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Round 4 saw upsets, injuries, and suspensions affecting coaches; Panthers, Sharks, Sea Eagles affected.
Round 4 has come and gone, with a host of upsets, injuries and suspensions throwing spanners in the works for a host of coaches.
Read on for the NRL Team Tips for Round 5
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The Panthers welcome back two big-name stars, while the Sharks have lost a pair of key players and the Sea Eagles are set to be without their marquee fullback for an extended period.
Daly Cherry-Evans' departure forces Manly to rethink their spine, considering positional changes or signing a veteran.
Daly Cherry-Evans' decision to leave the Sea Eagles has put the blowtorch on every club's most important combination - their spine.
Manly has two future stars in Onitoni Large and Joey Walsh who will be long-term first graders at the time. But Cherry-Evans' decision now has them considering a Tom Trbojevic positional switch talent or look to the player market to chase a veteran such Jamal Fogarty to be a bridging halfback while Large and Walsh develop into NRL stars.
"Let's be fair Joey is a couple of years away," Manly coach Anthony Seibold said.
"In his first rugby league game in about three years he played very well...
Daly Cherry-Evans accuses someone of smear campaign, refuses to reveal culprit. Creates confusion at club.
Daly Cherry-Evans is not doing the right thing by his own Manly teammates and the fans by continuing to create even more confusion and division at his club.
Is it sections of the media?
The Manly skipper talks about a s
o-called smear campaign
that he claims has been directed against him following his decision to quit his club from next year.
But he then refuses to reveal who it is that he is accusing of doing wrong by him.