Newcastle Knights will be fighting to keep their slender top-eight hopes alive when they entertain Wests Tigers on Sunday.

Melbourne Storm are back in action after a bye week and will be desperate to return to winning ways against Newcastle Knights.

Newcastle Knights will look to consolidate their place in the top eight when they take on Canterbury Bulldogs on Friday night.

Newcastle were taught a football lesson in their NRL pre-season loss to Parramatta in Maitland, according to coach Nathan Brown.

Jarryd Hayne has set up a try in his second-half stint at fullback during Parramatta's NRL pre-season win over Newcastle.