Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Raiders captain Joe Tapine earns consistent praise, competing with top props like Haas and Fonua-Blake.

The Canberra Times

Canberra Raiders captain Joe Tapine is earning praise every time he sets foot on the footy field this year, and while he has been called the best prop in the game before, we broke down the tape that highlight why he's on a different level this season.

Tapine has some stiff competition for the honour of the NRL's best prop with the likes of Brisbane's Payne Haas and Cronulla's Addin Fonua-Blake also in that conversation.

On statistical output alone those players do out-rank Tapine, yet time and again this season, rugby league experts, rival players, and teammates at club and international level all praise the Raiders skipper as a consistent...

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Manly's coach plans player changes after Round 15 loss; teams face selection challenges ahead.

Fox League

Manly coach Anthony Seibold is expected to swing the axe after a disappointing loss in Round 15 with a host of players being dropped and a positional switch for Tom Trbojevic all but locked in.

Star five-eighths Dylan Brown and Cody Walker are scheduled to return, while the Dolphins, Knights and Warriors will need to replace key players.

Michael Maguire is facing a selection headache of the good kind with veteran playmaker Ben Hunt due back from a hamstring injury, while all eyes will be on Lachlan Galvin and how he fits into the Bulldogs' 17 with Matt Burton back from Origin duties.

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Predict the grand final winner; Bulldogs face Panthers in an open competition this Thursday.

Fox League

Blog with James Hooper below from 1pm.

Righto riddle us this and try and pick the winner of the grand final right here and now?

We're saying the way the Bulldogs have evolved the club's defensive system they could absolutely lift the Provan-Summons trophy come September and write Penrith off at your own peril.

In the for-real stakes we can't recall a more open competition with 11 rounds of the regular season still to be played.

We'll get a true read on the Bulldogs this Thursday night when they play the back in-form four-time premiers the Panthers to open round 17 on Thursday night.

Canterbury-Bankstown will be fresh off a bye while the Panthers reminded us they're far from a spent force with an outstanding win despite missing $4.5 million worth of Origin talent against the Wahs on Super Saturday.

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