Turbo shreds 'over-dramatised' Manly rumour

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Two men astatine the centre of a whirring Manly rumour mill person taken enactment successful a bid to termination the whispers.

Amid reports of Daly Cherry-Evans' teammates wanting a caller captain, manager Des Hasler considering quitting and 2 of the Trbojevic brothers — Tom and Jake — heading for the exit doors, Cherry-Evans and Tom Trbojevic person spoken out.

Cherry-Evans and Trbojevic sat down unneurotic to talk with 9News' Danny Weidler successful the aftermath of Manly's past lucifer of the season, which saw the Sea Eagles suffer to the Bulldogs 21-20 astatine Sydney Olympic Park connected Friday night.

"Not astatine all," Trbojevic said erstwhile asked if helium and Jake were looking to permission Manly.

"We emotion this club, we emotion playing for it, we emotion surviving successful the Manly, we ever person and we ever volition and we decidedly privation to beryllium here."

When Trbojevic was asked astir reports helium and Jake would wantonness the Sea Eagles if Hasler left, the superstar fullback said they were "very over-dramatised".

"Des is our manager adjacent twelvemonth arsenic acold arsenic I'm concerned, and I privation him to beryllium determination due to the fact that I cognize helium tin pb america retired of the spread we're successful astatine the moment," Trbojevic added.

The Sea Eagles sat successful eighth connected the ladder astatine the extremity of circular 18, but they mislaid their past 7 games of the play to plummet to an 11th-placed finish.

Manly's play was hijacked by the infamous pridefulness jersey saga that broke retired up of circular 20, successful which 7 of its players rebelled against wearing a rainbow jumper owed to taste and spiritual beliefs.

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"I've evidently been a spot amazed to spot each of the property travel retired successful the past mates of days," Cherry-Evans said of reports he'd mislaid the backing of his teammates.

"Considering the conversations I've had with immoderate of the boys and Des ... it is simply a spot surprising.

"Obviously erstwhile these things travel to a caput you're ne'er rather definite until you perceive it from your teammates ... the chats I've had with Tom and Jake implicit the past mates of days (tell me) we're each singing from the aforesaid publication astatine the moment.

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"I really don't cognize wherever the narratives are coming from."

Trbojevic was emphatic erstwhile asked if helium supported Cherry-Evans arsenic skipper.

"Yeah, for sure, for sure, definitely, everyone knows that he's our captain, we privation him arsenic skipper and we enactment him," said the reigning Dally M Medallist.

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