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Thomas Peter Trbojevic (born 2 October 1996), also nicknamed "Tommy Turbo", is an Australian professional
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footballer who plays as a for the
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in the
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(NRL) and as a for
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at international level. He played as a for the
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team that won the 2024 Rugby League Pacific Championship. He has played for
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at State of Origin level as a and er and has represented the
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as a .


Background

Trbojevic played his junior rugby league for the Mona Vale Juniors before being signed by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. As well as play rugby union, Trbojevic played Australian rules from the age of 12 and was
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Academy between the ages of 14 and 17 and credits this experience to improving his aerial game. Despite playing for both Australia in junior representative teams, Trbojevic gained an ATAR of 94.3 in his HSC at Pittwater High School, achieving the top band for 2 and 3-unit mathematics. He studied a double degree in Applied Finance and Economics at
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. Trbojevic is of Serbian descent. Tom is the brother of fellow Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players Jake Trbojevic and Ben Trbojevic. Another brother, Luke, is not involved with the NRL.


Playing career


Early career

In 2014 and 2015, Trbojevic played for the Manly-Warringah in their NYC side, playing 32 games, scoring 41 tries. In June 2014, he played for the
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Under-18s team. On 25 September 2014, he re-signed with Manly on a two-year contract.


2015

Trbojevic started
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playing fullback for Manly's NYC team and crossed for 4 tries in the opening game of the season against the
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at Pirtek Stadium. He continued to play a starring role in the Under 20's as Manly won its first four games of the season until injuries forced first grade coach
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to promote him to make his
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debut on the wing for Manly-Warringah in their round 5 game against the
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at the
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in
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in country NSW. Although Manly ultimately lost the game 29-16, Trbojevic scored a try with only his second touch of the ball and later crossed for his second try on debut. Unfortunately, a high ankle injury suffered in the following round against the
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sidelined him for a number of weeks. On 28 April, along with older brother Jake and fellow local junior Clint Gutherson, Trbojevic extended his contract with Manly from the end of 2016 to the end of 2017. Due to the quality of the Manly backline which included representative players Brett Stewart,
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,
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,
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and Jorge Taufua, Trbojevic has been forced to bide his time playing in the NYC while being used as an injury replacement winger for the Manly's NRL side. On 25 July against the
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at the
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in
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, New Zealand, while playing fullback in the NYC, Trbojevic had his second 4 try game of the season (giving him 14 in 7 NYC games in 2015), accumulating a NYC record 466 running metres for the game, prompting calls for him to be made a permanent first grade player. Two weeks before he had played his 7th first grade game, crossing for a double in Manly's 38-6 victory over the
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, but was dropped for the next game against the
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in favour of returning
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test centre Hiku. On 1 August following the Warriors game, he was again called into the NRL team as a replacement for Steve Matai who had been heavily concussed the week before against the Warriors. Trbojevic scored his third double of the season, including scooping up a loose ball and racing 70 metres to score the final try of the game, and played a starring role as Manly defeated the competition leading
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44-14 at the
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in
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. Despite only having played only 8 games in first grade in 2015, all of them on the wing, Trbojevic's talent as a fullback was recognised when he was named in the position for
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's 2015 NRL Rookie Team of the Year. He was also named at fullback in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year. Trbojevic's final game for Manly in 2015 was the Holden Cup Grand Final played on NRL Grand Final day. Although he had another strong game and scored his 29th try in 22 games for the year (21 tries from 13 games in the under-20s and 8 tries in 9 NRL games), the Sea Eagles went down to the minor premiers Penrith Panthers 34-18.


2016

On 1 February, Trbojevic was named in Manly's
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squad. Trbojevic would play 23 games for the club in
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, missing only round 9 due to a
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suffered in the
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match against the
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. Although hampered by the injury which would require corrective surgery at the end of the season, he continued playing and was rewarded mid-season when he and brother Jake were called into the
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squad before Game 3 of the 2016 State of Origin series as development players. He would go on to score 10 tries for the Sea Eagles after taking over from Brett Stewart at fullback (following season ending knee surgery to Stewart). On 7 September he was named as the
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Best and Fairest for the Sea Eagles 2016 season.


2017

With the injury enforced retirement of Brett Stewart, Trbojevic became Manly's first choice fullback for the
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. His form was such that he was predicted to be selected on the wing for
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until suffering an injury in a game against the
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on 13 May. Broncos halfback Kodi Nikorima put up a bomb which Trbojevic was forced to let bounce. With Brisbane winger David Mead flying through in his chase of the kick, Trbojevic was forced to leap to catch the ball and was tackled while in mid-air, coming down with his left leg buckling awkwardly underneath him. He was diagnosed with a Medial ligament tear in his knee and syndesmosis in his ankle and was expected to be out for 6–8 weeks. He finished the season with 22 games and 12 tries. At the end of the year, he was rewarded for this form with an Australian jersey, playing 2 games in the World Cup and scoring 1 try.


2018

In round 4, Trbojevic injured his ankle in the final 10 minutes of the match and missed the following week's game. On 6 June, he made the NSW team and won the series 2-1 with his brother Jake Trbojevic. Trbojevic played in all three of the New South Wales Blues games on the wing scoring two tries. At the end of the 2018 season, he played two test matches for Australia against New Zealand and Tonga playing in the centres where he scored two tries.


