The Manly Sea Eagles come into their semi final clash with the Sydney Roosters on the back of a heroic elimination final win against the Bulldogs.
They were arguably outplayed for much of the match, but their experience paid off as they were better in the moments that mattered and secured a two point win.
They will now look to repeat the trick against the Roosters, and Anthony Seibold believes a star player is nearing full fitness after being hampered by injury in the last couple of weeks.
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Seibold backs Tom Trbojevic to fire against Roosters
Speaking to media on Friday, Anthony Seibold said Tom Trbojevic had pulled up well from the bruising encounter last weekend, and will be ready to be at his explosive best in the win or go home match against the Roosters.
"He's much better this week having had a needle and looked after himself," Seibold said.
"He's probably a bit dusty [from] that first half, but I thought after half time he was very good.
"He trained fully on Wednesday - and that was without a needle - so we expect Turbo to be at his best on Saturday night."
Seibold denied he was pushing Trbojevic too hard just two weeks after he suffered the shoulder injury in a regular season win over the Bulldogs.
"There's certainly no excuses... I know Turbo [is] such a high profile guy so I get the narrative around his injury, but it's a really common sort of injury in rugby league, and often players will get another needle at half time to help with that pain management."
Winger Jason Saab has not been able to shrug off his leg injury suffered in the same game as Trbojevic, with Tolutau Koula named on the wing in his place once again.
Seibold says the way they won the game last weekend puts them in good stead for this weekend's match, which is set to be a tight one against a Roosters team who defeated them at Allianz Stadium in the regular season.
"[To] come back the way he did in that fashion [was] really pleasing," he said.
"We've won games where we've won tight games, but not one where we were probably dominated from our field position and possession point of view as much as the weekend, so that's a step in the right direction."