{"id":407492,"date":"2024-06-29T07:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T07:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=407492"},"modified":"2024-06-29T08:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T08:05:30","slug":"manly-confirm-stunning-turbo-twist-in-return-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=407492","title":{"rendered":"Manly confirm stunning Turbo twist in return game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Trbojevic<\/a> will return to the NRL<\/a> when the Sea Eagles<\/a> \ufefftake on the Cowboys<\/a> in Townsville next weekend, the club has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Trbojevic hasn't played since suffering a hamstring injury against the Dolphins in round 10.<\/p>\n

But his return won't be at fullback \u2013 a brief statement from the club on Saturday said Trbojevic would be named in the centres when teams lists are released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Arguably one of the best fullbacks of the modern era, speculation had swirled about what Trbojevic's future in the game looked like given his horror run with injury.<\/p>\n

The move to centres is without doubt a move to take a load off Trbojevic and extend his career.<\/p>\n

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Lehi Hopoate has been Manly's fullback for the past four matches and has performed admirably. \ufeffToluta'u Koula also played a game at fullback.<\/p>\n

Coach Anthony Seibold said in May the pair had shared "a number of conversations" around what Trbojevic's return might look like.<\/p>\n

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Having debuted as Manly's wingback in 2015, Trbojevic made the permanent switch to fullback midway through 2016 and has remained there ever since.<\/p>\n

But while most of his club footy has been at fullback, all of his Origin appearances have been in the centres.<\/p>\n

Seibold also said in May he was open to playing Trbojevic at five-eighth.<\/p>\n

\ufeffHis return would also mean he has one game to impress before squads are announced for Origin III, although he'd be a rank outsider for selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Trbojevic will return to the NRL when the Sea Eagles \ufefftake on the Cowboys in Townsville next weekend, the club has confirmed. Trbojevic hasn't […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":396464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=407492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407495,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407492\/revisions\/407495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/396464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}