Teams listed below were squads named during the week of the game, not final team list.

Results
Parramatta 36 (James Gammidge 2, Troy Dargan, Anthony Layoun, Tui Oloapu, Faimanifo Seve, Alex Twal tries; Jermaine Mati-Leifi 4 goals) def. South Sydney 18 (Jaiden Brown, Liam Coleman, Johnathan Tufuga tries; Siosifa Talakai 3 goals) at Erskineville Oval. Date: Sat Apr 19. Kick off: 11:30am (local time). Referee: Mark Bohan.

Parramatta: 1 Bevan French, 2 Jermaine Mati-Leifi, 3 Atini Gafa, 4 Tui Oloapu, 5 James Gammidge, 6 Jason Vidal, 7 Troy Dargan, 8 Tom Amone (c), 9 Faimanifo Seve, 10 Alex Twal, 11 Tyrell Fuimaono, 12 Craig Field, 13 Tom Field. Int: 14 Sean Walpole, 15 Jonathan Mose, 16 Cameron King, 17 Jesse Titmuss, 18 Joey Tramontana, 19 Anthony Layoun, 20 Jake Steadman, 21 Sione Katoa, 22 Simon Funa, 23 Kadince Christensen, 24 Cody Grills, 25 Michael Doolan. Coach: Mark Mahoney.
South Sydney: 1 Tom Perrin, 2 Jahmarley Leota-Fuimaono, 3 Josh Ellison, 4 Haimona Hiroti, 5 Johnathan Tufuga, 6 Jaiden Brown, 7 Liam Coleman (c), 8 Brock Gray, 9 John Neil, 10 Zane Musgrove, 11 Tevita Cottrell, 12 Siosifa Talakai, 13 Nat Butcher. Int: 14 Sukamanu Raki, 15 Tristan Alvarado, 16 Jake Gallagher, 17 Harry Barsdell, 18 Josh Potts, 19 Keeden Kelly, 20 Fraser Graham, 21 Jade Anderson, 22 Nathan Miller, 23 Brandon Atalifo. Coach: Arthur Kitinas.

Parramatta earn a bye and move to preliminary finals. South Sydney move onto semi finals.

Balmain 30 (Raui Poaru 2, Scott Hogan, D’Rhys Miller, Tony Tali tries; Jamie Hill 5 goals) def. Melbourne 28 (Kurt Bernard 2, Romea Dyer, Josh Kanongata’a, Jerry Leasi, Dion Masoe tries; Zac Greene 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval. Date: Sat Apr 19. Kick off: 1:30pm (local time). Referee: Darian Furner.

Balmain: 1 Scott Hogan, 2 Raui Poaru, 3 Josh Tupuola-Leato, 4 Tony Tali, 23 Josh Nohra, 6 Bayley Sironen, 7 Jake Trindall, 8 Wajih Francis, 9 Jack Wheelhouse, 10 Inoke Fainu, 11 Jaleel Seve-Derbas (c), 12 Junior Tatola, 13 Jamie Hill. Int: 15 Richard Latu, 16 TJ Uele, 17 Hami Tali, 18 Pifeleti Pifeleti, 20 Robert Siteine. Coach: Mathew Head.
Melbourne: 1 Latrell Robinson, 2 Jerry Leasi, 3 Dion Masoe, 4 Romea Dyer, 5 Chanel Seigafo, 6 Jake Turpin, 7 Zac Greene, 8 Ben Nakubuwai, 9 Sheldon Pitama, 10 Brendan Frei, 11 Kurt Bernard, 12 Charlie Galo, 13 Ben Halfpenny. Int: 14 Connor Donehue, 15 Lutero Leato, 16 Paula Fifita, 17 Melvin Fifita. Coach: Tony Adam.

Balmain move onto semi finals. Melbourne are eliminated.

