There are only two rounds remaining and the National Rugby League top eight is still undecided with ten teams still alive for post-season action.

While the Dragons, Bulldogs and Titans are assured of home finals, the teams ranked fourth through to tenth are still battling to secure their final placing in what is a closely fought out season 2009.

A local derby kicks off round 25 with the Eels hosting Penrith in what should be a sell-out 20,000 plus crowd this Friday night.

Parramatta will go in as favourites with an unchanged line-up and a six-game winning streak to boot, though the Panthers recall the last time they met which turned out to be a try-feast.

Up north in Townsville, the Cowboys seek to raise awareness for the Melanoma Institute with a specially commissioned jersey for the game against the Broncos.

Shannan Hegarty has been named on the wing with Ty Williams moving to fullback as cover for Matt Bowen, who will miss the remainder of the season through injury.

Brisbane welcomes back Israel Folau to the starting line-up with Joel Clinton, Alex Glenn and Josh McGuire all named on an extended bench that will be finalised closer to the game.

Anther star set to return to the field this weekend is Ashley Harrison, named in the Gold Coast team along with Kayne Lawton, Josh Graham and Chris Walker. Esi Tonga has been omitted for the clash with the Wests Tigers on Saturday evening with a shoulder injury.

The Wests Tigers have been forced to make several changes to cover Bryce Gibbs (suspended), Beau Ryan and Taniela Tuiaki (both injured).

Dean Collis and Rhys Hanbury join the backline, with Dene Halatau named on an extended bench.

Melbourne Storm farewells Olympic Park, the home of eleven years, this Saturday night when they host the struggling Sydney Roosters.

A star-studded line-up of performers are set to appear, while Wairangi Koopu replaces Jeff Lima in the squad named today.

The Roosters have named Nick Kouparitsas in an extended 18-man squad for the trip to Melbourne. With the wooden spoon race on with Cronulla, an upset win could see the batten passed from one South-Eastern beachside suburb to the other.

South Sydney may have missed the finals boat but are fairly confident of another good showing when they host St George-Illawarra on Saturday night.

The Rabbitohs are unchanged, leaving the Dragons who have fallen in a hole and lost its last two matches to call in Neville Costigan, Jon Green and Jason Nightingale. Chase Stanley is the only omission at present.

Manly is buoyed by the news that Brett Stewart is ready to resume after missing 12 weeks with a knee injury. Heath L’Estrange and Tony Williams are also back for the Sea Eagles in what is definitely a must-win game to stay ahead of the hungry pack chopping at their tail.

Cronulla is unchanged as they look to finish off a horror season on a high note at Brookvale Oval on Sunday afternoon.

A tribute match has been arranged for retiring leading point-scorer Hazem El Masri this Sunday when the Bulldogs play host to New Zealand Warriors.

The Bulldogs have been bolstered with Ben Roberts and Ben Hannant poised to play, replacing Daniel Holdsworth and Brad Morrin.

New Zealand will be without two veterans with captain Steven Price and games record holder Simon Mannering both ruled out. Ben Matulino and Russell Packer come into the side.

Canberra plays host to the final Monday night football match in season 2009, against the Newcastle Knights.

Both teams have named extended squads for the clash with Phil Graham back for the Raiders and Karawana for the Knights.

Below are all the team line-ups that were announced today, along with Radio and Television coverage details.

South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George-Illawarra Dragons
Saturday night, August 29 @ ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 7:30pm (AEST).

Rabbitohs: 1 Nathan Merritt, 2 Jamie Simpson, 3 Colin Best, 4 Junior Vaivai, 5 Chris McQueen, 6 John Sutton, 7 Chris Sandow; 8 Luke Stuart (c), 9 Issac Luke, 10 Scott Geddes, 11 Ben Lowe, 12 Eddy Pettybourne, 13 David Fa’alogo. Interchange: 14 Beau Falloon, 15 Shannan McPherson, 16 David Tyrrell, 17 Jaiman Lowe.

Dragons: 1 Darius Boyd, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Beau Scott, 4 Matt Cooper, 5 Wendell Sailor, 6 Jamie Soward, 7 Ben Hornby (c); 8 Justin Poore, 9 Dean Young, 10 Michael Weyman, 11 Matt Prior, 12 Ben Creagh, 13 Neville Costigan. Interchange: 14 Dan Hunt, 15 Jeremy Smith, 16 Nathan Fien, 17 Jarrod Saffy, 18 Jason Nightingale, 19 Jon Green. *Two to be omitted*

Viewer’s Choice - Live coverage on Fox Sports Two from 7:30pm (AEST).

North Queensland Cowboys vs Brisbane Broncos
Friday night, August 28 @ Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Kick-off: 7:35pm (AEST).

