4 Pines Park will play host to Friday's Round 9 NRL game between Manly Sea Eagles and Canberra Raiders. The game kicks off at 6:00 pm with Manly Sea Eagles heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Manly Sea Eagles vs. Canberra Raiders game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Friday May 3, 2024 at 6:00 pm

Where: 4 Pines Park

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Canberra’s promising campaign has unravelled in the past fortnight, losing linchpin Jamal Fogarty for three months in a 34-10 defeat to Brisbane before crashing to a 40-0 loss to Cronulla – the first time the Raiders have been held scoreless at home in 12 years.

The 4-4 Raiders’ defensive resolve has fallen away after conceding 17.6 points per game across the first six rounds, while rookie halves pairing Kaeo Weekes and Ethan Strange are ill-equipped to direct the team around.

Manly, meanwhile, continues to enhances its claims as a top-four contender, going unbeaten for four games – though their victories over Gold Coast (34-30) and Parramatta (32-18) were less than convincing.

The Sea Eagles surged late against a 12-man Eels side after trailing 14-6 at halftime.

Sea Eagles skipper Daly Cherry-Evans is cleared to play after having a dangerous throw charge downgraded, but Haumole Olakau’atu has copped a two-match ban and is replaced in the second-row by Ethan Bullemor. Toafofoa Sipley returns from injury on the bench.

Ricky Stuart has tinkered with his struggling line-up, picking Albert Hopoate at fullback and Nick Cotric on the wing at the expense of Chevy Stewart and James Schiller, respectively. Elliott Whitehead returns from injury, which sees Simi Sasagi drop out.

Manly has won nine of its last 12 against Canberra, including a 42-14 romp at GIO Stadium in the teams’ only clash last year with Tom Trbojevic – who has scored 12 tries in 10 career games against the Raiders – bagging a hat-trick.

Though Olakau’atu is a big out, the Raiders’ recent woes on the defensive side of the ball do not bode well with DCE and ‘Turbo’ in peak form for a Sea Eagles side that averages 30 points a game over the past month and is 10-4 at 4 Pines Park since the start of 2023.

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Manly Sea Eagles vs Canberra Raiders Teams

Sea Eagles team: 1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jason Saab 3. Tolutau Koula 4. Reuben Garrick 5. Tommy Talau 6. Luke Brooks 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Lachlan Croker 10. Josh Aloiai 11. Ethan Bullemor 12. Corey Waddell 13. Jake Trbojevic 14. Karl Lawton 15. Toafofoa Sipley 16. Nathan Brown 17. Matthew Lodge 18. Aaron Woods 19. Jakob Arthur 20. Jaxson Paulo 21. Ben Condon 22. Gordon Chan Kum Tong

Raiders team: 1. Albert Hopoate 2. Xavier Savage 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Nick Cotric 6. Ethan Strange 7. Kaeo Weekes 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Danny Levi 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Morgan Smithies 14. Tom Starling 15. Ata Mariota 16. Trey Mooney 17. Emre Guler 18. Simi Sasagi 19. Peter Hola 20. Zac Woolford 21. James Schiller 22. Hohepa Puru