Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Weekly

The red-hot Raiders will be looking for their sixth straight win when they host Manly at GIO Stadium on Sunday afternoon in Indigenous Round.

Match details

Who: Canberra Raiders vs Manly Sea Eagles
When: Sunday 21 May, 4.05 pm AEST
Where: GIO Stadium, Canberra
Weather: Min 1, max 14. Chance of rain 5%
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Head-to-head record: Played 62. Raiders 23 wins. Manly 38 wins. 1 draw.

With Zac Woolford out due to concussion, Danny Levi returns from a broken jaw and has been named on the bench with Tom Starling to start at hooker. Nick Cotric has been named on the reserves and will play NSW Cup as he returns from a hamstring injury.

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Fox League

Legendary front-rower Sam Backo is set to undergo a triple bypass surgery after suffering a major heart attack earlier this year.

The 62-year-old was recovering from surgery on both his knees in the Cairns Base Hospital when he suffered a heart attack.

Backo has since been stabilised and had three stints inserted into his heart and will now travel to Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane for major surgery on May 20.

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The Canberra Times

Give the banana farmer from North Queensland another crack in State of Origin.

That was the message from Brisbane coach Kevin Walters who insists Broncos prop Thomas Flegler is ready to be given his second Queensland jumper after the retirement of Maroons legend Josh Papalii.

Papalii stepped down from State of Origin football on Thursday after playing 23 games for the Maroons in the front-row, and 23-year-old Flegler is one of a suite of middle forwards in the mix to come into the side.

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