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NRLW Round 11 sees crucial matches to determine top six teams, while NRL finals showcase Tiger and Raiders' success.
NRLW comes to its regular season crescendo with some crunch matchups to decide top six finishing positions, a week after our NRL champion was crowned.
The Wests Tigers and Raiders have improved on recent years to qualify for the post-season and will be looking to take momentum into finals when they meet on Friday evening.
Eels celebrate resilient win, Crichton Ropati debuts; Cowboys seek redemption after heavy loss to Roosters.
Parramatta return home buoyed by one of their most resilient wins of the season.
The Eels dug deep to edge Canberra 17-16, defending repeat sets before Rachael Pearson's clutch field goal secured the win. It was a performance built on determination and defensive grit.
North Queensland, by contrast, will be looking to quickly move on from a difficult outing against the Roosters. The Cowboys struggled to contain the unbeaten competition leaders, going down 56-6.
Reuben Cotter is cleared to play against the Sharks after successful legal defense, avoiding a two-game ban for a high tackle.
Cowboys co-captain Reuben Cotter is free to play in Saturday night's elimination final against the Sharks after a masterclass from defence counsel Tom Hancock who spent eight seasons in the Queensland Cup before he retired in 2022.
Cotter was facing a two-game ban if he'd been found guilty at Tuesday's judiciary hearing after he was hit with a grade two careless high tackle charge for a high shot on Josh Papalii from the opening play of the game.
The North Queensland lock was sent to the sin bin just 15 seconds into Saturday's contest and was offered a one-match ban with an early guilty plea.
But the club rolled the dice and hit the jackpot with the representative star cleared to play this weekend after an initial blow was delivered by the judiciary panel of Henry Perenara and Bob Lindner.
The panel found Cotter guilty after a lengthy deliberation, but Hancock then sought a downgrade to the unanimous ruling when he was told he could by judiciary chairman Geoffrey Bellew.