The top eight is now set in stone ahead of the finals series beginning on Friday, with the Melbourne Storm looking to win back-to-back premierships.
First qualifying final: Storm vs Sea Eagles
But they are sweating on a fitness concern to star five-eighth Cameron Munster, who has an infected knee that needed a surgical cleanout last week.But they have the NRL's form player in Tom Trbojevic and an array of strike weapons that will ask plenty of questions of the Storm's defence.The Sydney Roosters, who finished fifth on the ladder, face the eighth-placed Gold Coast in Townsville on Saturday.
Trent Robinson's Roosters may be undermanned, but they are a finals-hardened team and have won nine of their past 10 matches against the Titans.Penrith and South Sydney face off in the second match of the double header in Townsville. Blake Taaffe put his hand up to fill Latrell Mitchell's void for the Rabbitohs with a composed display at fullback, as Wayne Bennett's inexperienced line-up defeated St George Illawarra on Saturday.
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