Manly Sea Eagles star Tom Trbojevic vows to return for NRL finals after suffering shoulder injury [Video]

Tom Trbojevic has declared he will return to the field for week one of the finals with the assistance of painkilling injections in the AC joint in his right shoulder.

The Manly ace also made the startling admission he has been getting painkilling jabs in his left AC joint before every game this season.

Trbojevic admitted he was sore on Saturday morning. Scan results are expected to confirm a grade-three tear.

“But if it was a grand final next week, I’d be playing,” Trbojevic told this masthead. “Needles won’t be a problem. They’re not nice when you get them, but they feel good afterwards.

“I get one every game now for my left AC joint. They are a lot more common than you think.

“When the AC is sore, you needle them and they are sweet. You …