NRL clears Wighton but adds to Souths' halves pain

South Sydney's Jack Wighton has been cleared after being put on report for a hip-drop tackle. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

The NRL's match review committee have ruled the bunker got Jack Wighton's match-defining "hip-drop" call wrong, while driving another knife into South Sydney's halves crisis.

In a double blow for the Rabbitohs on Sunday morning, halfback Jayden Sullivan and prop Sean Keppie were both hit with one-game bans from their loss to North Queensland on Saturday.