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- 19 Mar 2015
- Manly Daily
- Jon Geddes
Oh brother, what a ball we’d have
PLAYING WITH TOM A DREAM FOR JAKE
RISING prop Jake Trbojevic has revealed his dream of playing alongside his younger brother Tom in the Sea Eagles’ NRL side.
While Manly no longer has the Stewart brothers playing together, these two talented siblings from Mona Vale are ready to follow in their footsteps.
Jake made an immediate impact in his return to the Sea Eagles’ top side in last Saturday’s gritty 24-22 win over the Storm.
Tom is an exciting attacking fullback, like Brett Stewart, and has scored seven tries in the past two games for Manly’s under-20 side.
The pair have spoken about the prospect of running around together in the NRL with the club they grew up supporting.
“It would be great to play with your brother in the local team at Brookie. That would be awesome,” Jake said.
“He is young. He’s just got to keep playing well in the under-20s and do his best there.
“He has time so we’ll see what happens.”
Jake, 21, and Tom, 19 in October, have only ever been on the field together once.
“In a trial, when we played the Roosters in the NSW Cup at Wyong, we played 10 minutes together — that’s it,” Jake said.
Jake was recalled to first grade last weekend after he broke his fibula and dislocated his ankle playing in a NSW Cup game against Cronulla at Shark Park.
“It was very frustrating last year.
“I had a couple of injuries, one of them long-term,” said Jake, who still carries a plate in his leg.
“I had a lot of nervous energy and it was just good to get out there in front of a good crowd at Brookie.”
As soon as he entered the fray, Jake resembled a flying anvil when he hit Melbourne Storm winger Young Tonumaipea in a monstrous tackle.
Jake said the pack had responded to the criticism after the Sea Eagles’ previous loss to Parramatta.