The Knights continue to surge towards the finals and will look to make it five wins on the bounce against a Dolphins outfit that went down in a heartbreaker against the Bulldogs last week.
Sitting 14th and floundering after a loss to Penrith in Round 17, the Kalyn Ponga-inspired Knights have peeled off wins over the Bulldogs, Wests Tigers, Storm and Raiders to close to within one point of the top eight.
Ponga has come up with seven try assists, 26 tackle breaks and 54 points across those four games to breathe new life into the Knights' season and remind everyone of his sublime talents.
The Dolphins have plenty of attacking weapons of their own but looked out of sync in Bundaberg on Sunday as handling errors and poor last-tackle options cost them dearly against the Bulldogs.
After starting the year so strongly and knocking off heavyweights like the Roosters, Raiders, Cowboys and Sharks along the way, Wayne Bennett's men will be desperate to avoid a late fadeout that takes the gloss off their debut season.
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Team news
Dolphins: Isaiya Katoa replaces Anthony Milford in the halves, with the latter dropping back to the bench an hour before kick-off. Kodi Nikorima moves from five-eighth to centre in place of Euan Aitken (knee). Connelly Lemuelu (head knock) is good to go and starts in the second row.
Knights: No late changes for coach Adam O'Brien, who will field the same 17 that beat the Raiders in Round 22. Dylan Lucas is the 18th man, while prop Daniel Saifiti (quad) remains sidelined.
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Stat attack
- Knights winger Dom Young needs one try to equal the club record for most tries in a season which is held by Timana Tahu and Akuila Uate with 21.
- Knights winger Greg Marzhew leads the NRL for tackle breaks with 130 and has scored seven tries in his past seven games.
- The Dolphins have won only one of their five games played outside Queensland this season.
- Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has a perfect record in Perth – two games for two wins.
- Dolphins winger Jamayne Isaako has scored eight tries in his past nine games.
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Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, author of the official annual of the NRL.