Raiders not sweating five-day turnaround (AAP)

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Raiders not sweating five-day turnaround (AAP)
10 April 2012, 7:05 pm

Canberra coach David Furner says the Raiders are determined to match the Brisbane Broncos on energy despite a short turnaround from their last NRL clash against the Warriors on Sunday.

Furner has named an unchanged line-up from the one that beat last year's grand finalists 32-12 for the Raiders' much-awaited first win at home at Canberra Stadium.

After a bad run with injuries over the opening six rounds, it was a welcome reprieve for the Raiders to have made it through all 80 minutes against the Warriors unscathed.

Both skipper Terry Campese and centre Jarrod Croker have been given the all-clear for the Broncos game, despite struggling with knee injuries against the Auckland-based side.

Furner said Campese, who missed a training session earlier in the week due to swollen knees, had "copped a couple of knocks" in the game but had not suffered any serious damage.

Taking in the Raiders' short five-day turnaround this week, he admitted a lucky break on the injury front couldn't have been better timed.

"We need it," Furner said.

"There's some guys with some bumps and bruises and we've only really got one decent session, which is on Thursday, to run as a side before we go up (to Brisbane) on Friday.

"But we need to show as much energy as they do and our start's going to be crucial."

Furner said the clash against the second-placed Broncos, who've only lost one game out of six, loomed as one of Canberra's biggest tests so far.

"They are the benchmark at the moment with Melbourne and they've been very consistent.

"We've got to try and exploit their weaknesses as best as possible, but for our team, we've got to be looking at our 17 players and their attitude for 80 minutes."

Prop David Shillington will be hoping for another bumper match to catch the eye of Kangaroos' selectors, after completing a dominant comeback from an abdominal injury in the match against the Warriors.

He tore his oblique muscle in Canberra's round four loss to Sydney Roosters and was originally scheduled to miss two to three weeks, but only missed last Monday's game against the North Queensland Cowboys.

Source: Rugby League