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St George Illawarra halfback Jamie Soward and Bulldogs hooker Michael Ennis will appear on The Footy Show tonight at 9.30pm on Channel Nine.

Soward will join Paul Vautin, Phil Gould and Andrew Voss as a special guest host. He will discuss his team’s impressive run so far this season, and how the top-of-the-table Dragons are preparing for Sunday’s clash with the North Queensland Cowboys.

The panel will cross to Michael Ennis in Brisbane to preview tomorrow night’s blockbuster between the Bulldogs and Brisbane Broncos, which will screen live on Nine’s Friday Night Football from 7.30pm.

Also on The Footy Show tonight:

• Jacquelin Magnay updates the story on embattled Cronulla Sharks’ boss Tony Zappia, while Danny Weidler reports on the crisis board meeting at Cronulla Leagues Club.

• Penrith Panthers’ club captain Trent Waterhouse and young gun halfback Luke Walsh join the panel to preview this weekend’s match against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and explain why the Panthers are going pink.

• David Williams delivers a nugget of gold with his take on another TV commercial. The “Wolfman” will also challenge the 2008 Sexiest Man In League winner, Matt Ballin, in Packs v Backs.

• Richard Reid takes on Soward in So You Think You Can Play?

• Representatives from Australia’s first gay rugby union club, The Convicts, talk about life as a gay footy player.

Plus all the latest league news in Vossy’s What’s Doing?, The Keno Million Dollar Competition, Fatty’s Facebook, and a full preview of this weekend’s round 14 NRL matches.