Tom Trbojevic

‘Tommy Turbo’ was pulled off from the field with many experts claiming he hasn’t been 100 percent fit over the past few games.

Fears have grown from the rugby league fans that the 2019 Dally M medalist will face another stint on the sideline, but, the scans on Monday have revealed that he had a minor groin strain and will be named in the 22-men squad for the clash against Gold Coast Titans at the 4 Pines Park on Saturday, April 29.

The Daily Telegraph broke the news on Saturday afternoon, which comes after the superstar fullback inju

Meanwhile, the Tigers desperately need a win this week if they want to avoid an unwanted first.

TOUGH WITHOUT TOM

The news of Tom Trbojevic being out of the Manly side for up to six weeks no doubt sent shivers up many spines on the Northern Beaches as Manly are a completely different side with him in the side compared without.

Since 2019 Manly has won over 70 per cent of the matches ‘Turbo’ plays in and just a third of their games with him missing.

Trbojevic became the third player in Manly history behind Cliff Lyons (1990 and 1994) and Matt Orford (2008) to win the award in a record-breaking year.

The Sea Eagles star polled 35 points, the second-highest count in rugby league history, ahead of Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary (30) and Rabbitohs five-eighth Cody Walker (29).

Trbojevic’s teammate Daly Cherry-Evans and Roosters fullback James Tedesco (both 23) rounded out the top five.

Now South Sydney has its own plan of attack to stop Tom Trbojevic, even if five-eighth Cody Walker thinks it is not that black and white.

“I don’t think you can stop him,” he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon.

“You’ve just got to limit that possession game.”

Mystery surrounds Trbojevic's immediate playing future after a high shot from Maika Sivo led to the gun No.1 coming from the field during Saturday's 56-10 thrashing of Parramatta.

A recurrence of a previous facial fracture appears to have spared Manly a more severe blow but is likely to mean the gun No.1 is not risked in coming weeks.

Apart from his tries, Trbojevic tormented the Sharks with three line breaks, another four line break assists, three try assists, five off-loads, 14 tackle-busts, all on top of running for 217 metres. Little wonder coach Des Hasler gave him an early shower.

It gave Manly their 12th win against the Sharks in their past 14 meetings.

Cronulla cling to the top eight in eighth spot, but are now one of five teams stuck on 18 competition points all trying to jag a finals spot.

His captain Daly Cherry-Evans thinks it's premature to put Trbojevic alongside players like Melbourne's Australian fullback Billy Slater or Manly's legendary No.1 Brett Stewart – also a former Test fullback.

"He's always willing to learn. He's so young into his career," Cherry-Evans said Thursday.

"We all forget he's just three years playing NRL, so I won't be putting too much pressure into comparisons of where he stands right now or where he stands with past greats at fullback for Manly.

The 20-year-old first picked up the injury during the 2016 pre-season and aggravated it in the Anzac Day win over the Knights. Ideally he would have had it operated it on, but given Manly's horror injury toll, Trbojevic valiantly fought through the pain to see out the year before eventually going under the knife at season's end.