Canberra Raiders NRL News

Queensland winger Xavier Coates may miss State of Origin decider due to hamstring injury.

Canberra Weekly

Xavier Coates appears in major doubt for the State of Origin decider after the Queensland winger suffered a hamstring injury in Melbourne's 16-6 win over Canberra.

A shattered Coates limped off AAMI Park on Saturday night after attempting to dive to the ball and had to be assisted to the change-rooms by trainers.

The injury, his second hamstring issue of the season, threatens his participation in the third Origin match in Brisbane on July 17.

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy said Coates would undergo scans but admitted it didn't look good for the...

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Melbourne dominant first half, delayed scoring, Garlick to King, Storm denied tries, great tackles.

League Unlimited

The first half saw Melbourne dominate field position and were also more disciplined, however it took 37 minutes before the first points were scored, when Bronson Garlick fired a stellar flat ball to his lead runner Josh King, who juggled the ball that he wasn't expecting to receive, then noticed there was no one near him, so he fell over the line to score untouched near the posts. Tyran Wishart converted.

The Storm almost had 2 other tries in the first half, with the bunker denying both. In the 12th minute Grant Anderson put in a chip and chase and dived to plant the ball for a try but he didn't get a hand on it.

In the 25th minute Sualauvi Faalogo dived to score in the comment but lost the ball mid-air due to a great cover tackle from Albert Hopoate.

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Ricky Stuart makes late change: Cook starts in centres for Raiders, ending 2-game losing streak.

The Canberra Times

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has rung a late change in a bid to snap their two-game losing streak.

Adam Cook will play his first NRL game since 2020, after the COVID pandemic temporarily ended his professional career.

He's been named to start in the centres in place of Sebastian Kris, but there were rumours early in the week suggesting Cook would start at halfback prompting a backline reshuffle.

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