Coach faces delicate fullback call

Coach faces delicate fullback call

Sea Eagles' coach Seibold uncertain about Trbojevic's fullback position with Hopoate returning from injury soon.

Yahoo! Sport

Sea Eagles coach Anthony Seibold says Tom Trbojevic is no certainty to remain at fullback next week when Lehi Hopoate is expected to return from the AC joint injury that has ruled him out of Friday's trip to take on the ladder-leading Raiders.

A banged-up Hopoate hasn't been able to do contact work at training for the past fortnight and is nursing a couple of injuries after he copped an accidental knee to the head from Roosters fullback James Tedesco that forced him off for a head injury assessment that he passed.

"Hopefully only this week," Seibold replied when asked how long the youngster would be out for.

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