We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
The Raiders and Ricky Stuart have taken aim at critics of the club, questioning if anyone knows they are even playing finals football.
The Tigers have a mountain of soul searching to do in the off-season, while the Dolphins performed admirably in their first NRL season.
Meanwhile, there is three battles between former mentors and their assistants in the first week of the finals in 2023.
Cronulla could be forced to throw an untested rookie into the NRL finals furnace or recall Matt Moylan after Connor Tracey limped out of their final-round 24-6 win over 12-man Canberra.
The Raiders' spluttering season took a further body blow with winger Seb Kris sent off for an ugly second-half spear tackle on Cronulla counterpart Sione Katoa
With Canbera already without State of Origin forwards Corey Horsburgh and Josh Papalii, Kris's absence will make matters still harder for Ricky Stuart's men as they travel to an elimination final against red-hot Newcastle on Sunday.
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The Cronulla Sharks have secured home field advantage for Finals Week One in the Rugby League competition after defeating the Canberra Raiders 24-6.
The Sharks' victory was aided by the dismissal of Seb Kris from the Raiders, who played the final 20 minutes with only 12 men on the field.
With the game hanging in the balance at 10-6 in favor of Cronulla, Kris lifted Sione Katoa above the horizontal and sent him head first into the turf, resulting in his ejection from the match.
This incident effectively ended Canberra's hopes of surpassing the Sharks in the ladder standings.