… Bad news for Canberra with Papalii done for the night with that shoulder injury sustained in the first-half. With ball in hand Crichton shone in the pack, Keary and Flanagan were neat and tidy in the halves, both executing superb kicking games, and then outside they have an all-star cast featuring the Morris brothers, the high-flying Tupou and the best in the business, James Tedesco. They use their unexpected drive to hammer downfield before forcing Nicoll-Klokstad to defuse another bomb. A round 3 Thursday night clash with the Dragons and then Manly the following Friday are their only games in the juiciest TV slots, but their seven games on free-to-air in total is still their best haul in a decade. And Gruden seems to like restricted free-agent quarterback Nathan Peterman enough to bring back after he spent the season on injured reserve. Knights, Wests Tigers, Sea Eagles, Eels, Rabbitohs, Cowboys, Panthers, Broncos, Bulldogs, Sharks. Freddy Lussick10. 42 mins: Crichton and Cordner make good metres with the first set of the half, but Cotric makes a line break in response, then Nicoll-Klokstad drives them into Sydney territory. Great to have you on board. That was a crucial tackle. And it disappears like wasted youth with Havili at fault. 56 mins: Deary me! A whole summer to stew on that should make for a couple of decent showdowns this year. Remember, if you want to get in touch at any point, you can reach me on Twitter or email, Available for everyone, funded by readers. I’m going for 55 minutes. S Karl Joseph, S Curtis Riley. And Sonny Bill Williams got a light jog. He does his bit in the defensive line though and looks on as Bateman loses the ball in contact. Welcome, then, to the biggest change facing the Raiders this offseason. Not immediately, Lussick earning a falcon from a JWH offload he wasn’t expecting. 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The Canberra Raiders will play five out of their next seven matches at Campbelltown Stadium, as the new look 2020 draw was officially released today. Canberra's slew of Englishmen and Kiwis should hold them in good stead throughout June, but a seven-game run featuring the Roosters in Perth, Melbourne away, the Warriors, Roosters again, Cronulla, Brisbane and Parramatta is tough no matter who's on the paddock. The Raiders travel to Penrith on Easter Sunday for a Round 5 clash against the Panthers which will be shown on Channel Nine. Tedesco gets himself try number ✌#NRLRaidersRoosters#TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/JKIon0pof2. The teams are out at GIO Stadium, the Roosters are wearing their familiar tricolour jersey, white shorts and hooped socks. A catalogue of errors for Canberra. Should be pretty chill... https://t.co/V3Ud6wu68f, See you in Vegas ☠️ pic.twitter.com/lU9y658dV5. He is something else. Defensively the Roosters were resolute to anything thrown at them through the middle - and in Papalii and Bateman there is plenty to throw - and they were rarely brought to a sweat out wide. Then there’s Josh Morris’ latest milestone. They put a nice set together but it still ends with a kick inside their own half. Boyd Cordner (c)12. They back up the play with a forceful defensive set, one that requires Nicoll-Klokstad’s best effort to allow the turnover of possession to occur in the Roosters half. 50 mins: The Roosters are taking flight tonight. We’ll be back to do this all again soon. Sonny Bill Williams18. That's followed by three straight Campbelltown clashes against the Knights, Wests Tigers and Sea Eagles. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves14. Wighton then guides them left and right, probing for a gap, but this is the Roosters, and no openings are forthcoming. Both sides are making unforced errors in this high tempo clash. That was a clean strike, and the Roosters edge further ahead. Sydney were simply too good in all facets of the game for a willing but flawed Canberra outfit. The bigger names include former first-rounder Karl Joseph at safety (he was playing his best ball since Gruden arrived when he broke his right foot planting and pushing off for a game-sealing interception against Philip Rivers in Week 10) and middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict (do the Raiders take another chance on a guy who is obviously on double-secret probation and could be booted by the league for another infraction?).