Backrower Wade Graham was assisted from the field in the side’s win over Canberra but has passed all the required concussion tests and will play.

Paul Gallen trained strongly on Tuesday both on the field and in the gym and is a certain starter against the Cowboys.

The back injury which saw him to withdraw from the Raiders fixture has settled and healed sufficiently following extensive treatment.

The news on Sam Tagataese is also positive with the hardman in contention for a comeback. 

He underwent shoulder surgery six weeks ago with the hard running prop completing all training tasks this week.

Try-scoring ace Valentine Holmes sat out today’s field session due to a mild case of the flu, with Sharks medical staff not wanting to worsen his condition with a strenuous training run today.

Joseph Paulo’s knee injury has settled with the hardman running at training with medical staff, however he is not expected to regain fitness by Friday.