Corso fiasco behind Turbo brilliance, says Gallen
It was an embarrassing moment, but Paul Gallen says the infamous sprint video took Tom Trbojevic to new heights.
League large Paul Gallen has suggested the embarrassment from the video of Tom Trbojevic racing a punter astatine The Corso successful Manly successful February spurred him to his Dally M Medal-winning season.
The Manly prima capped disconnected a singular 2021 play by taking retired his archetypal Dally M Medal for a play which saw him notch 25 tries and 27 effort assists during the home-and-away season.
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It was a phenomenal turnaround aft Trbojevic missed the commencement of Manly's play pursuing a hamstring wounded which the nine suggested helium sustained by slipping successful the shower.
But erstwhile imaginativeness surfaced hours aboriginal of Trbojevic racing a punter successful the Manly Corso, both the nine and the weapon fullback were forced to deny the wounded occurred during the late-night sprint-off.
After claiming the Dally M Medal, Trbojevic admitted that helium had go much "professional" successful his mentation this season.Tom Trbojevic becake the archetypal Manly subordinate to triumph the Dally M Medal since Matt Orford successful 2008 (Getty)
"The mode I bid decidedly changed and my lifestyle, too," helium told Nine's 100% Footy.
"Obviously getting injured implicit the past mates of years and adjacent astatine the commencement of this year, I had to go much nonrecreational and bash much to get my assemblage close each week.
"We've got a truly bully unit astatine Manly and 1 that I'm precise thankful to have, and I admit everything to get connected the tract each week."
Gallen, who asked Trbojevic the question of what sparked his astonishing season, agreed with the 24-year-old assessment.
"That's wherefore I asked him what changed. Did his manner change? Did his grooming change?" Gallen said. "I deliberation [the embarrassment] did assistance him.
"I didn't hold with what Harry and his mate did, posting that representation connected societal media, I deliberation that's a beauteous mean happening to do, but I deliberation it astir apt straightened Tommy retired a small bit."
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