{"id":386109,"date":"2026-01-02T04:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386109\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:34:12","slug":"manly-edge-backs-seibold-amid-media-scrutiny-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/386109\/","title":{"rendered":"Manly edge backs Seibold amid media scrutiny – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few clubs have generated as much media buzz as the Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> over the last 12 months, with key departures and Anthony Seibold’s coaching future under the microscope.<\/p>\n

With the Northern Beaches-based club copping flak for much of the 2025 season, the playing group would be forgiven for buckling under pressure.<\/p>\n

However, according to Sea Eagles edge Aaron Schoupp<\/a>, the constant criticisms of the club are yet to dismantle what head coach Anthony Seibold<\/a> is building in Manly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just keep on business as usual,\u201d Schoupp told Zero Tackle when asked how the players handle media criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve got a pretty tight squad, and that outside noise doesn’t really affect the boys too much.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just sort of focus on your job and role.\u201d
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He acknowledged that playing for a club like Manly is bound to come with high standards, but he welcomes it with open arms.<\/p>\n

\"2025GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 15: Aaron\u00a0Schoupp of Manly hits up the ball during the 2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge match between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Manly Sea Eagles at Industree Group Stadium on February 15, 2025 in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Scott Gardiner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously coming from a big foundation club there’s a bit of an expectation, so there’s always going to be that noise around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Schoupp then went on to throw support behind Seibold, a coach who has copped a fair whack from fans since joining the Sea Eagles in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy experience with \u2018Seibs’ has been nothing but enjoyable \u2014 I have a good relationship with him,\u201d Schoupp said of his coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously my time at Manly has sort of been injury-riddled and hasn’t really gone the way I was hoping, but he’s been really good for me, more as a person than as a player and just backs me as a person and my strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NRLSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 04: Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold walks on the field during the round one NRL match between the Manly Sea Eagles and the Canterbury Bulldogs at 4 Pines Park on March 04, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old believes the scrutiny against Seibold is unwarranted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he cops a bit of unfair criticism from everyone,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cOutside in, he’s a really good bloke.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s definitely no disorientation [between] the\u00a0 playing group and \u2018Seibs’.\u201c<\/p>\n

Seibold was rumoured to be on the chopping block in 2025 but will remain as head coach to start this season, and with players backing him all the way, he may not be going anywhere anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few clubs have generated as much media buzz as the Manly Sea Eagles over the last 12 months,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-386109","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\/386109","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=386109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}