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Raiders v Sea Eagles: Woolford sidelined; Internationals return

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With five wins on the trot the Raiders are one of the hottest teams in the NRL and they will fancy their chances of making it six against a Manly team riding a three-game losing streak.

The Raiders have now taken care of the Eels, Bulldogs, Dolphins, Dragons and Broncos in consecutive weeks to sit on 14 points, just two behind equal competition leaders Souths and Brisbane.

The last time Canberra won six on the trot was 2016, when they went on a stunning 10-game unbeaten run between Round 17-26 to finish the regular season in second place before bowing out in a heartbreaking 14-12 loss to the Storm in the preliminary final.

Jack Wighton, Jarrod Croker, Jordan Rapana, Elliott Whitehead, Josh Papalii and Joe Tapine were all part of that side so they know what is needed to keep the roll going.

For the Sea Eagles, the struggles continued with a home loss to the Sharks on Sunday, compounded by injuries to two key forwards and concerns over superstar Tom Trbojevic's inability to influence the game in big moments.

Anthony Seibold's men missed 39 tackles against the Sharks on top of 38 the previous week against Brisbane and they'll be acutely aware that similar lapses will be punished by an in-form Raiders outfit.

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Team News

Raiders: Just one positional tweak for coach Ricky Stuart, with Danny Levi starting at hooker and Tom Starling moving back to the bench. James Schiller is the replacement player.

Sea Eagles: Manly will take the field as named, with Jake Trbojevic making an early return from a calf injury. Josh Schuster (quad) is also back for his first game since Round 8. Ben Trbojevic moves into the starting side second row, while Samuela Fainu and Ben Condon are the new faces on interchange.

Team Lists

Backs

  • Fullback for Raiders is number 1 Sebastian Kris
    Fullback for Sea Eagles is number 1 Tom Trbojevic
  • Winger for Raiders is number 2 Albert Hopoate
    Winger for Sea Eagles is number 2 Jason Saab
  • Centre for Raiders is number 3 Jarrod Croker
    Centre for Sea Eagles is number 3 Brad Parker
  • Centre for Raiders is number 4 Matthew Timoko
    Centre for Sea Eagles is number 4 Tolutau Koula
  • Winger for Raiders is number 5 Jordan Rapana
    Winger for Sea Eagles is number 5 Reuben Garrick
  • Five-Eighth for Raiders is number 6 Jack Wighton
    Five-Eighth for Sea Eagles is number 6 Joshua Schuster
  • Halfback for Raiders is number 7 Jamal Fogarty
    Halfback for Sea Eagles is number 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 

Forwards

  • Prop for Raiders is number 8 Josh Papalii
    Prop for Sea Eagles is number 8 Taniela Paseka
  • Hooker for Raiders is number 14 Danny Levi
    Hooker for Sea Eagles is number 9 Lachlan Croker
  • Prop for Raiders is number 10 Joseph Tapine
    Prop for Sea Eagles is number 10 Sean Keppie
  • 2nd Row for Raiders is number 11 Hudson Young
    2nd Row for Sea Eagles is number 11 Haumole Olakau'atu
  • 2nd Row for Raiders is number 12 Elliott Whitehead
    2nd Row for Sea Eagles is number 12 Ben Trbojevic
  • Lock for Raiders is number 13 Corey Horsburgh
    Lock for Sea Eagles is number 13 Jake Trbojevic

Interchange

  • Interchange for Raiders is number 9 Tom Starling
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 14 Karl Lawton
  • Interchange for Raiders is number 15 Emre Guler
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 15 Samuela Fainu
  • Interchange for Raiders is number 16 Pasami Saulo
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 16 Ethan Bullemor
  • Interchange for Raiders is number 17 Ata Mariota
    Interchange for Sea Eagles is number 17 Ben Condon

Reserves

  • Replacement for Raiders is number 18 James Schiller
    Replacement for Sea Eagles is number 18 Kaeo Weekes

Match Officials

  • Referee: Gerard Sutton
  • Touch Judge: Darian Furner
  • Touch Judge: Dave Munro
  • Senior Review Official: Ashley Klein

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Stat Attack

  • The Raiders have won five of their past six games at GIO Stadium.
  • The Sea Eagles have won five of their past seven games against the Raiders.
  • Hudson Young has scored five tries in his past seven games.
  • The Sea Eagles have won only one of their past nine games away from Manly.
  • Raiders winger Jordan Rapana requires one try for a century of NRL tries.
  • The Sea Eagles have made 40 linebreaks this season and the Raiders 38 to sit 14th and 16th respectively on the line breaks tally.

Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, author of the 

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