WHY SEA EAGLES ARE FLUSH FOR SUCCESS AGAINST PANTHERS
Jon Geddes, Manly Daily
September 5, 2017
SEA Eagles players have been told to “flush” last weekend’s dominant 28-12 win over Penrith as they prepare to take on the Panthers again in their elimination final at Allianz Stadium on Saturday night.
“We are not expecting it to be the same game that it was last week,” said backrower Curtis Sironen.
“They are going to be a different side and we have to try and replicate the same thing
“It’s finals footy, we are not playing at Lottoland.
“Baz (coach Trent Barrett) made a point about that, he goes we just have to flush last week,”
Sironen said after overcoming that hurdle to make the finals, the Sea Eagles now have to set new goals and start again.
Curtis Sironen celebrates scoring a try against Penrith at Lottoland. Picture: AAP.
He made an impressive and timely return to the field last Saturday after 10 weeks out due to a torn pectoral muscle.
“I was pretty happy with how my lungs were especially, I got more minutes than I thought I might have so hopefully I can build on that again and play the whole 80,” he said.
Preparing for final football marks a massive change in fortunes for Sironen, who this time 12 months ago was a player in reserve grade at the Wests Tigers and down in confidence.
“I was just not playing anywhere where I can and not enjoying myself,” he admitted.
“Coming here I wanted to nail a spot in first grade — I did that and then started building some confidence.
“It just shows that you can just knuckle down and it doesn’t matter where you are, you can change your outcome.”
It has been a big couple of weeks for Sironen’s family with younger brother Bayley recently making his NRL debut for the Tigers.
And Sironen said he would like to see Bayley to join him in a Manly jumper.
“I think he is off contract over there so it would be pretty good to have him- the Trbojevics and the Sironens,” he said.
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