Foran signing loomed last year. 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