Joey Walsh, a rookie, is set to start for Manly in the NRL as Kieran Foran emphasizes his bravery amidst challenges following Luke Brooks' injury.
Kieran Foran wants top rookie prospect Joey Walsh to harness his "elite level of bravery" joining Manly's starting side on the run to the NRL finals.
A season-ending knee injury to five-eighth Luke Brooks has positioned the highly-touted 20-year-old for the sternest test of his young career yet.
Schoolboy rugby union prodigy Walsh has impressed filling in in the halves in four previous NRL games, three of those under first-year coach Foran.
But from Sunday's clash against Parramatta, Walsh is tasked with striking instant chemistry with halfback Jamal Fogarty and helping lift resurgent Manly into finals.