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The Canberra Raiders have a nervous wait ahead of them after winger Jordan Rapana was sent to the sin bin while already on report for a separate incident.
Rapana was placed on report in the early stages of Sunday's pre-season match against the Wests Tigers for a dangerous tackle on Asu Kepoa.
The 33-year-old was later sin-binned for a high shot on Tigers five-eighth Adam Doueihi.
For the second year in a row, Jordan Rapana's spot for the opening weeks of the NRL season is in jeopardy.
It wouldn't be a Canberra Raiders pre-season without a few hurdles and after fullback Xavier Savage's broken jaw last week, coach Ricky Stuart will now sweat on a judiciary outcome over Rapana.
The veteran Raider was put on report for a high tackle on Asu Kepaoa and sin-binned for accidental contact to the head of Adam Doueihi in the first half of their humbling 36-4 defeat to the Wests Tigers at Belmore on Sunday afternoon.
In the back of the Belmore Sports Ground grandstand, Benji Marshall’s voice echoes down the corridors. He’s shouting instructions through the headsets to the Tigers lieutenants on the sidelines.
“Transition! Transition!”
It doesn’t matter that it’s February with the temperature nudging the high 20s and we’re in the final minutes of an exhausting first half, his forwards hunched over in downward dogs and all types of rest poses. Marshall wants his team to quickly morph from defence into attack, the way he knows.
If this isn’t Benji’s team in name, then it certainly is in...