He is one of Newcastle's strike weapons in attack, but the Canberra Raiders have signalled their intention to test the defensive vulnerability of Knights winger Akuila Uate under the high ball on Sunday.
Uate was at his explosive best in Monday night's 34-6 win over the North Queensland Cowboys, scoring two tries and running for 165 metres.
Raiders five-eighth and co-captain Josh McCrone conceded Canberra would prefer to keep the ball out of Uate's hands as much as possible, but it won't stop the Raiders sending the ball his way off the boot.
Uate, who has played five state-of-origin matches for NSW, was dumped by the Blues last year after a shocker under the high ball in the second origin game.
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Topic: Raiders to hound Uate
