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The Broncos have the chance to create an eight-point gap over ninth place against the Raiders after the Bulldogs thumped the Knights and Manly surprised Penrith at home. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary.

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Sea Eagles spring surprise on Panthers

A Nathan Cleary sin-binning has helped Manly consign Penrith to its second straight loss after the premiership contender was shocked 18-10 by the lowly-ranked Sea Eagles.

With scores locked at 10-10 with 15 minutes to play, Cleary was ruled by the NRL's bunker to have held Daly Cherry-Evans off the ball as he chased his own grubber kick close to the line.

The NSW halfback was sent to the bin for the professional foul, Trent Hodkinson then slotting over the penalty goal for Manly to take a 12-10 lead at Panthers Stadium.

Manly then took full advantage five minutes later when Jake Trbojevic spun and provided an offload for Hodkinson to buck Manly's four-game losing streak and put space between it and the bottom of the ladder.

But the win came as a cost for Manly, which lost star centre Dylan Walker to a knee injury when he was carried off the field early in the second half.

Walker will go for scans on Monday, but Sea Eagles officials were hopeful the blow only came through contact and there was no structural damage to his anterior cruciate ligament.

Penrith also lost powerful second-rower Viliame Kikau to a knee injury late, in what was only his return match from a medial ligament strain on the same knee earlier in June.

The loss drops the Panthers back to fourth and behind Melbourne on the ladder, after they'd logged four straight wins before their loss to the Roosters last round.