The Wests Tigers are adamant their ominous charge into the NRL finals won't be derailed by star playmaker Benji Marshall's court appearance on an assault charge.

Marshall is scheduled to begin a three-day court hearing on Tuesday over an accusation he assaulted a man at a McDonald's restaurant in the Sydney CBD in March.

The 26-year-old has pleaded not guilty to assaulting Soliman Naimey, occasioning actual bodily harm, early on March 5, just days after Marshall had been unveiled as the new face of the game at the NRL season launch.

The red-hot Tigers won their sixth consecutive game with Sunday's 31-12 victory over Parramatta at the Sydney Football Stadium and are in sixth place on the NRL ladder.

Marshall, who on Sunday set a new record as the club's leading pointscorer, has been in superb form during his side's surge, which has them in with a chance of claiming a top-four position and a home final.

Veteran prop Todd Payten said Marshall's off-field dramas would not be a hiccup for the side.

"I don't think it is because it's been around for a while," Payten told reporters on Monday.

"That's for Benji and his legal team and he's got our full support no matter what happens.

"I think he's played some pretty remarkable footy considering not just that but all his other commitments outside football.

" ... He does a lot of work off the field that doesn't get noticed.

"It's just testament to him and his character and the way he prepares and the tremendously talented footballer he is."

The Golden Boot winner was a notable absentee from the Tigers' recovery session at Coogee Beach on Monday.

The joint venture club's players have already shown they can bounce back from off-field issues after big names Tim Moltzen, Bryce Gibbs and Andrew Fifita were released from contracts to join other clubs in 2012, while other players were told they could look elsewhere.

"There were a few little rumblings within the squad but that was all put to rest by a few people at the club," Payten said.

"But it's worked in our favour. We've got a few players back from injury and winning breeds confidence and it's rolled on from there."

The Tigers face strugglers Gold Coast and Cronulla in the final two weeks of the regular season, beginning with the 15th-placed Titans at Campbelltown in a round-25 Monday night fixture.

"These are the hardest games," centre Blake Ayshford said.

"They've got nothing to play for, they try to knock teams out as we would if we weren't in finals contention."

Elsewhere, the Sydney Roosters will decide on Tuesday whether to challenge the grading of forward Jared Waerea-Hargreaves' high-tackle charge.

The Kiwi enforcer has copped a grade-three charge for an ugly-looking shot on Cronulla captain Paul Gallen, who suggested Waerea-Hargreaves should have been sent off.

And Canterbury halfback Trent Hodkinson is confident his injured ankle will be right for him to help the Bulldogs' slim finals chances in Saturday's clash with Newcastle.

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