Round 5 wraps up with the unbeaten Bulldogs hosting a Knights team off a bye and it is a game that presents the best total of the weekend.
The match of the round features premiership contenders and bitter rivals Manly and Melbourne squaring off at Brookvale Oval on a likely sunny Sunday afternoon.
Brisbane are heavily favoured at Suncorp for the third week straight and for the third straight week they are laying too many points.
Gold Coast have started the season well and will be highly confident of making it three on end against the winless Dolphins.
The Eels remain just one of two teams to have not recorded a win in 2025 but they look a great bet to get it done against a Dragons team off a monster win.
The oldest rivalry in Rugby League will add another salivating chapter on Friday night with another heated battle between the Rabbitohs and Roosters looms with Latrell set to play his first game of 2025.
Penrith have lost three on the trot and are at their lowest point this decade but despite being big favourites are no good things against North Queensland.
Round 5 opens up with an appetising affair between the Raiders and Sharks in the nation's capital with Canberra looking to stop their slide and the Sharks trying to establish themselves as a legitimate title contender.
Round 4 wraps up with the Tigers hosting the Warriors and it is the visitors that present value even against an improved Tigers outfit.
Manly have endured a difficult week with skipper Daly Cherry-Evans creating a firestorm by announcing he was leaving the club at season's end but that should not stop them marching over a hapless Eels outfit.
Cronulla hosting Canterbury is arguably the match of Round 4 but the Bulldogs are being shown very little respect getting a start north of 10 points.
The winless Cowboys are in desperate need of a victory but will not get it easy against a Raiders team still smarting from last week's stitch-up job.
Melbourne have lost Dally M Medal winner Jahrome Hughes as well as a number of others and with Ryan Papenhuyzen also in doubt for the affair, the Dragons look a quality bet.
The first all-Brisbane derby of 2025 sees the Broncos as heavy favourites but the Dolphins should not be written off despite their slow start to the season.
The Titans have been rocked by news that Keano Kini is likely to miss the remainder of the season and that puts the Roosters in the box seat for a win on Friday night.
Round 4 fires off with an enticing affair between a South Sydney Rabbitohs team that has overachieved and a Penrith team off two straight losses and now without star halfback Nathan Cleary.