Newcastle 46 (Ngangarra Barker 2, Jack Mackin 2, Braden Robson 2, Tyrone Amey, Faitotoa Faitotoa tries; Brock Lamb 7 goals) def. Canberra 28 (Lachlan Croker 3, Thomas Cronan, Cleveland McGhie tries; Lachlan Croker 4 goals) at Campbelltown Stadium. Date: Sat Apr 19. Kick off: 2:30pm (local time). Referee: Kieren Irons.

Canberra: 1 Jack Hickson, 2 Thomas Cronan, 3 Cleveland McGhie, 4 Kody Parsons, 5 Tre Williams, 6 Lachlan Croker, 7 Lachlan Lewis, 8 Sione Afemui, 9 Zac Woolford, 10 Jordan Aiono-Fatu, 11 Jack Williams, 12 Ben Maguire, 13 Kalani Going. Int: 14 Tyrone Nathan, 15 David Fuka, 16 Adam Lucas, 17 Leon Tupuola, 18 Jiordan Fidow-Kele, 19 Chris Hart, 20 Jesse Martin, 21 David Afemui. Coach: Peter Marrapodi.
Newcastle: 1 Nganarra Barker, 2 David Sheridan, 3 Callan Edwards, 4 Braden Robson, 5 Jack Mackin, 6 Brock Lamb, 7 Jack Cogger, 8 Sam Apthorpe, 9 Jake McNamara, 10 Tyrone Amey, 11 Ryan Glanville, 12 Ryan Millgate, 13 Faitotoa Faitotoa. Int: 14 Tyrone Walsh, 15 Adam Hamilton, 16 Jack French, 17 Isaac Richardson, 18 Sam Stone, 19 Will Sheely, 20 Charlie Woods, 21 Jayden Butterfield, 22 Rohan Pottinger, 23 Malik Deyalou, 24 Cory Denniss, 25 Zack Leonard. Coach: Trevor Ott & Todd Edwards.

Newcastle move onto semi finals. Canberra are eliminated.

Sydney 44 (Grant Garvey 2, Paul Momirovski 2, Samet Erten, Latrell Mitchell, Darryn Schonig, Johnny Tuivasa-Scheck tries; Paul Momirovski 6 goals) def. Penrith 42 (Fuimanu Enese 2, Nathan Cleary, Cowen Epere, James Fisher-Harris, Tyrone May, Hamish Pomare, Peter Tiatia tries; Nathan Cleary 5 goals) at Leichhardt Oval. Date: Sat Apr 19. Kick off: 3:15pm (local time). Referee: Patrick Mackey.

Penrith: 1 Tyrone May, 2 Fuimanu Enese, 3 Christian Crichton, 22 Hamish Pomare, 5 Jake Ennis, 6 Nathan Cleary, 7 Soni Luke, 8 Oliver Clark (c), 9 Cameron Collins, 10 Soni Hala, 11 Peter Tiatia, 12 Vincennes Fialelei-Ausage, 13 Dylan Fuad. Int: 14 Nick Greenhalgh, 15 Casey Lafaele, 16 Mario El Boustani, 17 Francis Laloua-Tui, 18 Cowen Epere, 21 James Fisher-Harris. Coach: Alex Chan.
Sydney: 1 Joseph Manu, 2 Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck, 3 Paul Momirovski, 4 Chevi Ellis, 5 Jack Murchie, 6 Latrell Mitchell, 7 Chad O’Donnell, 8 Poasa Faamausili, 9 Grant Garvey, 10 Darryn Schonig, 11 Reuben Porter, 12 Isaac Crichton, 13 Samet Erten. Int: 14 Liam Crean, 15 Ryan King, 16 Shiem Fuimaono, 17 Shaquai Mitchell, 18 Alex Sama, 19 Blake Milgate, 20 Jayden Thomas, 21 Joseph Ratuvakacereivalu, 22 Connor Watson, 23 Jordon Remfrey, 24 Angus Crichton, 25 Travis Edwards. Coach: Anthony Barnes.

Sydney earn a bye and move to preliminary finals. Penrith move onto semi finals.