It’s never easy travelling to Canberra but to have to make the trip, for a Monday night game in the depths of winter when, as the Broncos are, you’re struggling for a win, it’s tougher again.

The Broncos have lost four of their last five and last week, without their Origin stars on hand, were handed a hiding by the New Zealand Warriors last Monday night.

The loss took the Broncos record to 5-7 this year and they found themselves outside the eight and sliding.

The Raiders support a similar record 5-6 from their 11 games and have also lost their last two games as well, to Cronulla (30-20) and Manly (16-10) both away but, they return home where from four starts this season, they remain unbeaten.

Both sides scored a win when these two sides met twice last year but at home, and with Brisbane struggling to find their best at present, the Raiders should prevail.

TIP: CANBERRA 1 – 12

Odds Comparison by NRL odds:

Canberra Raiders	1.36	1.38	1.37	1.38	1.36	1.34
Brisbane Broncos	3.10	3.15	3.20	3.15	3.10	3.17

Teams:

Canberra Raiders:
Reece Robinson, Jack Wighton, Jarrod Croker, Blake Ferguson, Edrick Lee, Terry Campese (c), Josh McCrone, David Shillington, Shaun Berrigan, Brett White, Josh Papalii, Joel Thompson, Shaun Fensom. Interchange: Anthony Milford, Joe Picker, Dane Tilse, Paul Vaughan

Brisbane Broncos:
Corey Norman, Aaron Whitchurch, Jack Reed, Josh Hoffman, Jordan Kahu, Scott Prince, Peter Wallace, Josh McGuire, Andrew McCullough, Sam Thaiday (c), Alex Glenn, Matt Gillett, Corey Parker. Interchange: Ben Hunt, David Hala, Scott Anderson, Mitchell Dodds, Jarrod Wallace, Dunamis Lui, Nick Slyney