Is anyone aware the Manase Fainu is banned for 3 games? I certainly wasn't.
Full article below, highlighted in RED is the mention of Fainu's ban
Koroisau fine despite not playing trials
Apisai Koroisau missed the back half of the 2018 NRL season with a foot injury.
Manly hooker Apisai Koroisau has no concerns entering round one of the NRL without a pre-season trial, despite being on return from a serious foot injury.
The lively Sea Eagles No.9 missed the second half of last season with a Lisfranc fracture sustained in round 14, costing him six months in recovery.
He's been given a light run back into 2019, rested from both of Manly's trials against Cronulla and the Sydney Roosters despite being fit to play.
"My injury is not a contact injury, so I'm not too worried about playing trials if I miss them," Koroisau, who re-signed on an unannounced three-year deal last year, said during pre-season.
"I haven't played trials for a few years and I felt fine going into round one. For some other people they might feel differently.
"With my foot it's all about load and running, so I would be pretty confident."
Koroisau was initially ruled out for 10 weeks with the blow, before scans revealed one of the bones in his foot had become displaced.
He was then forced to sit through Manly's horror end to the season, which saw them win just three of 10 games in his absence.
He is also likely to have to get through 80 minutes against the Wests Tigers on his return, with Manase Fainu still serving a ban from the end of last season.
The NRL has confirmed Fainu had copped a three-game ban after pleading guilty last September to filming an April 2018 sex act without consent, but two of those were taken up by Tonga's end-of-year Tests.
He also avoided a conviction in court after the magistrate took into account he had immediately deleted the recording, among other factors.
The 20-year-old is vying for Manly's bench utility position with the loser of the five-eighth battle between Kane Elgey and Trent Hodkinson, having impressed out of dummy-half at the end of last season.
"He's an incredible player - if he was at another club he would be playing first grade," Koroisau said.
"Right now he is biting at my heels."
Australian Associated Press
Full article below, highlighted in RED is the mention of Fainu's ban
Koroisau fine despite not playing trials
- Scott Bailey
Apisai Koroisau missed the back half of the 2018 NRL season with a foot injury.
Manly hooker Apisai Koroisau has no concerns entering round one of the NRL without a pre-season trial, despite being on return from a serious foot injury.
The lively Sea Eagles No.9 missed the second half of last season with a Lisfranc fracture sustained in round 14, costing him six months in recovery.
He's been given a light run back into 2019, rested from both of Manly's trials against Cronulla and the Sydney Roosters despite being fit to play.
"My injury is not a contact injury, so I'm not too worried about playing trials if I miss them," Koroisau, who re-signed on an unannounced three-year deal last year, said during pre-season.
"I haven't played trials for a few years and I felt fine going into round one. For some other people they might feel differently.
"With my foot it's all about load and running, so I would be pretty confident."
Koroisau was initially ruled out for 10 weeks with the blow, before scans revealed one of the bones in his foot had become displaced.
He was then forced to sit through Manly's horror end to the season, which saw them win just three of 10 games in his absence.
He is also likely to have to get through 80 minutes against the Wests Tigers on his return, with Manase Fainu still serving a ban from the end of last season.
The NRL has confirmed Fainu had copped a three-game ban after pleading guilty last September to filming an April 2018 sex act without consent, but two of those were taken up by Tonga's end-of-year Tests.
He also avoided a conviction in court after the magistrate took into account he had immediately deleted the recording, among other factors.
The 20-year-old is vying for Manly's bench utility position with the loser of the five-eighth battle between Kane Elgey and Trent Hodkinson, having impressed out of dummy-half at the end of last season.
"He's an incredible player - if he was at another club he would be playing first grade," Koroisau said.
"Right now he is biting at my heels."
Australian Associated Press
