Canberra Raiders NRL News

Dolphins vs Panthers, Townsend dropped, Luai returns, Knights shuffle spine in Round 6.

Fox League

The Roosters have swung the axe on Chad Townsend, but Dom Young has survived, while the Knights have reshuffled their spine and Jarome Luai returns for the Tigers.

Dolphins team
: 1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Jake Averillo 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Jack Bostock 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Isaiya Katoa 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Felise Kaufusi 11. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 12. Tom Gilbert 13. Max Plath 14. Kurt Donoghoe 15. Mark Nicholls 16. Connelly Lemuelu 17. Josh Kerr 18. Sean O'Sullivan 19. Kenny Bromwich 20. Oryn Keeley 21. Max Feagai 22. Junior Tupou

Read on for all of the team news ahead of Round 6.

THURSDAY

Dolphins vs Penrith Panthers, 7.50pm AEST at Suncorp Stadium

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$9000 fines and six suspensions, uncertainty remains about NRL's head-high crackdown and sin bin protocol.

The Canberra Times

More than $9000 in fines and six games of suspensions from 12 players charged, but we're still no closer to knowing what a sin bin looks like in the NRL's head-high crackdown.

Especially given only six players were binned for high contact during round five - including one that wasn't even charged by the match review committee.

With a crackdown on, you'd expect every player charged should have been sent to the sin bin, meaning seven players were lucky to avoid a 10-minute rest - especially Manly forward Corey Waddell, who has been suspended for two games for his high shot on Tyran Wishart.

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Injuries plague Panthers, Knights, Rabbitohs, Broncos in Week 6, Roosters considering big halves switch.

Fox League

Round 6 delivered a host of injuries, with the Panthers, Knights, Rabbitohs and Broncos all struck hard in a brutal week of rugby league action.

THURSDAY

Meanwhile, the Roosters could be in line to make a big halves switch after a rising star was pulled out of NSW Cup over the weekend.

Read on for all of the team news ahead of Round 6.

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