{"id":39826,"date":"2025-08-02T11:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39826\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T11:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:10:12","slug":"manly-sea-eagles-ben-trbojevic-fails-hia-after-head-clash-with-sydney-roosters-hail-comes-down-at-brookvale-oval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39826\/","title":{"rendered":"Manly Sea Eagles’ Ben Trbojevic fails HIA after head clash with Sydney Roosters; Hail comes down at Brookvale Oval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manly back-rower Ben Trbojevic was ruled out in the first half of Saturday night’s game against the Roosters after a gruesome head clash with teammate Luke Brooks left him gushing with blood.<\/p>\n

Trbojevic and Brooks collided when they went to tackle Roosters back-rower Siua Wong 25 minutes into the contest at Brookvale Oval.<\/p>\n

Trbojevic went off for a head injury assessment and failed the test, having displayed category one symptoms.<\/p>\n

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Ben Trbojevic and Luke Brooks clash heads.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

In extremely wet and windy conditions \u2014 hail even started coming down early in the second half \u2014 the Roosters took a 12-4 lead into half-time after scoring tries through Billy Smith and Angus Crichton.<\/p>\n

The Crichton try will go down as a contender for try of the season<\/p>\n

Roosters winger Daniel Tupou collected a cross-field kick from Sam Walker before offloading to Crichton, who scored.<\/p>\n

“That is one of the tries of the year… that is a corker,” Dan Ginnane said in commentary for Fox League.<\/p>\n

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The Sea Eagles-Roosters clash is a high-stakes game with Manly placed ninth on the ladder and the Tricolours 10th.<\/p>\n

The Sea Eagles are on 24 competition points, one win behind the eighth-placed Sharks, and the Roosters are on 22 points.<\/p>\n

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