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Dragons
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| 78 |  | Z. Lomax | ||
| 78 |  | M. Dufty | ||
| 65 | | Z. Lomax | ||
| 64 | | Z. Lomax | ||
| 59 | | M. Dufty | ||
| J. Croker | | 55 | ||
| J. Croker | | 39 | ||
| G. Williams | | 38 | ||
| J. Croker | | 15 | ||
| B. Simonsson | | 14 | ||
| J. Croker | | 5 | ||
| N. Cotric | | 4 |
| 4 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 3 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Footy returns to the nation’s capital for the first time since March when the Canberra Raiders host the St George Illawarra Dragons at GIO Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores from 6pm (AEST).
Things have not been going smoothly for the Raiders in recent weeks. Since laying down what everyone thought was their premiership marker in an away win over the Storm in Round 3, they’ve lost three of four games, including a golden-point heartbreaker to the Eels last week.
That was an improved performance from last year’s grand finalists compared to previous efforts, but with lock Corey Horsburgh suffering a lisfranc injury which will sideline him long-term and John Bateman declaring he’ll leave the club at the end of the year, the Green Machine haven’t had much go right recently.
Ricky Stuart has shuffled his side around for tonight’s clash. Joe Tapine returns from the casualty ward to replace Horsburgh, Bailey Simonsson comes onto the wing for the injured Jordan Rapana, and out-of-sorts centre Curtis Scott has been demoted to the bench. Michael Oldfield takes his place in the starting side.
After being the last team to record a win this year, St George will be enjoying the relative anonymity which has come with mediocre – rather than just outright bad – performances. It helps that coaching speculation is now directed north of the Tweed, rather than at Paul McGregor.
The Dragons actually have an excellent record against the Raiders, winning five of their last seven against the Canberrans. After offering solid enough resistance to the Roosters last week, McGregor has named an unchanged side for today’s match.
Kick-off: 6pm (AEST)
Venue: GIO Stadium
TV: Fox Sports
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, NRL Live Pass
Raiders
1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Bailey Simonsson, 3. Jarrod Croker, 4. Michael Oldfield, 5. Nick Cotric, 6. Jack Wighton, 7. George Williams, 8. Josh Papalii, 9. Josh Hodgson, 10. Iosia Soliola, 11. Hudson Young, 12. Elliott Whitehead, 13. Joseph Tapine
Bench/Reserves: 14. Curtis Scott, 15. Emre Guler, 16. Ryan Sutton, 17. Siliva Havili, 18. Tom Starling, 19. Dunamis Lui, 20. Matt Frawley, 21. Kai O’Donnell
Dragons
1. Matt Dufty, 2. Jason Saab, 3. Euan Aitken, 4. Zac Lomax, 5. Mikaele Ravalawa, 6. Corey Norman, 7. Adam Clune, 8. Blake Lawrie, 9. Cameron McInnes, 10. Paul Vaughan, 11. Tyson Frizell, 12. Tyrell Fuimaono, 13. Trent Merrin
Bench/Reserves: 14. Ben Hunt, 15. Josh Kerr, 16. Korbin Sims, 17. Jackson Ford, 18. Eddie Blacker, 19. Tristan Sailor, 20. Billy Brittain, 21. Timoteo Lafai
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