{"id":37276,"date":"2021-02-21T23:38:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=37276"},"modified":"2021-02-22T01:31:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T01:31:23","slug":"manly-superstar-to-miss-start-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=37276","title":{"rendered":"Manly superstar to miss start of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic will miss the start of the season after tearing his hamstring, the club has announced.<\/p>\n<p>It comes just days after it was revealed that both Trbojevic and the returning Kieran Foran had been working with &#x27;hamstring whisperer&#x27; David Opar and his team at the Australian Catholic University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/the-hamstring-expert-who-could-make-or-break-manly-s-season-20210216-p572v3.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\" as their suspect hamstrings were put through a series of extensive tests before Christmas.\">as their suspect hamstrings were put through a series of extensive tests before Christmas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"3f3164e1-11e3-4974-84cf-259bde20abd6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3f3164e1-11e3-4974-84cf-259bde20abd6\" alt=\"Tom Trbojevic\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The injury is the result of an innocuous accident,&quot; a club statement on Monday read.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Scans have revealed a grade two tear to his right hamstring, meaning Trbojevic will be unavailable until at least round four.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>This latest injury is not a recurrence of the left hamstring issues that have plagued him in the past, but rather an entirely separate problem with his other leg.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m devastated by what&#x27;s happened. I will be working hard with the rehab team to get the hamstring right,&#x27;&#x27; Trbojevic said.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is arguably the most exciting player in the competition when he is on-form, but has struggled to stay fit recently, playing just 19 NRL games across 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1363648666683068418\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1363648666683068418<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was in fantastic form for the first six weeks of last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/manly-jake-trbojevic-puzzled-over-tom-trbojevics-ongoing-hamstring-issues\/e5439aae-4223-4741-8726-81dad44fcbc8\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"before a hamstring issue forced him to the sideline\">before a hamstring issue forced him to the sideline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trbojevic would return for just one game, three months later, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/tom-trbojevic-shoulder-injury-manly-vs-gold-coast-state-of-origin\/76c23676-4e89-40e3-b0ec-345537c2656b\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"only to be taken from the field with a shoulder issue\">only to be taken from the field with a shoulder issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Andrew Johns expressed concerns on the Sea Eagles&#x27; over-reliance on Trbojevic, and questioned if they could win without him.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6233943052001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/02\/344035\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"NRL Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckldnotdw006g0gp5aj8d4wow\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s a real worry where a lot of your game is based around one player,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/manlys-tom-trbojevic-reliance-a-real-worry-says-andrew-johns\/92656908-9799-4263-a4ef-5d8b0d0c0f17\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"the immortal said in October\">the immortal said in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He just adds so much. Such a freakish player &#8211; they&#x27;re one-paced without him, they haven&#x27;t got that flair.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Manly will open their season on Saturday March 13th at the SCG against the Roosters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic will miss the start of the season after tearing his hamstring, the club has announced. 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