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Newcastle Knights
12
Match Complete
Canberra Raiders
28
80 | J. Fogarty | |||
79 | H. Young | |||
K. Ponga | 76 | |||
J. Hastings | 76 | |||
69 | J. Rapana | |||
63 | X. Savage | |||
48 | J. Fogarty | |||
47 | D. Levi | |||
K. Ponga | 32 | |||
T. Frizell | 30 | |||
26 | J. Fogarty | |||
25 | Z. Hosking | |||
15 | J. Fogarty |
2 | Tries | 5 | ||
2 | Conversions | 3 | ||
0 | Penalty Goals | 1 | ||
0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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The first round of the NRL season continues tonight when the Newcastle Knights take on the Canberra Raiders at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 8:00pm (AEDT).
Ricky Stuart is urging Canberra fans to be patient with teenage five-eighth Ethan Strange as he deploys his playmaker of the future in Newcastle.
Strange, 19, beat Kaeo Weekes to the No.6 jersey for Thursday night’s clash at McDonald Jones Stadium, where some young Raider faces will look to defy lowly pre-season expectations and beat the more fancied Knights.
In their first outing of the post-Jack Wighton era, Strange will pair with veteran Jamal Fogarty in the halves against a Newcastle side that rattled off 10 straight wins to reach last season’s semi-finals.
In the Knights line-up, Enari Tuala takes Sydney Roosters-bound Dominic Young’s vacant wing spot, with recruits Jack Cogger and Kai Pearce-Paul coming off the bench.
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Kick-off: 8:00pm (AEDT)
TV: Nine, Fox Sports
Streaming: Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Odds: Knights $1.40 Raiders $3.00 – odds via PlayUp
Knights: 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Enari Tuala 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Tyson Gamble 7. Jackson Hastings 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Leo Thompson 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Dylan Lucas 13. Adam Elliott 14. Jack Cogger 15. Daniel Saifiti 16. Jack Hetherington 17. Kai Pearce-Paul 18. Jed Cartwright 19. Thomas Jenkins 20. Will Pryce 21. Brodie Jones 22. Thomas Cant
Raiders: 1. Jordan Rapana 2. Nick Cotric 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Albert Hopoate 5. Xavier Savage 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Danny Levi 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Zac Hosking 13. Morgan Smithies 14. Tom Starling 15. Emre Guler 16. Ata Mariota 17. Pasami Saulo 18. Kaeo Weekes 19. Simi Sasagi 20. Zac Woolford 21. James Schiller 22. Trey Mooney
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