Manly back-rower Ben Trbojevic was ruled out in the first half of Saturday night’s game against the Roosters after a gruesome head clash with teammate Luke Brooks left him gushing with blood.
Trbojevic and Brooks collided when they went to tackle Roosters back-rower Siua Wong 25 minutes into the contest at Brookvale Oval.
Trbojevic went off for a head injury assessment and failed the test, having displayed category one symptoms.
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Ben Trbojevic and Luke Brooks clash heads. Fox League
In extremely wet and windy conditions — hail even started coming down early in the second half — the Roosters took a 12-4 lead into half-time after scoring tries through Billy Smith and Angus Crichton.
The Crichton try will go down as a contender for try of the season
Roosters winger Daniel Tupou collected a cross-field kick from Sam Walker before offloading to Crichton, who scored.
“That is one of the tries of the year… that is a corker,” Dan Ginnane said in commentary for Fox League.
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The Sea Eagles-Roosters clash is a high-stakes game with Manly placed ninth on the ladder and the Tricolours 10th.
The Sea Eagles are on 24 competition points, one win behind the eighth-placed Sharks, and the Roosters are on 22 points.
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