{"id":305237,"date":"2025-11-24T08:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305237\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:50:17","slug":"sea-eagles-confirm-new-captain-to-lead-them-out-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305237\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Eagles confirm new captain to lead them out in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daley Cherry-Evans\u2019 departure from Manly left more than a gap in the halves; it also left the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/manly-warringah-sea-eagles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sea Eagles<\/a> without a captain.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Manly Sea Eagles officially announced who will take over from Cherry-Evans next season, with Tom Trbojevic named as the new club captain.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment signals a fresh era of leadership at Brookvale and rewards one of the Sea Eagles\u2019 longest-serving players.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old superstar assumes the role as a one-club player, always synonymous with Manly, despite some uncertainty over his future that was resolved last month with a new contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: R<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/Rabbitohs vs R360: Jye Gray confirms future\">abbitohs vs R360: Jye Gray confirms future<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold praised Trbojevic\u2019s leadership qualities, highlighting both his on-field influence and off-field respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the field he is an elite player who has a big influence on team performance. Off the field, not only is he highly respected by his teammates but he is a highly regarded member of the Northern Beaches community,\u201d Seibold said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" image_resolution=\"16:9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tom Trbojevic 081825.jpg.webp.webp\" title=\"Tom Trbojevic Manly\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trbojevic described the honor of taking on the captaincy and expressed his commitment to the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means a lot to me, and I\u2019m thrilled to take on the captaincy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Having played 38 games across the past two seasons, Trbojevic has significantly improved his luck after a well-publicized battle with injuries throughout in his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Eagles are placing not only their captaincy but much of their premiership hopes in Trbojevic as he enters his prime years and will be hoping that luck continues.<\/p>\n<p>After missing finals football in 2025, Manly will be hoping that fresh leadership and a renewed sense of purpose can return them to September football.<\/p>\n<p>If Trbojevic leads the way with the form and resilience he is known for, the Sea Eagles\u2019 prospects of reclaiming their spot among the NRL elite could become a reality in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daley Cherry-Evans\u2019 departure from Manly left more than a gap in the halves; it also left the Sea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-305237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}