This top-four clash is missing a little of its entertainment factor now that Raiders 2019 recruit John Bateman is out with an eye-socket fracture.
Then again, Latrell Mitchell will be there and he rattled off 26 points from a hat-trick and seven goals in the Roosters 42-12 demolition of the Wests Tigers at the SCG last weekend. So as long as he has the ball in hand the punters will get a show.
And with Canberra's Jarrod Croker leading the NRL points race, second rower Elliott Whitehead topping the intercepts and fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad having the most run metres, the Raiders can light up a stadium themselves.
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Topic: Roosters v Raiders: Round 9 preview
