Veteran Sea Eagles player Jake Trbojevic was not immediately ruled out of Saturday's brutal semi-final against the Roosters, even though the independent doctor in the bunker was not convinced that he had clear co-ordination problems as a result of a violent collision with Lindsay Collins.
Manly had already lost a player when Tolu Koula was sent off on the opening kick-off for putting his head in the wrong position during a tackle on Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.