Finals fate on the line: Thursday night on Nine

The closest season in memory will culminate in a frenzy for a ticket to the top eight and a place in the finals across an epic weekend of NRL and NRLW on Channel 9HD and 9Now.

COWBOYS V SHARKS TONIGHT
NINE GAMES OF FOOTY FOR FREE
SATURDAY NRLW TRIPLE-HEADER BEFORE NRL DRAGONS V STORM
ON MAIN CHANNEL IN MELBOURNE

The closest season in memory will culminate in a frenzy for a ticket to the top eight and a place in the finals across an epic weekend of NRL and NRLW on Channel 9HD and 9Now.

In Thursday Night Footy, Nicho Hynes and the fifth-placed Sharks swim into the warm waters of North Queensland to meet the ninth-placed Cowboys, who cannot afford a loss on their uphill ride to a finals berth.

Five-star Cowboy Jason Taumalolo will play his 250th NRL game and he’ll back-up from gunslinging backline weapons Tom Dearden and Scott Drinkwater to get the job done.

It’s all or nothing on Friday Night Footy when the Eels and Roosters meet. Both sides are level on the ladder, just one win outside the top eight, and can end each other’s season.

Start your Saturday right with an NRLW triple-header from 11.00am before battening down the hatches for a storm from the south as Craig Bellamy’s Melbourne outfit look to gather more momentum ahead of the finals against the Dragons at 7.30pm in Saturday Night Footy.

Sunday is a rest day, but not for NRL on Nine with Andrew Johns, Billy Slater, Brad Fittler and Danika Mason dissecting the week of footy at 11.00am on the Sunday Footy Show. Straight after comes an NRLW double-header, before Sunday Arvo Footy pits the Raiders against the Bulldogs.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Thursday, August 17

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTY – COWBOYS v SHARKS
Sydney/Brisbane 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide 7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth 5.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now

Friday, August 18

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTY – EELS v ROOSTERS
Sydney/Brisbane   7.30pm LIVE on Channel 9HD and 9Now
Melbourne 7.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Adelaide   7.00pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now
Perth   5.30pm LIVE on 9GemHD and 9Now

Saturday, August 19

11.00am – NRLW COWBOYS v SHARKS
12.30pm – NRLW TIGERS v DRAGONS
2.30pm – NRLW WRAP
3.00pm – NRLW TITANS v ROOSTERS
7.00pm – NRL SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTY: DRAGONS v STORM
Watch: Channel 9HD Syd/Bris/Melb, 9GemHD Adl/Perth – Stream on 9Now

Sunday, August 20
THE SUNDAY FOOTY SHOW – from 11.00am with Billy Slater, Andrew Johns, Brad Fittler and Danika Mason.