WESTS Tigers' Benji Marshall is back playing semi-finals football - and opposing captains are starting to fret.

CANTERBURY finished their disappointing NRL season on a high note, stunning Manly 30-24 in a thrilling encounter at Brookvale Oval.

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

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

GLENN Stewart could be rubbed out for the season - and with him will go Manly's title chances.

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

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.

NEW Zealand Warriors lock Micheal Luck last night suffered one of the most gruesome injuries seen in the NRL.

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

BROOKVALE Oval will transform into Jurassic Park this Saturday night with a prehistoric showdown between The Beast and T-Rex.

MANLY'S Jason King will escape suspension despite being charged with a grade one careless high tackle.

WING behemoth Tony Williams is a true rugby league enigma who can make or break Manly's season.

MANLY centre Steve Matai has sacrificed some big money to remain at the club for another three seasons.

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

MANLY prop Josh Perry has vowed to be back for the finals despite suffering a freakish leg dislocation.

MANLY enforcer Steve Matai will be sidelined for at least seven weeks for his late shot on Michael Ennis.

IT might be his final appearance at Brookvale Oval but Manly enforcer Josh Perry is refusing to contemplate the end of the road.

MANLY and NRL referees are officially at loggerheads a week out from the finals after Sunday's blunder against the Roosters cost the Sea Eagles any chance of victory.

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

MANLY lock Glenn Stewart faces up to six weeks out after being hit with a grade five striking charge.

SALARY cap pressures will prevent club legend Steve Menzies from returning to Brookvale next season.

SEA Eagles coach Des Hasler is lamenting the loss of backrower  Shane Rodney for the rest of the year.

ROOKIE halfback Trent Hodkinson kept Manly's pursuit of home final alive with a crucial field goal lifting them to victory over the New Zealand Warriors.

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

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

IT'S a rivalry etched more in controversy than in blood and the next chapter in their trans-Tasman battle will be written tonight.

MANLY have lost rising fullback Will Hopoate for Monday night's important clash with St George Illawarra at Kogarah Oval.

MANLY want local member Tony Abbott to help build a 24,000 seat boutique stadium at Brookvale Oval.

INJURY woes have forced Manly coach Des Hasler to name an extended bench for the clash with the Dragons.

THE Manly Sea Eagles have helped consolidate their place in the top eight with a 26-6 win over the Storm tonight.