Manly Sea Eagles beat South Sydney Rabbitohs, move into NRL top four

Manly's resurgence under new full-time coach Kieran Foran has continued as the Sea Eagles provisionally move into the NRL's top four with a 28-14 win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Brookvale Oval.

The Sea Eagles overcame an early deficit and the sin binning of fullback Clayton Faulalo to secure an eighth win from 10 matches since Foran took over in round four.

REPORT: Manly Sea Eagles 28-14 South Sydney Rabbitohs

But a controversial no-call in the second half stung the Rabbitohs, and gave the Sea Eagles a crucial try early in the second half.

Holding a narrow 10-8 led, Faulalo scored in the 49th minute to extend Manly's lead.

But replays appeared to show teammate Ben Trbojevic knocking on in the play-the-ball which preceded the try.

The bobbled ball was missed by referee Adam Gee, and the NRL Bunker is unable to rule on the play-the-ball when reviewing tries.

Faulalo limped off after scoring with an injured hamstring, souring Manly's win.

Coach Kieran Foran said the initial assessment was :low grade strain" and Faulalo would hopefully be fit for Manly's next match in two weekends.

Maroons lose star for rest of Origin series

Brisbane Broncos lock Pat Carrigan will be out for six weeks the club has said, needing surgery that will keep the Queensland representative out of the remaining State of Origin matches.

Carrigan limped off during Brisbane's shock loss to the winless St George Illawarra Dragons at Lang Park last Sunday.

The Broncos were hopeful earlier in the week their star lock would not need surgery on his syndesmosis injury.

But a statement on Thursday evening confirmed Carrigan would need surgery and would miss six weeks of action.

"The Brisbane Broncos can confirm Patrick Carrigan has had surgery to repair a syndesmosis injury suffered in Round 13 against the Dragons," the club said.

"He is expected to be sidelined for approximately six weeks."

This rules out Carrigan from the final two matches of the State of Origin series.

Carrigan came off the bench for the Maroons and played 48 minutes in the 22-20 defeat to the Blues in Game I.