South Sydney Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell helped guide Manly Sea Eagles full-back Tom Trbojevic to reconditioning specialist Bill Knowles

Trbojevic shared what he learned from Knowles, who has worked with world stars like Tiger Woods, Alex Rodriguez, Andy Murray and Peyton Manning.

While it would be a stretch to say that Trbojevic had to learn to walk again, the Dally M medalist had to make some technical adjustments to his movement to avoid further injury. “Own property” was one of the terms Knowles used to describe the subtle changes required.

“It’s not so much a blank canvas and a fresh start, it’s about figuring out where you need to get stronger and implementing a plan for it,” Trbojevic explained.

“On a soccer field, whether you’re changing direction or running fast, you find yourself in certain positions. You want to be strong through the floor at all times and use all your muscles together and not be weak and compromise a few.

“You look closely at how you move and how your body works. I’m far from perfect, it takes a lot of time. It’s good, I enjoy it.”

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Most pundits predict the Sea Eagles will only go as far as Trbojevic can take them. Since 2015, Manly has won 51.6 per cent of games when ‘Turbo’ is fit and just 35.6 per cent when he is not fit.

However, talk of a one-man team is quickly dismissed by Trbojevic.

“I don’t think I believe in it myself — I wouldn’t say it’s something that frustrates me,” he said.

“I don’t read it or think that, so frustrated wouldn’t be the right word. I definitely don’t think it’s true. We have a great team and you could see that at the weekend.

“If we play like this all year round, we’re right.”

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