Manly will be sweating on the extent of another hamstring injury to star fullback Tom Trbojevic after a 38-6 thrashing of woeful North Queensland.<\/p>\n
The Sea Eagles captain went down clutching his left hamstring in the 13th minute of the Thursday night clash with the Cowboys in Townsville.<\/p>\n
His history of similar injuries is long and the devastation on his face was palpable.<\/p>\n
“He’s not looking too good at the moment. We’ll get a scan to assess the severity,” Foran said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“But the boys handled it very well considering the swapping of positions. I’m really proud of how they handled that disruption.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manly’s win was the third in a row for Foran, who continued his unbeaten run since taking over from sacked former head mentor Anthony Seibold.<\/p>\n
Foran became the first coach to take over mid-season and win their opening three games since Brad Fittler when he took over at the Roosters in 2007.<\/p>\n
Manly are now in fourth position and Foran gets his first match as coach at home against struggling Parramatta next week.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys, who had won their previous four matches, made numerous errors and were a shadow of the side that had such a stellar previous month.<\/p>\n
The Sea Eagles, great starters this season, opened the scoring through a try to winger Lehi Hopoate after slick work from five-eighth Luke Brooks.<\/p>\n
Trbojevic exited the arena and Hopoate had his second in the 17th minute.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys hit back through prop Coen Hess, but Manly half Jamal Fogarty then kicked for Ben Trbojevic to chase through and score.<\/p>\n
Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater, in his 150th NRL match, spilled a kick. Hopoate swooped and could have scored himself but handed it off to hooker Brandon Wakeham for a 22-6 lead on the cusp of halftime.<\/p>\n
Manly got some good injury news just before the break, with lock Jake Trbojevic passing a category-two HIA.<\/p>\n
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We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that’s making headlines.<\/p>\n The Sea Eagles moved Tolutau Koula to fullback when Tom Trbojevic went off and brought Clayton Faulalo on at centre.<\/p>\n In the second half Koula, who did a great job in his new position, made a fantastic try-saving tackle on winger Brandon Burns, who for some reason was lethargic when he appeared certain to score.<\/p>\n Minutes later prop Taniela Paseka stormed over to seal the win.<\/p>\n Brooks was outstanding and was rewarded with a late try when he followed half Jamal Fogarty, who strolled through feeble Cowboys defence.<\/p>\n On-fire Manly prop Kobe Hetherington stood up in the absence of his skipper in a carve-up.<\/p>\n Re-live the action in our live blog below, keep up to date with all the latest stats in our ScoreCentre<\/a>, and tune in to our live radio coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n AAP<\/p>\n Key Events<\/p>\n 3h ago3 hours agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:37am<\/p>\n 3h ago3 hours agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:27am<\/p>\n 3h ago3 hours agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:23am<\/p>\n Show all key events4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:06amInjury: Tom Trbojevic<\/p>\n The Manly fullback is grabbing at his left hamstring after a run. He grimaced just before he came into contact and he\u2019s limping off the field. He\u2019s done for the night. Clayton Fualalo comes on with Koula going back to fullback. We\u2019ll bring you more updates as soon as we have them.<\/p>\n 2h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 12:26pm<\/p>\n Signing off<\/p>\n That’ll be it from me, thanks for stopping by for that one.<\/p>\n Be sure to tune in again tomorrow night and for every game for the rest of the NRL season – ABC Sport will be blogging every single one of them<\/p>\n Talk soon, stay out the streets.<\/p>\n Loading<\/p>\n 2h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 12:22pm<\/p>\n Manly press conference: Tom Trbojevic update<\/p>\n Manly coach Kieran Foran is speaking now and he has an update on Tom Trbojevic.<\/p>\n “He’s not looking too good at the moment. We’ll get a scan to assess the severity,” Foran said.<\/p>\n “But the boys handled it very well considering the swapping of positions. I’m really proud of how they handled that disruption.<\/p>\n “Our intent was there from the get go. We spoke about starting fast, to really go after them through the middle and I thought the boys really did that.<\/p>\n “I thought our middles did a really good job on their pack. We prepared our boys and asked them to go after that personal battle and they really responded.”<\/p>\n 2h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 12:09pm<\/p>\n Cowboys press conference: “We didn’t give ourselves a chance<\/p>\n North Queensland coach Todd Payten and captain Reuben Cotter are speaking now.<\/p>\n “We just couldn’t give ourselves a chance. You can’t give yourself a chance when you’re dropping that much ball,” said Cotter.<\/p>\n “A 49 per cent completion rate in the first half, it catches up on you in the second half.<\/p>\n “I don’t think we were complacent-<\/p>\n Payten interrupts to emphasise the point. “No, we weren’t.”<\/p>\n They both look extremely frustrated with the result.