St George Illawarra will play a Thursday night game at WIN Stadium in August in the final of their four allocated games in Wollongong this year.

The Dragons will take on Penrith in round 24 on August 20 as part of their push to book an NRL finals berth.

North Queensland, South Sydney and Brisbane will host Thursday night games, the NRL confirmed on Tuesday.

"We know there will be huge interest in those rounds as the teams battle for a place in the finals," head of football Todd Greenberg said.

North Queensland have been forced to make a number of changes for the match against St George Illawarra, with four players - Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott, Michael Morgan and James Tamou - missing through Origin commitments.

Ray Thompson returns from a broken cheekbone at No 7, while Robert Lui has been recalled to play five-eighth.

Yaw Kiti Glymin is in line to make his NRL debut after being named to replace Dylan Farrell on the wing for the Dragons, who welcome back hooker Mitch Rein from suspension.

Origin stars Josh Dugan and Trent Merrin have been replaced directly at fullback and on the bench by Jason Nightingale and Nathan Green.

St George Illawarra forward Will Matthews will contest a dangerous-throw charge at the NRL judiciary on Wednesday night.