Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans says there are no secrets around what Manly's new playmaking combination will look like this year and says new hooker Danny Levi has settled in quickly.
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After a season where the Manly spine switched on a regular basis, Daly Cherry-Evans is confident their new playmaking combination will be more settled in 2020.
Cherry-Evans played Manly's final 10 matches with Dylan Walker as his halves partner at the end of last year, seven of those with Tom Trbojevic at fullback until his campaign ended prematurely due to injury.
Trbojevic missed the first two games then another eight with a hamstring strain before injuring a pec at the end of the year, finishing with 12 games.
Cherry-Evans (ankle) missed five games, hooker Apisai Koroisau (ankle) missed four and it took until round 18 to settle on which of Kane Elgey, Lachie Croker, Cade Cust or Walker was the best option to partner DCE.
If you take the combination of Tom Trbojevic at fullback, Walker at five-eighth, Cherry-Evans at halfback, Koroisau as starting hooker with Manase Fainu off the bench as Manly's first-choice combination, the Sea Eagles enjoyed just five games with their ideal spine in 2019.