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The Bulldogs defeated the Raiders, spoiling Ricky Stuart's 300th game, and moved to the NRL's top spot.

The Australian

The Bulldogs have ruined Ricky Stuart's 300th game in charge of the Raiders to move to the top of the NRL ladder after a classic wet-weather slugfest between two high quality sides at GIO Stadium in Canberra on Thursday night.

Both sides were enormous in defence and controlled the ball well in attack considering the atrocious conditions, before Jacob Preston sealed the win with a try under the posts in the 71st minute.

Canberra scored late via Savelio Tamale to set up a grandstand finish, but the Dogs held on.

The loss won't be the only thing Stuart and Canberra have to worry about though, with Josh Papali'i at the mercy of the match review committee after a first half hit on Sam Hughes that landed the ironman prop in the sin bin.

"(Referee) Adam Gee said forceful and to the head," Greg Alexander said in commentary.

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Benji Marshall denies Wests Tigers links to Scott Drinkwater and Bronson Xerri amid recent club changes and controversies.

Zero Tackle

Wests Tigers head coach Benji Marshall has moved to emphatically shut down links to Scott Drinkwater and Bronson Xerri.

The North Queensland Cowboys fullback Drinkwater is back in the headlines after originally being linked to the shopping list at the back-end of 2025.

The Cowboys squashed those rumours at the time, but his reported axing from first-grade this weekend - something the club are claiming has more to do with his ribs than form - could see the question marks return.

Bronson Xerri, meanwhile, has been dropped from Canterbury's side for their clash this weekend with the Canberra Raiders, and has reportedly requested a release.

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A city coach traveled to rural New South Wales for mentoring, then reluctantly enjoyed drinks with local coaches after the seminar.

Zero Tackle

Last week I was out Bush! This city boy ventured deep into Country New South Wales, avoiding kangaroos, cows, horses and other animals to do a bit of coach mentoring.

I live in Brisbane (very much a city) and took the flight to Canberra (another city) before driving four hours West to Narrandera (country) where I held a coach's night, attended by several local coaches from the host and neighbouring clubs.

The President of Narrandera Lizards, nicknamed Bundy for reasons unbeknownst to many, couldn't get me to the local pub fast enough at the conclusion of my seminar.

Of course, I fought against this awful suggestion with every fibre of my being, but lost. And, met by another coach I mentor, Kye, who'd travelled a fair way to catch up, I felt obliged to sink a few schooners with them (under duress of course).

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