{"id":299133,"date":"2023-05-22T04:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T04:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=299133"},"modified":"2023-05-22T05:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:58:27","slug":"it-wears-you-down-turbos-swipe-at-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=299133","title":{"rendered":"'It wears you down': Turbo's swipe at speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manly<\/a> fullback Tom Trbojevic<\/a> has admitted the speculation around his fitness and whether or not he would be picked in Brad Fittler<\/a>'s Blues<\/a> squad for game one had been frustrating.<\/p>\n

Trbojevic missed the 2022 State of Origin<\/a> series due to injury, and has battled several niggles through the first half of the 2023 NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n

But a hat-trick in Manly's win over the Raiders<\/a> in Canberra on Sunday afternoon meant he was all but a surety to be named in the Blues squad on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to media in Blues camp, Trbojevic said he never had any doubt about his fitness.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/p>\n

"I didn't really doubt myself, but it wears you down a little bit, all the external commentary," he said.<\/p>\n

"You can't really escape it these days so that's something I just had to come to accept.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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"I wouldn't say it was hurting me, but when you [hear] commentary on how your body is feeling, people telling you \u2026 'he's not right' et cetera, when you know you feel good within yourself, it can be a little bit frustrating."<\/p>\n

Injuries aside, Trbojevic said he was aware his form hadn't been where it needs to be at times this season, but said his Raiders performance had given him a confidence boost heading into camp.<\/p>\n

\"Trbojevic<\/p>\n

"I understand I wasn't playing well enough \u2026 I'm not going to sugar coat it and say everyone should praise me when I'm not playing well," Trbojevic said.<\/p>\n

"I knew I felt really good within myself. In footy, you're judged on the way you play and if you're not playing well, you want to play well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"It was good in that instance to be able to play [my] game and get a win."<\/p>\n

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Fittler said Trbojevic's position in the squad had been marked with "a very dark" lead pencil, and that his return to form "was only a matter of time".<\/p>\n

"It's about time he had a go," Fittler joked. "Always consider Tommy if he's available."<\/p>\n

"Talking about gambles, you've just got to gamble that he's going to be ready, and very rarely has he ever let us down."<\/p>\n

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