The Dolphins are targeting a seventh win in a row after making a giant leap forward in their mentality as they eye a maiden finals berth.
Kristian Woolf's men will play Wests Tigers in Campbelltown on Saturday afternoon minus Queensland's Thomas Flegler, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Selwyn Cobbo, who are all starters in Wednesday night's State of Origin.
Bench Maroons Max Plath and Kulikefi Finefeuiaki have been listed in an extended squad while NSW bench outside back Jack Bostock is named to start at centre.
Last year the razzle dazzle Dolphins were the best attacking NRL team with 721 points scored, but they conceded 596 to put them in 11th defensively at 24.8 points each game.
This season they are the third-best attacking side but their defence has improved immensely and they are fourth-best in the NRL with 263 let in at an average of just 20.2 per match.
