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He played his first two NRL games off the bench but in the final round of last season got his chance in the No.1 jersey and showed plenty of spark. In his first game Koula ran for 139 metres, had four tackle busts, a linebreak and made seven tackles with zero misses in a 40-6 loss to the Sharks. What doesn’t work in Weekes’ favour is the fact that he spent almost all of 2022 in Jersey Flegg, rather than NSW Cup. Kaeo Weekes is the least experienced of the three options — in fact he only has three NRL games to his name. He’s also only had one try assist and one secondary try assist throughout the five Origin games in the centres. He’s played five of his games for NSW at centre and was named man of the match in game one of the 2021 series after scoring a hat-trick, setting up another try and running for 178 metres while playing centre. 2020 (7 games) - Trbojevic suffered a left hamstring injury in Round 6 in a similar fashion how he injured it the previous season. The speedster, who owns the fastest 100m athletics time in GPS history (10.58 seconds), also played fullback for Tonga in a mid-season Test and in a World Cup pool game. 2022 (7 games) - Trbojevic suffered a knee injury in Round 4 but managed to finish the game. He scored six tries and set up nine in 14 games at No.1 last season and averaged 167 metres per game. In his 21 games at fullback overall since 2019, Manly have won nine and he averaged 0.81 try involvements per game, according to Fox Sports Lab. He returned in Round 13 only to tear his pec in Round 24.
Manly star Tom Trbojevic has been dealt a fresh injury blow, failing to finish a pre-season training session on Wednesday.
[leading to the departure of head coach Des Hasler](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/rugby-league/news/des-hasler-sacked-manly-sea-eagles/wm4fgac1ynlvdtktsks54kqa). [that saw him receive the Dally M Medal.](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/nrl-2021-dally-m-medal-winner-rugby-league-tom-trbojevic-manly-sea-eagles/1nj8kehy9ko6v1kmbsp1jzsvtp) Tom Trbojevic is heading for scans on a right hamstring injury suffered at training (via— NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) [Cameron Ciraldo reflects on shock Josh Jackson decision](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/rugby-league/news/cameron-ciraldo-reflects-shock-josh-jackson-retirement-one-day-his-canterbury-reign/yuvuxdj0weonrvrocnixjjit) [The Daily Telegraph](https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-news-tom-trbojevic-injured-at-training-star-sea-eagle-requires-scans-to-hamstring/news-story/49574282f474b5cc09e1c98159d6a924), the superstar fullback left the field and will be sent for scans for a hamstring injury. [Manly star Tom Trbojevic](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/rugby-league/news/exciting-new-era-manly-tom-trbojevic-factor/bma94hh4p1huqtjso7xlpzhu) has been dealt a fresh injury blow, failing to finish a pre-season training session on Wednesday.
Tom Trbojevic will undergo scans on Thursday after another potential hamstring issue has forced the Manly star from the training paddock.
Trbojevic’s last hamstring issue occurred during the 2021 pre-season from what he insisted was a fall in the bathroom and not an The Sea Eagles have previously invested in sending Trbojevic and former five-eighth Kieran Foran to Melbourne in 2020 to undergo testing with hamstring specialists. Trbojevic has had six separate hamstring issues in the past six years and has overhauled his training practices previously in a bid to curb the debilitating issues.
Manly has confirmed superstar fullback Tom Trbojevic will miss up to two months with a hamstring injury.
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A tumultuous 2022 for Manly superstar Tom Trbojevic has hit another hurdle with the fullback sent for scans after suffering another suspected hamstring ...
“Tom will be sent for precautionary scans. A tumultuous 2022 for Manly superstar Tom Trbojevic has hit another hurdle with the fullback sent for scans after suffering another suspected hamstring injury at training. Manly star Tom Trbojevic sent for scans after injuring his hamstring
Manly superstar Tom Trbojevic will be sidelined for up to two months after scans confirmed the severity of his hamstring injury suffered at training.
[emergency meeting with his manager](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-des-hasler-sacked-tom-trbojevic-contract-meeting-manly-sea-eagles-replacement-new-coach-anthony-seibold-rainbow-jersey/news-story/ff5bbcb23d3c762493498ef0e4d7c3ea), Paul Sutton to discuss his future. [“very happy”](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-tom-trbojevic-manly-sea-eagles-anthony-seibold-new-coach-des-hasler-sacked/news-story/64426790be84fbb38fedf3bea0af7a22) at the club and was “looking forward” to working with new coach Anthony Seibold. [Tigers’ captaincy headache; Bronco eyes centre role](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-offseason-central-wests-tigers-captain-tim-sheens-adam-doueihi-brisbane-broncos-jesse-arthars/news-story/4571079de0c2786a7334015e6ad10c7c) [Maguire over Tigers exit, plots Raiders title charge in full circle moment](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-michael-maguire-canberra-raiders-wests-tigers-ricky-stuart-squad-players-coach/news-story/1f76269c1631b0a98f192ce7704c45a1) [Tigers legend tells Moses to stay at Eels](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-mitchell-moses-benny-elias-wests-tigers-parramatta-eels-contract-contracts-signings-player-movement/news-story/45ee2b411513cc5d8a29cc0f0c4c5a41) [Tigers sign union convert; ex-Storm forward eyes return with Bulldogs](https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-transfer-whispers-marty-taupau-knights-eels-sea-eagles-contracts-player-movement-signings/news-story/5c111bbbe43990ad948d790243990509)
The luckless Tom Trbojevic is set for another stint on the sidelines, with Manly confirming their star fullback has copped another hamstring injury.
His virtuoso 2021 season, where he scored 28 tries in just 18 games en route to player of the year honours, is a reminder of what Trbojevic is capable of when he is healthy. - Manly star Tom Trbojevic will miss the next six to eight weeks of the pre-season Manly star Tom Trbojevic has suffered yet another hamstring injury, with the 2021 Dally M medallist to miss the next six to eight weeks of the pre-season.
Luckless Sea Eagles fullback Tom Trbojevic will miss up to two months of pre-season training after scans confirmed he'd suffered a grade 2 hamstring injury.
Luckless Sea Eagles fullback Tom Trbojevic will miss up to two months of pre-season training after scans confirmed he’d suffered a grade 2 hamstring injury. Tom Trbojevic is in doubt for Manly’s first game of the year after scans confirmed the star fullback would be sidelined for most of the pre-season. ‘6-8 weeks’: Tom Trbojevic racing the clock for round 1 after scans confirm the worst
Manly say they're not yet considering the radical move for Tom Trbojevic after the star's latest injury blow. More here.