Saturday night shapes up as a must-win game for the Canberra Raiders when they travel to Sydney to face the Parramatta Eels ahead of a tough upcoming schedule.
Parramatta Eels versus Canberra RaidersSaturday, 20 May
Kick-off: 7:30pm at ANZ Stadium
What has happened to the Canberra Raiders over the last three weeks? A tight loss to Manly, followed by an absent second half against the Dogs and then a diabolical loss to the Knights where they conceded a whopping 34 points to the wooden spoon favourites.
Canberra need to turn this around and fast. They have a tough upcoming schedule with matches against the Roosters, Manly, Penrith and Brisbane in the next four. Certainly not easy beats by any means.
The Eels were demolished last week when they faced the Roosters and lost their best player in Corey Norman in the process.
Mitchell Moses has made the transfer from the Tigers to the Eels and will start at halfback in place of Will Smith.
Bevan French returns to fullback and Beau Scott and Brad Takairangi have been named as reserves, which is a boost for the Eels.
For the Raiders, Josh Papalii returns to the run on side.
As I’ve mentioned, this is a must-win game for Canberra. They really have no excuses in this one.
Mitchell Moses will be coming into the Eels lineup trying to learn a new system and link up with new players.
Bevan French is bound to be rusty and the Raiders will have more desperation in this one.
Prediction: Canberra by 8.
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