Sunday has two NRL matches with the first game for Round 24 is between Canberra Raiders and Manly Sea Eagles with the opening kick to commence at 2:00PM local time. The game is to be played at Canberra Stadium with the favourite for the match being Manly Sea Eagles. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Canberra Raiders and Manly Sea Eagles.

WHERE AND WHEN: Canberra Stadium, Sunday, 25/08, 2:00PM

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Opening odds comparison:

Canberra Raiders	2.55	2.80	3.20	2.80	2.55	2.75
Manly Sea Eagles	1.47	1.45	1.37	1.45	1.47	1.45

Preview:

The first Sunday game is between the Canberra Raiders and Manly, 2.00pm at Canberra Stadium. The Sea Eagles are expected to win here, even though they too are
facing their share of off-field controversy. The Raiders are in much more serious trouble, however, after the sacking of coach David Furner and back to back losses at what
was once their home fortress. Saying that, however, at ninth spot on the ladder, Canberra will be very hungry for a win as September draws near.

Teams:

Canberra Raiders:
Reece Robinson, Sandor Earl, Jarrod Croker, Bill Tupou, Sami Sauiluma, Anthony Milford, Josh McCrone, David Shillington, Shaun Berrigan, Brett White, Josh Papalii, Joel Thompson, Paul Vaughan. Interchange: Glen Buttriss, Joel Edwards, Dane Tilse, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Sam Williams

Manly Sea Eagles:
Brett Stewart, Jorge Taufua, Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, David Williams, Kieran Foran, Daly Cherry-Evans, Brenton Lawrence, Matt Ballin, Brent Kite, Anthony Watmough, Justin Horo. Glenn Stewart. Interchange: Richie Fa’aoso, Jamie Buhrer, David Gower, George Rose, James Hasson

Raiders boss wants NRL salary cap discount

Canberra CEO Don Furner will renew a call for the NRL to provide a discount under the salary cap for clubs that develop their own junior players.

His younger brother David Furner became the first Raiders coach to be axed in 32 seasons on Tuesday, adding to a tumultuous year for the club.

While star fullback Josh Dugan was sacked at the beginning of the season for an off-field indiscretion, the playing group became frustrated at David Furner’s refusal to axe troubled centre Blake Ferguson despite numerous misdemeanors.

The club struggles to prevent poaching of their best junior talent from teams in the bigger cities, which resulted in a lack of replacement options for Ferguson.

It has been acknowledged by Raiders board members that David Furner’s decision to stand by Ferguson partly led to his downfall.

Don Furner expressed frustration on Big Sports Breakfast on Wednesday at the difficulties faced in retaining suitable players.

“We are in the top one or two developers of talent in the game, and there’s a lot of good young tough kids in the country we attract,” Don Furner said.

“We’ve got a great development system, the hard part is making sure we keep them.”

He said he’d be putting forward a salary cap proposal to the NRL where clubs that develop junior talent get a discount.

“It has to happen to have an incentive to develop your own players,” Don Furner said.

“Otherwise we could be like other clubs and just say we’re not going to worry about putting money into junior development and just buy them when they’re 21 or 23. There are clubs that do that.”