Tom Trbojevic has executed nearly all the things in rugby league and he factors to at least one particular person as having the most important influence on his adorned profession — Manly legend Brett ‘Snake’ Stewart.
Before Trbojevic inherited the No.1 jersey, Stewart was lighting up the NRL at fullback for the Sea Eagles.
Stewart was nonetheless working round when Trbojevic first broke into the NRL again in 2015 and the 26-year-old advised the Fox League Podcast the 233-gamer had a “massive” influence on him in these youth.
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Manly celebrity Tom Trbojevic joins the podcast to have a look again over his adorned journey in rugby league.
“He’s still having an impact now,” Trbojevic mentioned of Stewart who’s now a specialist coach with the Sea Eagles.
“He has a really smart footy brain and he’s a great guy to have around the club.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for what he did in the game and anything he tells me I listen with both ears because he’s coming from a place with a lot of knowledge and he’s been there and done that.”
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When requested to pinpoint the person who’s had the most important influence on his profession, Trbojevic took a second to suppose earlier than saying: “I’d probably go with ‘Snake’.”
“I’ve learnt a lot about how to play footy off the back of what he’s said.
“I grew up watching him play and loving the way he played. He’s an awesome guy to have around the club and he’s a good mate of mine now which is pretty cool — you grow up watching someone like him and end up mates — it’s pretty special and I’m very lucky to have that friendship.”
Another individual that’s impacted Trbojevic’s profession is his older and “very protective” brother, Jake.
He’s one among, if not probably the most cherished participant within the sport and is among the real good guys.
“As a player and a teammate you can’t fault him because if you had 13 of him on the field you’d win more games than you’d lose,” Trbojevic mentioned.
“He’s an awesome competitor, his attitude towards every game is pretty special and he’s willing to do things a lot of people aren’t.”
But as a brother…
“There’s many areas you can (fault him) — I don’t know how many I can dive into — but he’s a different character,” Trbojevic chuckled.
“He’s a great brother, he’s very loving and cares a lot. He’s good fun.”
Trbojevic is at present rehabilitating a torn pec. He suffered the harm three minutes into Origin II and was worn out for the remainder of the season.
He felt “bitter disappointment” the second it occurred and struggled at first to simply accept the prolonged stint on the sidelines coming his means.
“When it did happen I kind of knew it, I’ve done the other side before so I knew I was faced with,” he mentioned.
“It took a while to come to terms with and accept but it is what it is, that’s the game we play.”
Trbojevic is predicted to be absolutely recovered in time for the upcoming Pacific Championships, however batted away questions on whether or not he’ll put his hand up for Kangaroos choice.
“I haven’t really put much thought into it,” he mentioned.
“I love playing for Australia and there’s no higher honour in our game. But I haven’t played for three or four months so I’ll just keep getting myself right and see what happens.”
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Injuries have performed a giant position in Trobjevic’s NRL journey — particularly within the final three years.
He missed 13 weeks in 2020 with a hamstring harm after which was pressured to sit down out of the Origin collection on the finish of that season as a result of a shoulder harm.
2021 ended up being his career-best season with Trbojevic claiming the Wally Lewis Medal, Brad Fittler Medal and Dally M Medal. But it definitely didn’t begin on a excessive.
He suffered a grade two hamstring tear throughout pre-season that dominated him out of the primary 5 rounds.
It was mentioned to be suffered throughout an “innocuous accident”, which Trbojevic later revealed was a slip within the bathe. But not lengthy after a video emerged of Trbojevic racing a fan via The Corso in Manly, sparking hypothesis about the true reason for the harm.
11 rounds into season 2022 Trbojevic suffered a season-ending shoulder harm, there was then a setback together with his hamstring in the course of the 2023 pre-season and naturally his newest blow — a torn pec.
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Trbojevic pointed to “dealing with injuries” as the most important problem he’s confronted in his profession.
“Probably if I look back a couple of years, I was going through a bad run. It was quite hard at the time and I probably didn’t know how to deal with it that well,” he revealed.
“I probably wasn’t putting everything into my footy career and was making decisions that were possibly hurting it so that was hard to take and accept at the time because I felt like I was letting people down.
“The earlier ones I didn’t really know how to deal with. They were hard to accept.
“Not that I was doing anything wrong but wasn’t making the best decisions to be the best footy player so it was hard to accept them.
“That’s when you feel like you’re letting your teammates and fans down.”
Trbojevic solely performed 11 video games in what he mentioned was a “disappointing” 2023 season for Manly.
It was a brand new period beneath coach Anthony Seibold, which Trbojevic “really enjoyed.”
“It was great having ‘Seibs’ on board, he brought some different ideas and everyone bought into them,” he mentioned.
“I don’t think anyone can be the same as (former coach) Des Hasler. He’s a very unique character — a great coach — but Seibs is a lot more relaxed.
“(Seibold) is a great communicator, gets across his message really well to everyone, which I think is important.
“He’s done a great job at that, we’ve all bought into what he’s doing and embraced the things he’s trying to push.”
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