Despite the criticism St George Illawarra boss Peter Doust received for rejecting about $250,000 to shift the Dragons' home semi-final against Parramatta to the Sydney Football Stadium, Creagh said the choice was easy.

"It's worth everything,'' Creagh said of playing in front of a Kogarah home crowd.

"We love playing our home games whether it's at WIN Stadium or Jubilee Stadium.

"That's what you play for [throughout the] year ... for the players and the fans to have that home-ground advantage come semi-final time.''

As the Leader went to print last night only general admission tickets were available and the match will be the second consecutive sell-out at the ground, following an almost 18,000-strong attendance for the Dragons-Eels match last Friday night.

"All the boys are pumped about playing at Kogarah,'' Creagh said.

"Home-ground advantage is everything. It means a lot and it definitely will on Sunday.'

St George Illawarra trained at Wollongong on Tuesday before having yesterday off.

Halves Jamie Soward and Ben Hornby along with prop Jusin Poore were on light duty but will take to the field on Sunday.

The team will train again in Wollongong today before a final run on Saturday.

"We had a pretty big turn around from last Friday to Sunday, so it wasn't too long of a session [on Tuesday],'' Creagh said.

"The only pressure will be what we put on ourselves which is to have good performances every week.

"That has been no different all year and [it will be] no different this weekend.''

The Eels welcome back international duo Eric Grothe (stomach bug) and Nathan Hindmarsh (toe) while Krisnan Inu (hamstring) still remains in some doubt.

St George Illawarra reduced the impact of newly crowned Dally M player-of-the-year Jarryd Hayne in Friday's match.

The electric fullback will have a bigger role in the Eels do-or-die clash on Sunday.

"I don't know if he was quiet,'' Creagh said of Hayne's game last Friday.

"We just tried to kick long in the corner and limit his amount of time with the ball on kick returns.

"He is such a powerful runner and so strong in bringing the ball back.''

Following a near flawless 22 rounds of competition the Dragons hit a speed bump when they lost three games in a row.

Creagh said the losses started to place a small seed of doubt in his mind. "[The win was] very important,'' he said.