Haumole Olakau'atu has likely played his last game of the 2025 NRL season after dislocating his shoulder for the second time in six-weeks.
The 26-year-old lasted just 43-minutes into his side's Round 21 defeat to the Bulldogs before a collision with Viliame Kikau ended his night.
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The game was momentarily paused as Olakau'atu clutched his right arm in agony.
He was taken from the field shortly after, with head coach Anthony Seibold confirming Manly fans' worst fear.
"Our medical staff said to Haumole and myself when you dislocate your shoulder the first time there's around a 90% risk that you'll do it again," Seibold said.
"We wanted to take that risk.
"He had six weeks conditioning and trained fully for the last two weeks. He just got his shoulder in an awkward position.
"I would expect he will have an operation when appropriate.
"We won't see him again this year."
The original injury was sustained against the Titans in round 15 due to a try-saving effort from Beau Fermor.
That setback caused the damaging back-rower to be ruled out of State of Origin contention, with the most recent damage also putting his finals hopes to bed should the Sea Eagles qualify.
Manly fans had another scare later in the match when Tom Trbojevic was left holding his knee after an awkward tackle from Max King.
The superstar centre managed to finish the game and Seibold confirmed that there was no serious damage done to Trbojevic.