A dream meeting between North Queensland and Melbourne headlines the Auckland Nines quarter-finals as the group stages came to a close on Sunday.

Penrith will meet Manly in the first quarter-final after topping Gold Coast 22-4 to finish their group undefeated, while Parramatta also progressed with a perfect record at Eden Park.

The Eels beat the Sea Eagles 17-12 to book a date with former teammate Jarryd Hayne and the Titans, however Hayne is unlikely to play after suffering a knee injury on day one.

The injury isn’t considered to be serious.

Brisbane lost their final round match against the Wests Tigers 17-10 but still finished on top of their pool and face the Sydney Roosters, who whitewashed Canberra 21-0 on Sunday.

Star Latrell Mitchell impressed with two tries against the Raiders, including a 90-metre effort.

Earlier, tournament hosts the Warriors produced their worst performance in nines history after finishing the pre-season event without a win.

Drawcard Shaun Johnson was again a no-show as the NRL club opted to rest their star halfback following his groin strain in the warm-up of their opener on Saturday.

The home side looked set to claim a dead rubber win against St George Illawarra on Sunday, but were brought undone by a last-gasp try to Kurt Mann on the buzzer to finish 14-10 losers.

Warriors legend Ruben Wiki, who came out of retirement to feature in the nines, defended the club’s decision to field a vastly inexperienced squad on home soil.

It was the club’s worst performance in the four-year history of the event.

“These guys could be my sons. They’re just coming out of school. I think they’ll take something out of this and hopefully get better come the pre-season games,” Wiki said.

Josh Reynolds and David Klemmer made their first appearance of the event in a dead rubber defeat to Cronulla 28-4 in the opening match of the day.