St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor has trimmed his squad ahead of the Dragons' elimination final against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.

Euan Aitken (hamstring) has been ruled out after being named in the reserves and will be joined by Jacob Host on the sidelines.

NRL squad for Elimination Final v Brisbane Broncos

1. Matt Dufty – sponsored by Illawarra Mercury/St George & Sutherland Shire Leader

2. Nene Macdonald – sponsored by Relativity in the Loop

3. Zac Lomax – sponsored by University of Wollongong

4. Tim Lafai – sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre

5. Jordan Pereira – sponsored by SMAI

6. Gareth Widdop (c) – sponsored by Dynamic Projects

7. Ben Hunt– sponsored by Paul's Customs and Forwarding Solutions

8. James Graham – sponsored by EFEX

9. Cameron McInnes – sponsored by Floormania

10. Leeson Ah Mau – sponsored by My Muscle Chef

11. Tyson Frizell – sponsored by Val Morgan

12. Tariq Sims – sponsored by Stonemasons & Landscapers (since 1970)

13. Jack de Belin – sponsored by Wollongong Jetski

Interchange:

14. Jeremy Latimore – sponsored by Addbuild Additions

15. Kurt Mann – sponsored by Wollongong Diagnostics

16. Blake Lawrie – sponsored by Westfund

17. Luciano Leilua – sponsored by Domus Lighting

18. Jason Nightingale

21. Hame Sele