St George Illawarra will look to make the most of their weekend off when they host the Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium on Saturday.
The Dragons, fresh off their first bye of the season, will look to continue the momentum from their strong win over the New Zealand Warriors last time out.
There are a number of questions around the make up of the Dragons’ side, with captain Gareth Widdop (knee) and centre Euan Aitken (hamstring) likely to remain unavailable.
Coach Paul McGregor could see Josh Dugan return from a fractured cheekbone but that will depend on how he gets through State of Origin with NSW tonight.
Forward Tyson Frizell will also be monitored after turning out for the Blues.
Dugan has not played for the Dragons since the round nine loss to Melbourne. His last match before Origin was Australia’s Anzac Test against New Zealand on May 5.
It will be the first time Dugan has worn the red v since announcing his move to fierce local rivals Cronulla next season.
Speaking to Fairfax Media from Origin camp last week, Dugan said while he wanted to remain at the club, the loyalty card was never a factor.
"Everyone talks about loyalty but at the end of the day loyalty won't pay the bills when you're 40," Dugan said.
"Yeah, pretty much," Dugan said when asked if he just wanted respect from the Dragons.
"That's what I tried to say a while ago. The way it panned out, the talk was fullback money or centre money. It was never about that. It was about getting what I thought I was worth as a rep player and being able to play a couple of positions and going from there.
"That's what Flano's told me. He said, 'look, I'm not going to guarantee you anything but we've bought you as an elite player'. I'm happy with that."
Sharks coach Shane Flanagan has already indicated Valentine Holmes will be Cronulla’s fullback for the next decade. But Dugan is just happy to be somewhere he will feel appreciated.
"There are no [guarantees], but in saying that if I signed at the Dragons I would have been guaranteed centre," he said.
"I don't really know how to word it, but I'm going there as a world-class player – that's what Flano told me. That's all I wanted from the start [from the Dragons]. To be branded as that rather than a certain position. I put myself as a fullback because that's what I was playing in but they were trying to tell me I was a centre. They tagged me as a centre straight away but I said, 'look, I'm playing fullback, I feel like I'm a fullback'.
"I've got a lot of appreciation for what the Dragons did. They gave me that lifeline and I showed the faith in re-signing for a long term. I wanted to stay on long-term but that's not the way it panned out so I have to move on.”