Cowboys: 1 Ty Williams, 2 Shannon Hegarty, 3 Ashley Graham, 4 Willie Tonga, 5 Michael Bani, 6 Grant Rovelli, 7 Johnathan Thurston (c); 8 Shane Tronc, 9 Anthony Watts, 10 Matthew Scott, 11 Carl Webb, 12 Scott Bolton, 13 Luke O’Donnell. Interchange: 14 Travis Burns, 15 Steve Southern, 16 Antonio Kaufusi, 17 Manase Manuokafoa, 18 Ben Harris, 19 Steve Rapira. *Two to be omitted*

Broncos: 1 Karmichael Hunt, 2 Antonio Winterstein, 5 Israel Folau, 4 Justin Hodges, 3 Jharal Yow Yeh, 6 Darren Lockyer (c), 7 Peter Wallace; 8 Nick Kenny, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 David Taylor, 11 Tonie Carroll, 12 Sam Thaiday, 13 Corey Parker. Interchange: 14 Lagi Setu, 15 Ben Te’o, 16 Ashton Sims, 17 Alex Glenn, 18 Josh McGuire, 19 Joel Clinton. *Two to be omitted*

Live coverage on Channel 9 from 7:30pm (QLD). Replay from 9:30pm (NSW/ACT). Fox Sports late night replay from 1:00am (AEST). Check local guides for more information.

Parramatta Eels vs Penrith Panthers
Friday night, August 28 @ Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 7:35pm (AEST).

Eels: 1 Jarryd Hayne, 2 Luke Burt, 3 Krisnan Inu, 4 Joel Reddy, 5 Eric Grothe, 6 Daniel Mortimer, 7 Jeff Robson; 8 Nathan Cayless (c), 9 Matthew Keating, 10 Fuifui Moimoi, 11 Nathan Hindmarsh, 12 Joe Galuvao, 13 Todd Lowrie. Interchange: 14 Kevin Kingston, 15 Feleti Mateo, 16 Ben Smith, 17 Tim Mannah.

Panthers: 1 Jarrod Sammut, 2 Junior Tia-Kilifi, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Brad Tighe, 5 Michael Gordon, 6 Wade Graham, 7 Luke Walsh; 8 Matthew Bell, 9 Paul Aiton, 10 Frank Puletua, 11 Trent Waterhouse (c), 12 Frank Pritchard, 13 Luke Lewis. Interchange: 14 Nathan Smith, 15 Joseph Paulo, 16 Maurice Blair, 17 Adam Woolnough, 18 Tim Grant, 19 Gavin Cooper. *Two to be omitted*

Live coverage on Channel 9 and Radio 2GB from 7:30pm (NSW/ACT). Replay from 9:30pm (QLD). Fox Sports late night replay from 11:30pm (AEST). Check local guides for more information.

Gold Coast Titans vs Wests Tigers
Saturday night, August 29 @ Skilled Park, Robina (Gold Coast)
Kick-off: 5:30pm (AEST).

Titans: 1 Preston Campbell, 2 Kevin Gordon, 3 Sam Tagataese, 4 Jordan Atkins, 5 David Mead, 6 Mat Rogers, 7 Scott Prince (c); 8 Luke Bailey (c), 9 Nathan Friend, 10 Matthew White, 11 Anthony Laffranchi, 12 Mark Minichiello, 13 Ashley Harrison. Interchange: 14 Michael Henderson, 15 Brad Meyers, 16 Luke O’Dwyer, 17 Kayne Lawton, 18 Josh Graham, 19 Will Matthews, 22 Chris Walker. *Three to be omitted*

Tigers: 1 Tim Moltzen, 2 Blake Ayshford, 3 Dean Collis, 4 Chris Lawrence, 5 Rhys Hanbury, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Robert Lui; 8 Bryce Gibbs, 9 Robbie Farah (c), 10 Keith Galloway, 11 Gareth Ellis, 12 Todd Payten, 13 Chris Heighington. Interchange: 14 John Morris, 15 Danny Galea, 16 Corey Payne, 17 John Skandalis, 18 Dene Halatau. *One to be omitted*

Live coverage on Fox Sports Two and Radio 2GB from 5:30pm (AEST).

Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters
Saturday night, August 29 @ Olympic Park, Melbourne
Kick-off: 7:30pm (AEST).

Storm: 1 Billy Slater, 2 Steve Turner, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Dane Nielsen, 5 Joseph Tomane, 6 Brett Finch, 7 Cooper Cronk; 8 Scott Anderson, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Brett White, 11 Aiden Tolman, 12 Ryan Hoffman, 13 Dallas Johnson. Interchange: 14 Ryan Hinchcliffe, 15 Adam Blair, 16 Ryan Tandy, 17 Wairangi Koopu.

