Rejuvenated Sea Eagles confident of taking on Panthers

No other coach appointed mid-season has won their first four games in charge, and Manly are keen to extend the run to five. 

Players are loving the change in fortunes 'Fozball' has brought, with Jake Trbojevic among many voices championing Foran's approach.

"It's been great under Foz," Jake Trbojevic said. "He's really brought a breath of fresh air.

"Any time you have a few wins it settles the weight off the shoulders. It makes life a lot easier to come to training and work hard."

"Four wins in a row ... I hope we can keep it going."

The veteran forward does acknowledge taking on the Panthers, led by Nathan Cleary, will be the Sea Eagles' toughest challenge yet. 

"Any time you're up against Nathan Cleary, you've got to be on your game," Trbojevic said. 

"He's got the best kicking game in the business. Sometimes you watch it in awe at how good he is, but hopefully on Sunday we can get on top."

Trbojevic made the comments while at the launch of the NRL's 'Kick for a Cause' initiative to raise money for the fight against childhood cancer. 

The event will take place during Magic round and for every converted try or penalty goal, Youi will donate $1000 to paediatric cancer centres around the country. The donation doubles to $2000 for any field goal. 

It is a cause very close to the hearts of the Trbojevic family because of their friendship with 12-year-old Sea Eagles super fan Beau Hewitt, who died from cancer a year ago. 

The brothers spoke emotionally about their connection with Beau and how proud they were to support such an important event in 'Kick for a Cause.'

"We met him in 2024," Jake said. "We went and met him in the hospital and just saw how much he loved rugby league.

"He'd text you about game plans, he was a great kid.

"We really enjoyed hanging out with him and that sort of thing and just seeing sort of how it all went was horrible.

"No person deserves cancer, but no kid does. So, to see the NRL and Youi get behind this cause is remarkable."

"His energy and personality was quite infectious for someone going through such a hard thing and we were really gravitated towards him because he was such a special kid," said Tom Trbojevic. 

"Unfortunately, people have to go through these things and you just try, help where you can."