The new coach of the Manly Sea Eagles, Anthony Seibold, has previewed the club’s first game of the NRL season.

Manly will lose Josh Schuster out for a number of weeks, and he said it was disappointing to lose him in the first round.

But he said Cooper Johns has had a promising pre-season.

“I think everyone saw Cooper in the two trial games, it’s probably two of the best  games I’ve watched him play.

“He has played 11 NRL games, this is the first time he will start Round 1 for a club in the NRL so it’s a great opportunity for him and he deserves it.”

He also weighed in on development players and restrictions around using them.

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