The Raiders will have taken plenty of heart from their fightback against the Warriors and return to familiar surroundings in Canberra to confront a confident Knights side riding a three-game winning streak.
Newcastle's impressive victory over the Storm moved them to within one point of the top eight, filling the Knights faithful with hope that a return to the finals is a very real possibility.
With Kalyn Ponga in supreme form and their forwards rumbling through the middle of the ruck, Newcastle have piled on 126 points in the past three games to take their points differential into positive territory at +42.