Manly Warringah Sea Eagles can confirm the latest medical news on the injury suffered to hooker Jayden Hodges at the NRL Auckland Nines on Sunday.

Scans today confirmed a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) of his right knee, therefore ruling him out for the 2016 season.

Hodges suffered the injury when the knee just gave way when running with the ball in the loss to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the final pool match.

The Sea Eagles injury update for 2016 is sponsored by Elastoplast.