Canberra Raiders vs Canterbury Bulldogs

Saturday first NRL Round 23 match is between Canberra Raiders and Canterbury Bulldogs with the opening kick to commence at 3:00PM local time. The game is to be played at Canberra Stadium with the home team Canberra Raiders hold favouritism in the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Canberra Raiders and Canterbury Bulldogs.

Canberra suffered their first defeat at home this year two rounds back, when walloped by Melbourne (68 – 4).
Whilst it was a much better effort last week against competition front-runners Sydney Roosters, the Raiders still finished on the wrong side of a 28 – 22 score-line.
With the Titans surprise win over the Bulldogs on Monday night, the Raiders have slipped outside of the eight and are only two points in front of the Warriors and three ahead of Brisbane.
With these two sides up against Penrith and Parramatta respectively this week, the Raiders need a win here.
Being at home and, with three wins from their past four games over Canterbury, the Raiders showed enough in last week’s effort to be confident going into this match.
Canterbury are on the quick back-up after losing on Monday night to the Titans (26 – 16).
It was the Dogs’ first loss in the past four weeks and keeps them in fifth spot on the ladder on equal points with the Sharks, one ahead of the Knights and two ahead of their opponents here.
A total of 13 errors were costly for the Dogs on Monday night and will need to be rectified quickly as Canberra can capilitize on them and post points quickly.
Neither side can ill-afford a loss and that fact should make for a great clash here.
Three of the last four clashes between these two sides have resulted in a total point score of over 40 points however, with a win imperative for both sides, we may see a tighter clash here with the winning margin a slender one.