While most eyes will be on next Wednesday's State of Origin finale, eight NRL teams will take to the field before then, as the competition prepares for an exciting round 17.
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During those four NRL matches scheduled, a host of South Coast talents will hit the field, starting with Thursday's fixture between Manly-Warringah and Canberra at 4 Pines Park.
Fresh off a memorable week, in which he's signed a two-year extension and scored a record-equalling 30 points against the Bulldogs, Gerringong's Reuben Garrick will start at fullback for the Sea Eagles.
The hosts will be without Cobargo's Morgan Boyle though, who will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury.
Then on Friday night, Nowra-born Cody Walker will start a five-eighth for the Rabbitohs when they take on the Cowboys at Newcastle's McDonald Jones Stadium - after Queensland's public health orders prevented the game from being played at Stadium Australia as originally scheduled.
Saturday's lone fixture will pit the Bulldogs up against the Roosters - with both sides looking to rebound from recent heavy defeats.
The hosts at Bankwest Stadium will be without Tathra's Adam Elliott, who's been ruled out until round 21 with a cheekbone injury, while Albion Park-Oak Flats' Drew Hutchison will make his first start since fracturing his ribs and puncturing his lung against Parramatta in round nine.
Hutchison, who swaps places with five-eighth Lachlan Lam after making his return via the interchange in round 16, is joined in the tri-colours starting side by Kiama centre Josh Morris.
Finally, on Sunday, the Sharks, headlined by Narooma's Teig Wilton and Pambula-born Jack Williams, will lock horns with the Warriors at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
Milton-Ulladulla's Jack Murchie has been named among the visitors' reserves while Shellharbour's Euan Aitken is still in COVID-19 enforced isolation and will miss his second straight game.