Daly Cherry-Evans said he had been the victim of a ugly and nasty smear campaign, but said that fans showed that they had seen him during the 26-12 defeat by Manly de Parramatta.
Six days after announcing its imminent virile release, Cherry-Evans led the Sea Eagles to the second on the LNR scale on Sunday with its third victory in four games.
The victory had a serious cost, Tom Trbojevic suffering from a suspected tear of the medial ligament in his left knee which should put him away for about five weeks.
After missing last week’s victory over Canberra in a waterproofing in the hamstrings, Trbojevic fought for 15 minutes on his injured left knee before not returning after half time.
He will have analyzes on Monday, but it was one of the rare moments of a Trbojevique injury was not at the center of attention at Manly.
After a very public of his decision to make this 15th season in Manly his last, Cherry-Evans was not hué, but rather gave the greatest joy of anyone in Brookvale on Sunday.
Daly Cherry-Evans says he was the victim of a ugly and nasty “smear campaign”
Cherry-Evans says he knows where the defamation campaign comes from
After the match, he said to the Nine Network, there was a “smear campaign” against him.
“I know who it comes from and it is not appropriate to talk about it,” said Cherry-Evans later at the post-match press conference.
“There were quite a few things about it after the announcement on Monday evening.
“I have the impression that it could have ended fairly quickly at the beginning of the week, but this was obviously not the case.
“This means that conversations continued to occur outside those that occurred between the club and.
“This is where I felt like it was a bit mean and a little ugly.”
During the six days following the announcement of Cherry-Evans, the half-back concluded a two-year contract worth 1.4 million dollars in Manly.
It also appeared that he had asked for a liberation from the club at the end of 2023, as well as the details of Manly’s discussions with n ° 7 at the end of last year.
The virile skipper received a huge renown in Brookvale on Sunday
Cherry-Evans admitted that he had been injured by the benefits, after so long with the club.
And although he said that a decision, and where he would play next year, it was a bit of leave, it did not impact questions on Sunday because he clearly won a public relations battle.
The virile captain received the greatest joy of the crowd before the match, and helped to set up the first try to force two line dropouts.
The 36 -year -old man then finished the match by posing photos with fans after a celebration tour, while a banner was hoisted from the northern end of the ground while reading “Daly Stay”.
“There is a human element, so your emotions and feelings are sometimes injured,” said Cherry-Evans.
“The reception, I was certainly a little nervous. Honestly, I was really emotional today when I heard the hill support me.
“I was a little worried that it was not going to go in the base of what was placed in the media, but I think they saw through it and made me so proud.”
Sunday’s defeat left Parramatta without victory, guilty of wasting a good ball at the end of the first half and only crossing from 14-0 and 26-6.
They badly defended the edges early, gave too many penalties in the first 20 minutes and played the match.
“Our fight and our efforts were there, but we simply put ourselves under too much pressure,” said Eels coach Jason Ryles.
“We are good for periods, but we cannot do it long enough.”
Manly, in comparison, did what they had to do to stay second on the scale.
Trbojevic put Lehi Hopoate through for Manly’s second try before her injury, while Hopoate moved to the back and sent Tolu Koula for a four-half-time pointer.
Corey Waddell also had a test in victory, on Luke Brooks to seal the victory during a dramatic day in Brookvale.