Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders – Regular Season – Preview & Prediction | NRL 2023

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THE FACTS

When is Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders on and what time does it start? Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders will take place on Friday 5th May, 2023 – 09:00 (UK)

Where is Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders taking place? Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders will take place at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia

Where can I get tickets for Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders? Click here for ticket information on 2023 NRL matches

What channel is Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders on? Sky Sports Arena will be televising selected NRL games in the UK and you can find their schedule here. For Australian broadcasters, you can find a list here

Where can I stream Canterbury Bulldogs vs Canberra Raiders? If televised on Sky Sports, then subscribers will be able to stream the match live via Sky Go. Alternatively, the match will be available to subscribers of Watch NRL

THE TEAM NEWS

CANTERBURY BULLDOGS

• Canterbury Bulldogs ended their losing run at three matches as they overcame St. George Illawarra Dragons in a scrappy affair last week.
• The Bulldogs scored a couple of eye-catching tries and will hope to build on that in what is another winnable game with a boost coming here with in-form Jacob Kiraz returning ahead of schedule following a short injury layoff.

Starting 13: Perham, Kiraz, Averillo, Alamoti, Casey, Reynolds, Burton, King, Mahoney, Pangai Jnr., Waddell, Preston, Faitala-Mariner – Interchanges: Oloapu, Okunbor, Pele, Hughes – Reserves: Morrin, Topine, Edwards, Flanagan, Wilson

Unavailable: Luke Thompson (Injured), Bailey Biondi-Odi (Injured), Chris Patolo (Injured), Viliame Kikau (Injured), Josh Addo-Carr (Injured), Braidon Burns (Injured), Fa’amanu Brown (Injured)

CANBERRA RAIDERS

• Canberra Raiders made it three straight wins as they landed a golden point success against the Dolphins last week, although it did come in controversial circumstances.
• A knock on before the decisive field goal from Jamal Fogarty was missed by the officials but the Raiders will not care and they will now go in the search of a fourth consecutive victory with Xavier Savage set to make his first appearance of the campaign.

Starting 13: Kris, Savage, Croker, Timoko, Rapana, Wighton, Fogarty, Papali’i, Woolford, Tapine, Young, Whitehead, Horsburgh – Interchanges: Starling, Guler, Saulo, Mariota – Reserves: Schneider, Schiller, Mooney, Harawira-Naera, Hola

Unavailable: Adrian Trevilyan (Injured), Danny Levi (Injured), Nick Cotric (Injured), Matt Frawley (Injured)

THE PREDICTION

Canterbury Bulldogs take on Canberra Raiders to get Magic Round underway. The pair come into this having won in their latest outings but the Raiders have won their last three. They come into this on a high after landing three close affairs in succession but this is likely to be another tight contest with the Bulldogs able to make this a dogged matchup and with that in mind, it is worth backing under 42.5 points as well as a winning margin of 1-12 points either way.