Both sides last week were headaches for Punters with the Raiders toppling the Strom in Melbourne as $5.75 outsiders and the Knights, as $1.35 chances, losing in Golden Point time to the Cronulla Sharks.
Led by centre Blake Ferguson and five-eighth Terry Campese, the Raiders displayed the form that saw them make a late charge into the finals last season.
Canberra are 3-0 when playing at home this year with wins over Dragons (30-17), Roosters (24-22) and Warriors (20-16) and 2-0 when heading into matches as favourites.
With their tails up form last week, they are very well placed to take on the Knights.
The Knights are 1-2 when on the road this year and not many sides enjoy the trek to Canberra however, the Novocastrians do enjoy a 4-1 record over the Raiders since 2011.
The last four of those matches have produced total matches points of 40 points or more and with plenty of attack in both sides, expect this game to be another with plenty of points scored.
TIP:
Odds Comparison:
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| Canberra Raiders | 1.60 | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.57 | 1.60 | 1.60 |
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Newcastle Knights
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2.32 | 2.40 | 2.32 | 2.40 | 2.32 | 2.40 |
Teams:
Canberra Raiders:
Reece Robinson, Sandor Earl, Jack Wighton, Blake Ferguson, Edrick Lee, Terry Campese (c), Josh McCrone, Dane Tilse, Matt McIlwrick, Brett White, Joel Edwards, Joe Picker, Shaun Fensom
Interchange: Anthony Milford, Jake Foster, David Shillington, Paul Vaughan, Shaun Berrigan (one to be omitted)
Newcastle Knights:
Darius Boyd, James McManus, Dane Gagai, Timana Tahu, Akuila Uate, Kurt Gidley (c), Tyrone Roberts, Kade Snowden, Travis Waddell, Willie Mason, Robbie Rochow, Alex McKinnon, Chris Houston
Interchange: Matt Hilder, Neville Costigan, Adam Cuthbertson, David Fa’alogo, Korbin Sims (one to be omitted)
