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Newcastle Knights vs Canberra Raiders: NRL live scores, blog

21st August, 2022
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Newcastle Knights

22

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Canberra Raiders

28

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Newcastle Knights

22

Match Complete

Canberra Raiders

28

73J. Fogarty
71J. Wighton
53J. Fogarty
49J. Fogarty
48H. Young
43J. Fogarty
42S. Kris
A. Milford40
J. Brailey39
E. Lee36
32J. Rapana
D. Young25
D. Young18
10S. Kris
E. Lee5

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Round 23 of the NRL Premiership concludes this afternoon when the Newcastle Knights host the Canberra Raiders at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 4:05pm (AEST).

“So, you’re telling me there’s a chance.”

Canberra Raiders fans are holding on to Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber this weekend. Mathematically, the Raiders are still a chance. Realistically, it will take a miracle. They can keep dreaming next week with a big win over Newcastle today.

Just when you think the Knights season couldn’t get any worse, along came the escapades of Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann. The Knights players and coaching staff could be forgiven for wishing this season would just end.

They were in the game with 15 minutes to go against the Broncos last weekend, but all too familiar errors returned. The Broncos bounced away to win 28-10.

Bradman Best and Enari Tuala have been stood down by the club for disciplinary reasons. Edrick Lee returns from injury in place of Tuala and Krystian Mapapalangi will make his NRL debut. David Klemmer also returns with Jacob Saifiti shifting to lock and Mat Croker to the bench.

Without Ricky Stuart, the Raiders ended the Dragons season last weekend with a 24-22 win. The second-half wobbles returned, but they were good enough to hold on at the death.

The Raiders are not the flashest team around, they rely on their big pack of forwards to get some domination up front. The Knights pack also contains some big names, and they need to stand up this afternoon to give Newcastle a sniff.

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Joe Tapine is a big in for the Raiders, pushing Emre Guler to the bench and Ryan Sutton to the reserves. Nick Cotric returns from suspension, with Albert Hopoate losing his spot in the 17.

Prediction

Canberra need to win this week to stay alive and they need a big scoreline to start and address their poor for and against differential.

The Knights are playing for pride alone but, after the events of the last fortnight, you start to wonder how much pride is left.

Raiders by 20.

Game information

Kick-off: 4:05pm AEST
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium
TV/Stream: Kayo SportsFoxtel, Channel Nine
Odds: Knights $3.40, Raiders $1.32 – odds via PlayUp

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Newcastle

1. Tex Hoy 2. Edrick Lee 3. Dane Gagai 4. Krystian Mapapalangi 5. Dominic Young 6. Anthony Milford 7. Adam Clune 8. David Klemmer 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Brodie Jones 13. Jacob Saifiti

Interchange: 14. Phoenix Crossland 15. Pasami Saulo 16. Simi Sasagi 17. Mat Croker

Canberra

1. Xavier Savage 2. Nick Cotric 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Zac Woolford 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Adam Elliott

Interchange: 14. Tom Starling 15. Emre Guler 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Corey Harawira-Naera

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