{"id":715896,"date":"2026-06-05T01:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715896\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:30:18","slug":"nrl-results-2026-manly-sea-eagles-defeat-south-sydney-rabbitohs-kieran-foran-press-conference-tom-trbojevic-injury-update-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715896\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL results 2026: Manly Sea Eagles defeat South Sydney Rabbitohs, Kieran Foran press conference, Tom Trbojevic injury update, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manly coach Kieran Foran has declared there are \u201cno limits\u201d to what the Sea Eagles can achieve this season after the club\u2019s \u201csurreal\u201d turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Eagles climbed to third on the NRL standings after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-live-updates-manly-sea-eagles-vs-south-sydney-rabbitohs-score-team-news-highlights-tries-kieran-foran\/news-story\/8d61e24f9abe7a9506cb63009b268366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">sealing a 28-14 victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> at Brookvale Oval on Thursday evening, the team\u2019s eighth win in ten weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the club lost their opening three matches at home, prompting the departure of head coach Anthony Seibold in late March.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were disappointed in how we performed last week and we needed to bounce back,\u201d Foran told reporters during the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really proud with the way the boys responded tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted us to put on a performance tonight in front of the home crowd tonight that they\u2019d be really proud of, and the boys certainly did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Captain Jake Trbojevic added: \u201cIt\u2019s a bit surreal to be honest, after where we started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a great period \u2026 but you don\u2019t want to get ahead of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Foz: &#8220;They&#8217;ve played some great footy!&#8221; | 07:35<\/p>\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s 14-point win, Manly fullback Clayton Faulalo, who earlier in the game was sent to the sin bin, battled through a hamstring injury to score in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Foran confirmed the 26-year-old had sustained a low-grade strain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been unbelievable,\u201d he said of Faulalo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this stage they\u2019re saying just a low-grade strain, hopefully not too bad, should be back after the bye, or there about, which is really positive news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foran, who this week penned a long-term deal to remain Manly\u2019s coach until the end of the 2029 season, also confirmed Tom Trbojevic was expected to return for Manly\u2019s next game; the superstar fullback has been injured for more than six weeks with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurbo will be back after the bye,\u201d Foran said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s put together a couple of really good weeks, it\u2019s good timing obviously with Clayton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurbo, he\u2019s good to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about an apparent dropped ball from second-rower Ben Trbojevic during the lead-up to a Manly try, which went unnoticed by the referees, Foran claimed he didn\u2019t see the controversial moment.<\/p>\n<p>Manly get away with Burbo error | 00:37<\/p>\n<p>The Sea Eagles will enjoy a bye next weekend before facing the Bulldogs at Accor Stadium on Saturday, June 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a really good block for us, and I\u2019m really proud of the way in which we\u2019ve overcome some adversity,\u201d Foran continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should be proud of themselves, they\u2019ve put a lot into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a marathon, it\u2019s not going to get any easier, there\u2019s going to keep being challenges every week we play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the club\u2019s finals chances, Foran responded: \u201cThere\u2019s no limits on us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna keep believing, we know where we want to go as a club and as a footy team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna keep building that belief each and every week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manly coach Kieran Foran has declared there are \u201cno limits\u201d to what the Sea Eagles can achieve this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-715896","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\/715896","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=715896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}