Tom Trbojevic’s troublesome hamstring has let him down again, with the Dally M Medal leader limping from the field in Manly’s gutsy 14-6 NRL win over Canberra.
Key points:
- Manly moved inside the top eight with a hard-fought win over Canberra at Campbelltown
- The Raiders made a second-half comeback and had a try disallowed, but fell eight points short
- Canberra dropped out of the top four with the loss
Trbojevic and Dylan Walker were two of three Sea Eagles injured in the win, as the full-back limped from Campbelltown Stadium on Sunday in the 52nd minute.
Trbojevic injured the same hamstring twice last year, once in the pre-season and in the early rounds which led to him missing half of the 2019 campaign.
Early diagnosis from the Sea Eagles suggested their star full-back would spend around six weeks on the sidelines with the latest blow.
His injury headlined a hard afternoon for Manly on the injury front, with Trbojevic having a hand in both Sea Eagles tries in the first half before going off.
It came, though, in one of the gutsiest wins in Manly’s history, after they had just two on the bench from