EELS skipper Nathan Cayless has good reason for wanting to score a try in his Parramatta swan song.

THIS is the image long-suffering South Sydney fans will not want to see as their season goes on the line.

SPORTS Editor-at-large Phil Rothfield has named his team of the year - but there's only space for one Dragon. See team, have your say

IT'S the battle of the two scorned five-eighths. One of them has a point to prove - the other has his immediate future to play for.

MONSTER Souths forward Dave Taylor was instructed by physio Errol Alcott to go easy on his collarbone at training.

EDDY Pettybourne, Neville Costigan and Billy Slater have all been charged by the NRL match review committee. Full judiciary wrap

SOUTH SYDNEY owner Russell Crowe has guaranteed John Lang will be coaching the club next season.

JUST over 17 months ago, Ben Ross arrived at St Vincent's Private Hospital on a stretcher, his neck in a brace.

RUGBY league's two most ferocious forward packs will tonight engage in a 1000kg war at CUA Stadium.

THE old adage is that you need a halfback to win a premiership. We rate the NRL's playmakers.

SOUTH Sydney have extended veteran fullback Rhys Wesser's stay at the NRL club until the end of 2011.

WITH the race for finals spots really hotting up, check out the full team details for round 24 of the National Rugby League.

CONFUSION reigned at Souths today with everyone apart from Fetuli Talanoa aware he had agreed a new contract.

SAM Burgess says the Rabbitohs are bracing for the full force of a clear-headed Greg Inglis in tomorrow's must-win clash.

WITH Jeremy Smith and Wade Graham locked away, Cronulla have now devised a master plan to lure Colin Best and Brad Tighe.

THE Dragons are in the enviable position of coming into the finals without any major injury woes.

THE team lists for the final round of the NRL have been released. Check out the injuries and full ins and outs here.

THE Rabbitohs are back in the NRL top eight - for now - after they beat the Eels  tonight.

BEN Ross's inspiring effort to gain clearance to return from a broken neck has been in vain.

WITH only two rounds left in the regular season, the battle for finals spots is hotting up. See the full team details for round 25.

QUEENSLAND Origin centre Willie Tonga has angrily denied claims he wants out of his $1.4 million deal at North Queensland.

SAM Burgess says he's not about to change his ferocious playing style despite fearing he has become a target for referees.

PENRITH will get top four. Dragons will win. But Souths are GONE. Our experts predict the NRL outcome.

VICTORY tonight will give Rabbitohs prop Ben Ross a shot at making a fairytale comeback this season.

JOHN Lang opens up as he prepares to return to Penrith - the scene of his 2003 triumph.

BEAU Champion survived his first serious hit-out and declared himself ready to stop Michael Jennings.

MATURING South Sydney halfback Chris Sandow has vowed to put away his big shoulder charges.

NATHAN Merritt says that living on the Block shouldn't stop kids making their dreams come true.

LUKE Capewell will have the sorrow of family tragedy hanging over his head when he plays the biggest game of his life this Sunday.

WITH a number of crunch matches to take place this weekend as the NRL finals loom, check out the full teams for round 23.