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The Raiders will welcome back Jordan Rapana from suspension for their round 21 game against the top-of-the-table Penrith Panthers on Saturday.
Rapana returns in time for the highly-anticipated late afternoon clash expected to be played in front of a bumper crowd at Canberra Stadium.
"It's a big bonus for us with Rapa's yardage and carries and the way he runs the football - he's just freakish," Raiders teammate Nick Cotric said of Rapana.
Jordan Rapana will return for the Raiders important clash against the Panthers at GIO Stadium on Saturday evening.
Rapana replaces Albert Hopoate on the wing in the only change from the club’s 36-24 victory over the Titans last week.
The Raiders head into the match in ninth place on the ladder having won three games in a row against the Storm, Warriors and Gold Coast.
The longest-serving club official in the NRL has blasted the August 1 transfer deadline, and said the rule brought in to help short-staffed clubs while in COVID bubbles was “killing tribalism”.
The cut-off for late-season trades ended on Monday with Parramatta missing out on Manly’s Marty Taupau. Wests Tigers centre Oliver Gildart was paraded in Sydney Roosters colours, while Melbourne posted an image of fellow Tiger David Nofoaluma enjoying his first day of training down south.
Canberra chief executive Don Furner has sat back and watched the frantic player movement with a heavy heart,...