Ricky Stuart makes call on resting Canberra players as Craig Bellamy threatens to axe Storm stars

Ricky Stuart makes call on resting Canberra players as Craig Bellamy threatens to axe Storm stars

Canberra's Ricky Stuart will rest players against the Dolphins to refresh his team for finals.

Yahoo! Sport

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has confirmed he will be following Penrith's lead and resting several players from the last round clash with the Dolphins as he looks to refresh his side ahead of the finals. The Raiders secured their first minor premiership since 1990 with a 24-10 win over the Wests Tigers on Saturday, allowing Stuart the luxury of rostering off a number of his stars for the trip to Kayo Stadium next Sunday.

He told Triple M on Sunday: "I will be (resting players). We've got some banged up players and I spoke to (NRL CEO) Andrew Abdo yesterday before the (minor premiership) presentation and said I will be resting some players that need it.

"There's some players that are banged up. It's such a long season. I'll just rest the...

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