And so ends the weekend of rugby league.

We will of course be back on Wednesday night for the State of Origin decider from Lang Park.

We'll see you then!

I don't know if you heard, but Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce got married at Madison Square Garden this weekend.

So, naturally, at 6:06pm on a Sunday evening, shortly after the end of round 18, the league's official social media has put out an appeal to T&T to head to Las Vegas for the season openers next year.

What a strange thing to decide to do. Also, why would only Travis love it? Huh, NRL?

But seriously, I think it's the timing of it that feels the weirdest for me.

Here's how the truncated round 18 played out in the NRL.

Anyone who tipped the Dragons, Eels and Knights will be feeling pretty smug I'd imagine.

And here's the ladder, with the Knights sitting pretty in the top four after today's win.

What an effort by a team expected to be deep in the cellar at this point in the season.

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It was a gripping contest between these two surprise packets but the Knights get it done 13-12 thanks to Dylan Brown's late field goal.

It's worth remembering the Dolphins have been smashed by missing at least six starters plus Ray Stone, but the Knights were also without Kalyn Ponga and Bradman Best, while Trey Mooney was scratched just before kick-off.

The Knights leapfrog the Sharks and Dolphins into fourth place.

What an evening for the Newcastle faithful who turned out in tough conditions.

They get the ball 15 metres out and throw the bal levery which way, but eventually get caught with the ball on the last 30 metres away from the tryline.

The Knights need to hang on to the ball for the rest of the set to win this one.

The Dolphins are penalised for touching the short kick-off before it crosses the 40m line.

It looks to me like it does, but maybe the breeze blows it back inside the 10 metres when Tevita Naufahu touches it.

The Dolphins challenge, but the bunker can't find enough to disprove the on-field call.

Who said he wasn't a halfback? Dylan Brown gets the ball on the left on the last, everyone knows he's going for the field goal, but he steadies himself and slots from 20 metres out.

The Knights lead 13-12 with five minutes left.

The Knights power down the field after Fletcher Sharpe's break, and then Dylan Brown kicks high for Dom Young, who leaps and slaps at the ball with one hand, causing Tevita Naufahu to knock on.

I didn't think that was legal anymore.

It's been a scrappy few minutes from the Knights, culminating in a rushed Sandon Smith kick dribbling straight to Herbie Farnworth, who storms from just in front of his tryling to up near halfway.

The Phins get a set restart for a ruck infringement soon after, and then Kodi Nikorima is caught high right in front of the posts, so Jamayne Isaako pots a penalty goal to square the ledger at 12-12 with 11 minutes left.

Jake Averillo starts it on the wrong side of halfway with a gorgeous step inside Sandon Smith, then powers upfield.

He finds Kurt Donoghoe on his left and the former Central Butcher Boy outpaces Dylan Lucas, just, to score.

Jamayne Isaako converts off the upright, so the Dolphins trail by just two points with 20 minutes left.

The Dolphins bomb and Fletcher Sharpe knocks on clearly, but Wyatt Raymond misses it and play continues.

The Phins spin it left and Herbie Farnworth seriously looked off Tevita Naufahu completely unmarked out wide here.

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The Dolphins also get another shot after winning a captain's challenge on that shocking missed knock-on by the ref.

Herbie Farnworth goes up for and comes down with the bomb in a 50/50 contest with Fletcher Sharpe.

He keeps pressing forward and tries to reach out and score, but can't quite make it to the line, slamming it down and knocking on.

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We saw Ethan Bullemor miss out by a similarly agonising distance in the earlier game.

Newcastle keeps inviting the Dolphins back in with handling errors, and finally they're made to pay as they spin it right and Jake Averillo taps on to Jamayne Isaako to dive in out wide.

And he remembers late in the piece to do his Jai Arrow celebration.

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Fletcher Sharpe is beating tacklers and carrying others with him.

He goes within a metre of the tryline, reaches out but has to reel it back in and knocks on as he does so.

The Dolphins survive.

Dylan Brown's high kick is trying to find Fletcher Hunt flying through at the left post, but the ball hits the crossbar and ricochets away, with Jake Averillo knocking on.

The Knights pack a scrum 10 metres out.

Hunt goes close on the left, but the Dolphins are off side, so the Knights pack another one.