St George Illawarra star Wendell Sailor has bristled at suggestions Parramatta will aim more of their attack at the right side he patrols with five-eighth Jamie Soward in Sunday's NRL qualifying final.

The Dragons thrashed the Eels 37-0 last Friday night, but commentators highlighted the right side defended by Sailor, Soward and centre Beau Scott as a possible chink in the minor premiers' otherwise impregnable armour.

The closest Parramatta got to troubling the scoreboard attendant on Friday was when left winger Luke Burt crossed in that zone, only to spill the ball over the line.

When Soward's defence was questioned earlier in the season, coach Wayne Bennett backed the diminutive playmaker, and on Thursday it was right winger Sailor rushing to his aid.

Asked if he expected the Eels to target the area, Sailor fired back: "We don't really care who they target, we're confident across the board so they can target whoever they like."

Earlier this week, Parramatta skipper Nathan Cayless would only offer a smile and a "can't say too much" when he was asked about the tactic, but free-wheeling fullback Jarryd Hayne and left centre Krisnan Inu will no doubt be firming up their attacking options.

Sailor said the Dragons were wary of newly crowned Dally M medallist Hayne.

"When you're in a zone and a purple patch, you look at the players over the years like your (Darren) Lockyers, your (Andrew) Johnses and he's in that class of player, your Greg Inglises," he said.

"He's certainly the best in the comp at the moment."

Sailor was clad in the club's "goose of the week" T-shirt on Thursday but refused to elaborate on why, while captain Ben Hornby said a call of "composure" each time the winger touched the ball was an "in-joke".

Not so secretive was Sailor handing his self-declared title of "people's champ" to Soward after the five-eighth won the Provan-Summons people's choice award at the Dally Ms.

"One of the things I was saying to the boys, I'm the man of the people and the people's champ and I think, after the other night, he got the medal and I said you're obviously the people's champ now," Sailor said.

"I'm happy for Sowie, he's copped a lot of heat this year and he's been remarkable the way he's taken it on board and I'm happy that people understand what a great talent he is and I think he's going to step up in this finals series."

Dragons prop Justin Poore sat out training on Thursday with his calf heavily iced as a precautionary measure, but is in no doubt for Sunday.

Hornby, who will play his 200th first grade game at WIN Jubilee Oval, has recovered from a stomach bug and took part in the majority of training.

"I'm not completing full training sessions at the moment but I'm definitely feeling a lot better," he said.

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