Preview: Raiders V #Bulldogs - Toyota Cup #NYCCANCBY

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Canberra Raiders V Canterbury Bulldogs
Round 25 Toyota Cup, Friday 24th August 2012, 5:20pm @ Canberra Stadium

Tickets:
Ticketek - Raiders V Bulldogs

Preview:
The first placed Canberra Raiders Toyota Cup side take on the second placed Bulldogs this weekend in what is the first of two games for the Raiders that will decide the Toyota Cup minor premiership. If Canberra wins both of their remaining regular season games against the Bulldogs and the currently third placed Warriors, then the Raiders will be uncatchable in the race to claim the minor premiership.

The Raiders currently sit on 36 competiton points, only one point clear of both the Bulldogs and Warriors (35) who each have an odd number due to a draw during the season. If Canberra can beat the Bulldogs and the Warriors can beat the Dragons this weekend it will set up a Toyota cup clash of epic proportions in the final round of the season between the Raiders and Warriors, with the winner to claim the minor premiership and first place going into the NYC finals.

Canberra played a good game to pick up the win against the Roosters last week but will need to be much better this round against one of the powerhouse clubs in the under 20s competition.


RAIDERS
1. Jack Ahearn
2. Jonathon Reuben
3. Matthew Allwood
4. Edrick Lee
5. Jeremy Hawkins
6. Anthony Milford
7. Mitchell Cornish ©
8. Shannon Boyd
9. Ben Picker
10. Jeff Lynch
11. Michael Chee Kam
12. Joe Bradley
13. Hayden Crockett
Bench:
14. Mitchell Cronin
15. Blake Seager
16. Scott Doyle
17. Uiti Baker
18. Dane Clarke

BULLDOGS
1 PATRICK TEMPLEMAN
2 SAM AHOFONO
3 MATTHEW FUKOFUKA
4 ED MURPHY
5 JOHN SILA
6 JALINE GRAHAM
7 MOSES MBYE (C)
8 DAVID KLEMMER
9 DEAN JANDA
10 LLOYD PERRETT
11 TUPOU SOPOAGA
12 PAUL CARTER
13 LACHLAN BURR
Bench:
14 GERARD McCALLUM
15 JAMES RALPHS
16 DAVID MINUTE
19 OLIVER GORDON

Source: RNA