This weekend its the time to believe in magic in the NR where the full round of Telstra Premiership action will be played across one weekend in one location - 16 teams, 8 games, over 4 days.
It's the first of its kind in Australian sport, and the Sharks versus Titans kicks it off tonight, Thursday, at 7.50pm at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.
The Sharks have played the Titans 19 times with the bookies going with the Sharks' 52 per cent winning average for the result.
Eight of the past 10 games have been decided by six points or less but the Sharks should be too strong in the opening game of NRL's inaugural Magic Round.
The understrength Titans have two wins from eight games and it's now or never as far as their season's top eight prospects are concerned.
The Sharks have been a little hot and cold themselves and might not find it as easy to get up, as they did in last week's 20-18 upset of Melbourne, at Suncorp where they have lost their last three games
Good news for the Sharks is Sosaia Feki returns to his preferred position on the right wing and last week's tryscorer Briton Nikora is in good form.
The Dragons play the Warriors in the Saturday 5.30pm slot and hope to get back on the winner's board after last week's 32-18 loss to Parramatta left them with a 4-4 record and sitting on the edge of the top eight.
The NRL is optimistic the two year decision to hold all eight round-nine matches at Suncorp Stadium will prove the concept is a winner so that they can replicate the concept elsewhere.
More than 130,000 tickets have been sold for the four-day event. Crowds of more than 40,000 are expected on Friday and Saturday and more than half the tickets sold are three-day passes.