The Canberra Raiders have made one change for their match against the Manly Sea Eagles in Mudgee on Saturday evening.
Nick Cotric has been named to return from a quad strain on the wing with Seb Kris moving onto the COVID isolation list.
Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker will spend at least another week in the NSW Cup after playing 80 minutes in Canberra’s 47-24 victory over the Magpies last round. Croker ran for 103 metres from 10 carries, four tackle busts and kicked 7 from 8 conversions in his return from a back issue.
The Raiders will be looking for their third win in four games to start the season and are fresh off a comeback 24-22 victory over the Titans at home.
Despite the exciting win, Canberra still have plenty of room for improvement and will be looking for a more consistent performance.
Meanwhile, their opponents Manly have named an unchanged 17.
The Sea Eagles got on the board last week with a gritty one-point victory over the Bulldogs in wet conditions at Brookvale.
The sides met twice last year with Canberra claiming a 30-16 win in round 17 before Manly won 19-18 in round 23.
They also played each other in the pre-season with the Raiders taking a comeback 18-16 victory in Gosford.
Raiders and Manly team lists
| Canberra Raiders | Manly Sea Eagles | |
| Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad | 1 | Tom Trbojevic |
| Nick Cotric | 2 | Jason Saab |
| Matt Timoko | 3 | Brad Parker |
| Semi Valemei | 4 | Morgan Harper |
| Jordan Rapana | 5 | Reuben Garrick |
| Jack Wighton | 6 | Kieran Foran |
| Brad Schneider | 7 | Daly Cherry-Evans |
| Josh Papalii | 8 | Sean Keppie |
| Tom Starling | 9 | Lachlan Croker |
| Joe Tapine | 10 | Martin Taupau |
| Hudson Young | 11 | Haumole Oklakau’atu |
| Corey Harawira-Naera | 12 | Andrew Davey |
| Elliott Whitehead | 13 | Jake Trbojevic |
| BENCH | ||
| Matt Frawley | 14 | Dylan Walker |
| Emre Guler | 15 | Karl Lawton |
| Adam Elliott | 16 | Ethan Bullemor |
| Corey Horsburgh | 17 | Taniela Paseka |
| RESERVES | ||
| Xavier Savage | 18 | Toafofoa Sipley |
| Ryan Sutton | 19 | Josh Aloiai |
| Adrian Trevilyan | 20 | Tolutau Koula |
| James Schiller | 21 | Jorge Taufua |
| Sam Williams | 22 | Kurt De Luis |
| Trey Mooney | 23 | Christian Tuipulotu |
| Peter Hola | 24 | Alec Tuitavake |
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