A CYCLONE may be about to hit North Queensland but the Cowboys aren’t too concerned — they’re bracing for a collision course with South Sydney on Friday.

Cyclone Debbie was upgraded to a severe category three on Monday morning with the low-moving weather system about 375 kilometres east of Townsville.

While meteorologists are predicting the Townsville region to experience winds more severe than those experienced during Cyclone Yasi, the NRL are hopeful games scheduled for this week will go ahead as planned.

“There are no plans to alter the schedule at this stage,” an NRL spokesman told foxsports.com.au on Monday.

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“But we will continue to monitor the situation and weather patterns.”

Latest track map & advice for Tropical #CycloneDebbie, currently Cat 3, with a Cat 4 crossing forecast Tuesday AM. https://t.co/YTkwbdYNGp pic.twitter.com/KwSFrpQvrC — BOM Queensland (@BOM_Qld) March 27, 2017

Cowboys’ general manager of football Peter Parr echoed the NRL’s stance, confident the weather won’t impact their round five clash with the Rabbitohs.

“We don’t see the need to put a contingency plan in place,” Parr told foxsports.com.au.

“The only thing that would stop the game taking place would be if there was structural damage to the stadium.

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“We’re comfortable with the way the weather is tracking.”

Rabbitohs fullback Alex Johnston said the club is preparing to take the field but sends his well wishes to the people up north.

“Our thoughts go out to all the people up there,” Johnston said.

“We hope they’re prepared for it. Obviously were just trying to focus on our game as well. We’ll be up there prepared to play some footy.”

The one area the weather could impact the game is ticket sales with trains running between Townsville and Abbot Point closed.

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