Sunday first NRL Round 10 match is between Canberra Raiders and Penrith Panthers with the opening kick to commence at 2pm local time. The game is to be played at GIO Stadium which see’s away team Penrith Panthers hold favouritism in the market. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Canberra Raiders and Penrith Panthers.

Where and when: GIO Stadium, Sunday May 18, 2pm

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Odds Comparison:

Canberra Raiders	2.30	2.30	2.25	2.30	2.30	2.30
Penrith Panthers	1.65	1.65	1.67	1.65	1.65	1.65

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

For the second game in a row, the Raiders conceded 54 points in a match.

In round 8 it was against Manly and last week’s match the Warriors piled on eight tries to the Raiders’ two.

The Manly defeat should’ve sparked some sort of response from the Raiders but there was little from them in terms of effort or commitment and it has left the team nowhere to go.

Last year the playing group knifed then Coach David Furner in the back and so far this year, they’ve produced nothing to suggest that they’re happy with new Coach Ricky Stewart who was forced to apologise for the team’s “rot” on the weekend

It’s hard to see how they turn around the efforts of the past fortnight in the space of seven days.

The Panthers continued their win/loss sequence this year with a good away win over Newcastle last week, 32 – 10.

The Knights opened the scoring and the first half suggested the game was going to be a much tighter contest than it developed into, with the Panthers holding a slender 16 – 10 halftime lead.

Two quick tries within the first ten minutes of the second half had them full of momentum though and another on the stroke of fulltime, produced a fitting result for the boys from Penrith.

The Panthers finished the game ahead in almost every stat of the match and led by halves pairing of Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace, they always appeared to be in control of their own destiny however, it is imperative that they start to string some wins together and they’ll never get a better chance to do that than this weekend.

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The Panthers already have a victory of the Raiders this year, 12 – 6, back in round 5 but field a stronger team this weekend compared to the one they did back then and the Raiders were at least competitive in that match.

The Raiders have won three of their last fifteen games and whilst those wins have come as outsiders against the likes of Melbourne, and South Sydney – it’s just too hard seeing them defeat the Panthers on current form.

A better effort from them we can only hope for the sake of the club and supporters but a win?

Teams:

Canberra Raiders:
1. Anthony Milford 2. Reece Robinson 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Jack Wighton 5. Mosese Pangai 6. Terry Campese 7. Josh McCrone 8. David Shillington 9. Glen Buttriss 10. Brett White 11. Josh Papalii 12. Jarrad Kennedy 13. Shaun Fensom. Interchange: 14. Matt McIlwrick 15. Joel Edwards 16. Paul Vaughan 17. Dane Tilse 18. Mitch Cornish 19. Shannon Boyd 20. Kyle O’Donnell 21. Sami Sauiluma

Penrith Panthers:
1. Matt Moylan 2. Josh Mansour 3. Dean Whare 4. Jamal Idris 5. Dacid Simmons 6. Jamie Soward 7. Peter Wallace 8. Sam McKendry 9. James Segeyaro 10. Brent Kite 11. Sika Manu 12. Tyrone Peachey 13. Adam Docker. Interchange: 14. Matt Robinson 15. Jeremy Latimore 16. Isaah Yeo 17. Tim Grant

News:

At sixes and sevens over their halves, Canberra assistant coach Dean Pay admits dumped five-eighth Jack Wighton is still considered the Raiders’ solution at pivot.

Pay said the whole squad should be “on their toes” when Raiders coach Ricky Stuart cut down a 21-strong squad named for Sunday’s NRL home clash with Penrith.

But Pay claimed Wighton was still rated as a five-eighth despite being relegated to the centres after a failed nine-game halves experiment with skipper Terry Campese.

Josh McCrone moves from hooker to halfback with an out-of-sorts Campese swapping the No.7 jersey for No.6 against the Panthers following back-to-back NRL hidings that prompted speculation over Stuart’s future.

“I think the whole squad is on their toes at the moment. After the last couple of weeks so they should be,” Pay said.

“We have had some changes this week and it was due.”

Stuart dumped three players and made several positional changes but the jury was out on who would don Canberra colours with the likes of exciting halfback Mitch Cornish named on an extended bench.

“We are still in the process of making a final decision on who will actually play,” Pay said.

However, Pay said one of the few certainties was Wighton playing in the centres against Penrith but could not rule out a halves return for the playmaker.

“He will stay there (in the centres). Hopefully he will give us some more strike on that edge,” he said.

“He’s happy to go back out there.

“(But) we still think he is a six. He just needs a little bit more confidence back.”

Asked if Wighton’s switch to the centres was a long term move, Pay said: “It will pan out after this week.

“We won’t say he won’t move back there.

“We just need some confidence back and we will go from there.”

Players came out in support of Stuart on Monday after Canberra (3-6 record) conceded 108 points including 18 tries and missed 59 tackles in their last two matches.

Their woeful season start was compounded by rising superstar Anthony Milford confirming he would honour a two-year deal with Brisbane from 2015.