Roosters: 1 Sam Perrett, 2 Iwi Hauraki, 3 Mitchell Aubusson, 4 Setaimata Sa, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Anthony Minichiello, 7 Mitchell Pearce; 8 Frank-Paul Nuuausala, 9 Jake Friend, 10 Shane Shackleton, 11 Sia Soliola, 12 Willie Mason, 13 Craig Fitzgibbon (c). Interchange: 14 Stanley Waqa, 15 Nate Myles, 16 Riley Brown, 17 Ben Jones, 18 Nick Kouparitsas. *One to be omitted*

Viewer’s Choice - Live coverage on Fox Sports Two from 7:30pm (AEST).

Manly Sea Eagles vs Cronulla Sharks
Sunday afternoon, August 30 @ Brookvale Oval, Sydney
Kick-off: 2:00pm (AEST).

Sea Eagles: 1 Brett Stewart, 2 Michael Robertson, 3 Ben Farrar, 4 Steve Matai, 5 David Williams, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Matt Orford (c); 8 Jason King, 9 Matt Ballin, 10 Josh Perry, 11 Anthony Watmough, 12 Chris Bailey, 13 Glenn Stewart. Interchange: 14 Heath L’Estrange, 15 Brent Kite, 16 George Rose, 17 Glenn Hall, 21 Tony Williams. *One to be omitted*

Sharks: 1 Nathan Stapleton, 2 Blake Ferguson, 3 Ben Pomeroy, 4 Mitch Brown, 5 Luke Covell (c), 6 Blake Green, 7 Scott Porter; 8 Kade Snowden, 9 Corey Hughes, 10 Luke Douglas, 11 Grant Millington, 12 Anthony Tupou, 13 Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14 Ian Donnelly, 15 Matt Wright, 16 Jack Afamasaga, 17 Lancen Joudo.

Live coverage on Fox Sports Two and Radio 2GB from 2:00pm (AEST).

Bulldogs vs New Zealand Warriors
Sunday afternoon, August 30 @ ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 3:00pm (AEST).

Bulldogs: 1 Luke Patten, 2 Hazem El Masri, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Jamal Idris, 5 Bryson Goodwin, 6 Ben Roberts, 7 Brett Kimmorley; 8 Ben Hannant, 9 Michael Ennis, 10 Michael Hodgson, 11 Greg Eastwood, 12 Andrew Ryan (c), 13 David Stagg. Interchange: 14 Jarrad Hickey, 15 Chris Armit, 16 Yileen Gordon, 17 Gary Warburton.

Warriors: 1 Wade McKinnon, 2 Kevin Locke, 3 Lance Hohaia, 4 Jerome Ropati, 5 Manu Vatuvei, 6 Joel Moon, 7 Stacey Jones; 8 Sam Rapira, 9 Aaron Heremaia, 10 Evarn Tuimavave, 11 Lewis Brown, 12 Ukuma Ta’ai, 13 Micheal Luck (c). Interchange: 14 Ian Henderson, 15 Russell Packer, 16 Jacob Lillyman, 17 Ben Matulino.

Live broadcast on Radio 2GB from 3:00pm. Replay on Channel 9 from 4:00pm, check local guides for more information. Replay on Fox Sports Two from 6:00pm (all times AEST).

Canberra Raiders vs Newcastle Knights
Monday night, August 31 @ Canberra Stadium
Kick-off: 7:00pm (AEST).

Raiders: 1 Josh Dugan, 2 Daniel Vidot, 3 Jarrod Croker, 4 Joel Monaghan, 5 Phil Graham, 6 Terry Campese, 7 Josh McCrone, 8 Dane Tilse, 9 Alan Tongue (c), 10 David Shillington, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Bronson Harrison, 13 Josh Miller. Interchange: 14 Trevor Thurling, 15 Travis Waddell, 16 Troy Thompson, 17 Joe Picker, 18 Glen Buttriss. *One to be omitted*

Knights: 1 Kurt Gidley (c), 2 Akuila Uate, 3 Junior Sau, 4 Adam MacDougall, 5 Cooper Vuna, 6 Ben Rogers, 7 Jarrod Mullen; 8 Mark Taufua, 9 Isaac DeGois, 10 Chris Houston, 11 Steve Simpson, 12 Zeb Taia, 13 Matt Hilder. Interchange: 14 Wes Naiqama, 15 Marvin Karawana, 16 Richie Fa’aoso, 17 Danny Wicks, 18 Cory Paterson. *One to be omitted*

Live coverage on Fox Sports Two from 6:00pm (AEST). Check local guides for more information.