SEA EAGLE TURBO FIRES IN GAME 100

BRETT Stewart was known as the Prince of Brookvale, but he’d happily concede that Tom Trbojevic is the new king of the castle after Turbo scored twice, set up four tries and had five line-breaks as he led Manly to a thrilling win in his 100th NRL appearance.

The milestone man helped Manly snap a six-game losing streak at Lottoland as the Sea Eagles honoured the 2011 premiership team with a brilliant comeback 38-32 win over the Warriors.

It wasn’t as emphatic a performance as the grand final heroics from a decade ago, but the Sea Eagles faithful won’t care after their side fought back from a sloppy first half to move within striking distance of the top eight thanks to their peerless fullback.

Trbojevic had a hand in Manly’s first six tries in what will go down as his best performance in first grade, and one of the greatest individual efforts in history. He is as important to this team as Andrew Johns was to the Knights, and his best is yet to come if his troublesome hamstrings can endure.

“The scary part is he’s still building into the season,” Des Hasler said.

“He’s managing it really well. He’s such a damaging player so he makes defences think twice.” FRUSTRATED Canterbury coach Trent Barrett sensationally hooked underperforming halfback Kyle Flanagan at halftime as the Bulldogs slumped to an embarrassing 32-12 defeat against St George Illawarra at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Sunday.

Fed-up with another ineffective performance from his young No 7, Barrett replaced Flanagan with Lachlan Lewis in a bid to get his side going.

The Dragons cleared out in the second half for their first win in a month.