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:37amFulltime: Manly 38 def North Queensland 6<\/p>\n Fogarty adds two more after the Cowboys get penalised for a high tackle. He\u2019s been excellent tonight as part of a very committed Manly side, in stark contrast to a very sloppy Cowboys effort.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:36am<\/p>\n 77\u2019 Cowboys hit rock bottom<\/p>\n Dearden forces a drop out as he kicks for himself. Cows are chasing a consolation try.<\/p>\n Taumalolo pops a pass out the back, Luke picks it up but Manly get a penalty because Luke was in front of the play the ball once the play began. They\u2019ve committed every mistake in the book today.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:27am69\u2019 Fogarty magic gets Manly\u2019s sixth<\/p>\n Fogarty puts a grubber in for himself, he regathers and has Brooks in support for an excellent try. He\u2019s had a blinder, the halfback and Brooks has had some really nice touches as well.<\/p>\n Once Fogarty converts the scoreline is 36-6, deary me.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:23am65\u2019 Paseka powers over to wrap it up<\/p>\n From the ensuing set Hetherington busts through the middle, next play Koula offloads to Simpkin, he turns Paseka inside and the big man rumbles through four defenders to score!<\/p>\n Grounding wasn\u2019t great but the Bunker says it\u2019s OK. Fogarty converts and it\u2019s a big lead now at 30-6.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:20am65\u2019 Koula trysaver sums up the night<\/p>\n Dearden holds up a pass for Chester, he puts Burns into space and he looks for the corner only for Koula to come across and take him over the sideline with a super trysaver. Outstanding.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:15am<\/p>\n 60\u2019 Manly add two more<\/p>\n Another error from the Cowboys, this time a hospital ball from Dearden is dropped by Chester 20 metres out from Manly\u2019s line.<\/p>\n The Sea Eagles have played field position very well, there\u2019s another try in them here.<\/p>\n Purdue gets called offside and Fogarty takes the two. Manly lead 24-6.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:06am<\/p>\n 52\u2019 Dearden throws it forward<\/p>\n A penalty against Waddell and an error from Hopoate puts the Cowboys on the attack.<\/p>\n But two plays later Dearden throws a forward pass. Manly off the hook.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 11:03am<\/p>\n 49\u2019 Cowboys nearly strike<\/p>\n The Cows go blind on the last, Drinkwater finds Chester and he nearly pulls through but is taken down just short of the line.<\/p>\n 3h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:54am<\/p>\n Second half is underway<\/p>\n And off we go for the second half, the Cowboys have it all to do.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:41amHalftime: Sea Eagles 22 lead Cowboys 6<\/p>\n Clifford knocks it on around halfway, that\u2019s the Cowboys 11th error of the first half! Their completion rate is 8\/19, goddamn.<\/p>\n Manly have one last chance before the break, Fogarty kicks inside for Koula and he very nearly gets there as the Cowboys just stare at each other! Drinkwater just manages to tap it dead.<\/p>\n That draws the curtain on an awful half for the Cows but a pretty good one for Manly – the big news, of course, the injury to Trbojevic.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:37am37\u2019 Another Cows error, another Manly try<\/p>\n Drinkwater loses sight of a bomb and knocks it back, Hopoate cleans it up and saunters over the line and passes it to Wakeham who scores.<\/p>\n A charity try for the Manly hooker as another error cruels the Cows. Fogarty converts and it\u2019s 22-6 Sea Eagles.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:34am<\/p>\n 36\u2019 Mikaele\u2019s drought stretches on<\/p>\n Mikaele surges right through the middle from 20 out and gets over the line!<\/p>\n But they send it upstairs, he lost the ball just short. Mikaele\u2019s never scored a try in seven years in the NRL and he\u2019s been denied twice this year already. Brutal. Manly ball.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:31am<\/p>\n 34\u2019 Same old story for Cowboys<\/p>\n Olakau\u2019atu holds up a pass and Garrick is penalised for an obstruction. Manly challenge and lose. Cowboys on the attack.<\/p>\n They spread it left but Purdue knocks it on. The Cowboys completion rate is under 50 per cent at the moment, it is killing them.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:26am30\u2019 Manly awarded a controversial try<\/p>\n Manly get a penalty for an escort and are on the attack. Fogarty puts a kick through and Ben Trbojevic is there first to score but I think he\u2019s offside.<\/p>\n Oh wow, it\u2019s been confirmed! I don\u2019t know about that one. Controversial one, that.<\/p>\n Fogarty converts and Manly take a 16-6 lead.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:18am23′ Cowboys reply through Hess<\/p>\n A Hetherington error and a Clifford drop out helps the Cowboys build some pressure and Dearden puts Hess through a big gap to score. The Cowboys are back in it, nice stuff from the halfback.<\/p>\n Clifford converts and it’s back to 10-6.<\/p>\n 4h agoThu 16 Apr 2026 at 10:12am18\u2019 Hopoate gets his second<\/p>\n A Purdue error gives Manly the ball on the attack, they double up down the left, Chester gets caught at marker, Brooks goes short to Fualalo and he lays it on a platter for Hopoate to get his second.<\/p>\n Errors are killing the Cows at the moment. Fogarty from touch\u2026.yes sir! 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