Unbeaten Wests Tigers are on the road against the Raiders in Canberra.

Earlier, Newcastle convincingly defeated winless Parramatta 38-4, who lost Kennedy Cherrington after she was sent from the field in the grand final rematch.

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Knights hammer Eels

Cherrington became the second NRLW player in history to be dismissed after she and Madeline Jones up-ended Knights forward Laishon Albert-Jones in a spear tackle during the second half.

The lock forward's send-off proved an invitation for Newcastle to blow the scoreline out with 25 minutes to play in the 2022 grand final rematch at Western Sydney Stadium.

Parramatta had done well to wrestle the score back to 18-4 after bleeding two tries in the opening 10 minutes but immediately fell off the pace once reduced to 12 players.

Knights prop Tayla Predebon barged through the middle — where Cherrington defends — in the set after the spear tackle for one of three tries Newcastle scored with an extra player on the field.

Newcastle second rower Caitlan Johnston joined Cherrington on the sidelines in the final 10 minutes, sin-binned for a high shot on debutant Kelsey Clark.

Cherrington's send-off came after referee Belinda Sharpe marched Brisbane winger Ashleigh Werner in the first weekend of the premiership for biting Jayme Fressard.

Werner received a two-match ban and the Eels can expect to lose their captain to suspension as well.

The likely ban would compound a tough start to the season for last year's runners-up, who sit in last place as the only side winless through three rounds.

The Knights' victory ensures they will finish the weekend in the top four.

Newcastle kept pace with the clock early and it was State of Origin representative Yasmin Clydsdale at the centre of the action.

Clydsdale pounced on a grubber-kick from Knights five-eighth Georgia Roche to open the scoring and then caught a short ball from fullback Tamika Upton to jet away down the left.

She passed inside to Upton, who scored the Knights' second.

But the reigning premiers needed to wait until after Cherrington had been sent off to reprise their early dominance.

Knights captain Hannah Southwell made a successful return from the anterior cruciate ligament injury that had ruled her out since the first match of last season, and she finished with 19 tackles.

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