The Warriors and Tigers, sixth and seventh respectively, are just two points behind the Cowboys and one behind the Dragons, and will be watching with enormous interest on Friday night when the Cowboys are away to a surging South Sydney, and the Dragons are away to a competition-leading Melbourne side that has won 11 games in a row.
If the Cowboys and Dragons lose and the Warriors beat struggling Penrith at Centrebet Stadium on Saturday night, the Warriors will jump to fourth. If the Cowboys, Dragons and Warriors all lose, and the Tigers beat Parramatta at the SFS on Sunday and there is enough of a turnaround between them and the Cowboys in the points differential, they will be fourth.