Sunday has three NRL matches with the third game for Round 25 is between Canberra Raiders and Cronulla Sharks with the opening kick to commence at 7pm local time. The game is to be played at Canberra Stadium with the favourite for the match being (fav). View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Canberra Raiders and Cronulla Sharks.

WHERE AND WHEN: Canberra Stadium, 7pm (EST) Sunday

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Opening odds comparison:

Canberra Raiders	2.25	2.25	N/A	2.25	2.25	N/A
Cronulla Sharks	1.65	1.65	N/A	1.65	1.65	N/A

Preview:

The last game of the last round of 2013 is between the Sharks and Raiders, Sunday at 7.00pm at Canberra Stadium. The importance of this game will depend on earlier results, with the Sharks perhaps already having locked in fifth spot before kickoff on Sunday night. Canberra will be slight favourites to win this one at home, however, even though they continue to struggle with consistency. Cronulla have won 6 of their last 9 games at Canberra Stadium though, so even the home ground advantage might not be enough for the Raiders.

Teams:

Canberra Raiders:
Anthony Milford, Reece Robinson, Jarrod Croker, Sami Sauiluma, Bill Tupou, Terry Campese, Mitch Cornish, David Shillington, Josh McCrone, Brett White, Josh Papalii, Joel Thompson, Joel Edwards. Interchange: Shaun Berrigan, Joe Picker, Dane Tilse, Paul Vaughan.

Cronulla Sharks:
Michael Gordon, Sosaia Feki, Ben Pomeroy, Jonathan Wright, Beau Ryan, Todd Carney, Jeff Robson, Andrew Fifita, John Morris, Sam Tagataese, Luke Lewis, Anthony Tupou, Chris Heighington. Interchange: Isaac De Gois, Tyrone Peachey, Ben Ross, Bryce Gibbs.

Gallen annoyed at NRL ban

Paul Gallen claims that the NRL is effectively punishing him twice for his now-infamous State of Origin punch on Nate Myles, and has called for changes to the league’s judiciary system.

The Cronulla skipper will miss Sunday’s final round clash with Canberra after taking the early guilty plea to a grade one dangerous contact charge for a crusher tackle on North Queensland’s Scott Bolton on Sunday.

While the charge itself does not automatically attract a suspension, loading and 38 carry-over points from Gallen’s Origin II melee with Queenslander Myles pushed the charge over the threshold for a one-match ban.

“That’s something that I’m a bit annoyed about,” Gallen said on Wednesday.

“It is disappointing for my club, the fact that I was suspended for the Origin incident – I missed a game back then because of that – and now later on in the year, at a pretty important time, that’s what’s tipped me over the edge.

“A grade one would’ve only gotten me 70 or 80 points or something. I would’ve taken the early guilty plea and been fine to play. But obviously now I can’t because of what happened earlier in the year.

“I think that needs to be looked at.

“It definitely needs a change.”

Gallen said even though the round 26 match against the Raiders won’t have any bearing on the Sharks’ position on the NRL ladder going into the finals series, the fact he was cited had been upsetting.

“Me not playing this week, I’m not too concerned about it. I’m a bit upset at the charge though,” he said.

“I can understand I’ve been charged with a grade one, but I mean I’ve been playing for well over 200 games and probably made 30 or 40 tackles a game and never been involved in a tackle like this.

“It was purely accidental and some times these things happen in a game.

“But anyway, I’ll cop a week for it and just get on with it in round one of the semis.”