‘A systematic killer’: Former Origin star candidly opens up on battle with motor neurone disease
Manly superstar Tom Trbojevic joins the podcast to take a look back over his decorated journey in rugby league.
Speaking with Yvonne Sampson on Fox League’s Face-to-Face, Webb, who said “strength had always been a big part of my game”, revealed he went and got checked out after struggling to do menial tasks. “Just struggling to button up my shirt, holding a dinner plate and a cup to go back to the table for a meal,” Webb said.“Initially I just thought it could be a back injury or something spinal, I’ll go check that out. Then I couldn’t even do 10 push ups, and strength had always been a big part of my game so I thought ‘that’s really odd.’
“That simple exercise was really tough, and I thought there is something really wrong here. I better go get it checked out.“It wasn’t until I walked out of the specialist office and googled it, and it was a baseball bat to the head. Everything was a blur for a couple of days … I was still hoping it’s not MND, and something more simple.MORE NRL NEWS