2019

Trbojevic began the
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by scoring 2 tries against the
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in Round 3 of the competition. In round 4, Trbojevic was taken from the field during Manly's win over South Sydney with a
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injury. Trbojevic subsequently missed out on the opening game of the
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. Trbojevic returned to the Manly side in Round 13 against North Queensland. After only 2 games back in the Manly team, Trbojevic was selected to play for New South Wales in Game 2 of the State of Origin series. On 23 June, Trbojevic scored a hat-trick as New South Wales defeated Queensland 38-6 at the new
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. Trbojevic was retained for Game 3 of the
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which was won by New South Wales 26-20 at
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. It was the first time since 2005 that New South Wales had won back to back series. Manly's 2019 season was a story of success with
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resurgence, guiding the Manly team from 15th to 6th. While Trbojevic enjoyed success during the year with winning 10/12 of the games he played in, but the year was mostly defined but the two hamstring injures and the torn pectoral muscle he sustained during the regular season which stop him playing in Manly's finals series.


2020

Trbojevic started the
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off very well, recording solid performances against both the
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and
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. When the season resumed in round 3, his form continued against the
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scoring two tries and producing three try assists. By round 6, he was leading the Dally M tally before he conceded yet another hamstring injury (grade 2 strain), ruling him out for 13 weeks. Trbojevic made his injury return in round 19 of the
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against the
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, where the
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lost 24-42. During that match, he yet again injured himself, injuring his left shoulder in the 52nd minute, which ruled him out of their round 20 clash against the
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, and the 2020 NRL State of Origin series.


2021

After suffering an off season hamstring injury, Trbojevic missed the first five rounds of the
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returning to the Manly-Warringah side for round 6 and put in a man of the match performance as Manly defeated the Gold Coast 36-0. In round 9 of the
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, he played his 100th first grade game and put in a man of the match performance as Manly-Warringah defeated
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38-32. The following week, he scored another two tries in Manly's 50-6 victory over Brisbane. On 30 May, he was selected for game one of the
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in which he was man of the match scoring a
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in New South Wales’ 50-6 victory over Queensland. In round 15, he scored a hat-trick in Manly's 56-24 victory over the Gold Coast. The following week, he scored a second consecutive hat-trick in Manly's 66-0 victory over Canterbury. He claimed the Wally Lewis Medal after an Origin series. In round 20, he scored a hat-trick in the battle of the beaches rivalry match against Cronulla with Manly running out 40-22 winners. In round 22, he was involved in an accidental head knock with teammate Jason Saab, and was subsequently rested the following week as a precaution. In round 24, he scored a
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in Manly's 36-18 win over Wooden Spooners
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. In the final round of the regular season, Trbojevic scored yet another
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in Manly's 46-18 victory over
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. In week two of the 2021 Finals Series, he scored two tries in a 42-6 victory over the
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. Ending the season, he won the
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Medal For Player Of The Year, Roy Bull ‘Best and Fairest’ Award and set a new season record number of tries for Manly, scoring 28 in just 18 games. He finished 2021 by winning the
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Medal as the best
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player for the 2021 State of Origin series.


2022

In round 11 of the
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, Trbojevic was taken from the field during Manly's 22-20 loss against
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. It was later revealed after the match that Trbojevic had dislocated his shoulder and would be out for the rest of the season. In December 2022, Manly announced that Trbojevic was expected to head to
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for rehabilitation in 2023.


2023

In round 3 of the
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, Trbojevic scored two tries in Manly's 34-30 victory over
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. In round 12, Trbojevic scored a
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in Manly's 42-18 upset victory over Canberra. On 22 May, Trbojevic was selected by New South Wales for game one of the
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. In round 15, Trbojevic scored two tries for Manly in their 58-18 victory over the
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. Three minutes into origin 2 Trbojevic was taken from the field after getting injured attempting to tackle maroons fullback Reece Walsh it was later announced Trbojevic would miss the remainder of the 2023 season with a pectoral injury.


2024

During Manly's round 10 loss against the Dolphins in the
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, Trbojevic was taken from the field with a hamstring injury. It was later announced that Trbojevic could potentially be ruled out for 6-8 weeks. In round 20, Trbojevic score two tries for Manly in their 38-8 win over the Gold Coast. In round 25, Trbojevic scored a hat-trick in Manly's 34-26 upset loss to the Wests Tigers. He played 20 matches for Manly in the 2024 NRL season as they finished 7th on the table and qualified for the finals. Manly would be eliminated in the second week of the finals by the Sydney Roosters. Despite carrying a shoulder injury into the Finals, Trbojevic declared himself available for selection for Australia in the
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Pacific Championships and Kangaroos coach
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wasted no time in selecting him. In his first time playing for Australia since 2018, Turbo would play all three of Australia's games in the championships in the centres. He scored a 70 metre intercept try in the opening 18–0 win over
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at in Brisbane (easily out-pacing young Manly team mate and Tongan fullback Lehi Hopoate during the run, as well as the rest of the Tongan defence), then ran for over 200 metres against
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in a 22–10 win in
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. In the Final of the Pacific Championships against Tonga at home in
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, Trbojevic scored two tries and had two more disallowed by the bunker in the three minutes before halftime as Australia wrapped up the series with a 20–14 win.


2025

On 30 March, it was announced that Trbojevic would miss at least a month with an MCL injury.


Statistics


Manly Warringah


New South Wales


Australia

''Last updated: 12 November 2024''


References


External links


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