New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1 ><\/a><\/p>\nStuart revealed on Triple M that the Raiders are carrying some niggles and that a number of players are likely to be rested in readiness for the finals which start in a fortnight.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019ve got some banged up players, and I spoke to Andrew Abdo yesterday before the presentation, and I just said, I will be resting some players that need it. There\u2019s some players that are banged up,\u201d Stuart said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll just rest the players that I feel as though they absolutely need it because they\u2019re banged up and there\u2019s a few positional players there that I believe that I need fresh and healthy for semi-final one. So, I\u2019ll make that decision as we go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t got a number.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be half a dozen players, I just don\u2019t know yet. It might be three or four players, it could be eight or nine. I want to talk to the players first. But I am looking at half a dozen players who need a rest in regards to carrying some niggles.\u201d<\/p>\n
It could gift the Dolphins a finals place as they need a final-round win, plus other results, to make the eight.<\/p>\n
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA \u2013 AUGUST 30: Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is pictured during the round 26 NRL match between Canberra Raiders and Wests Tigers at GIO Stadium, on August 30, 2025, in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
One player who is all but certain to miss the final round clash against the Dolphins is Raiders fullback Kaeo Weekes. <\/p>\n
Stuart confirmed he had discussed it with Weekes, who has improved sharply in his second season at the Raiders to become one of Canberra\u2019s most lethal attacking weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI took Kaeo Weekes off in the game (against Wests Tigers last Saturday) with about five minutes to go because he needed a break. He would be one player (to be rested). I\u2019ve already spoken to Kaeo about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The minor premiership-winning Canberra Raiders are set to rest several players for this weekend\u2019s clash against the Dolphins.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[40371,64,63,689,7292,2667,4532,77724,77723,763,2105,77725,7290,7287,77722,761,762,764,158,677,7291,85,45262,4515],"class_list":["post-108439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-andrew-abdo","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-capital-territory","tag-canberra","tag-canberra-raiders","tag-dead-rubber","tag-derby-win","tag-fox-league","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-happy-despite","tag-kaeo-weekes","tag-mark-nolan","tag-minor-premiership-winning","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-north-queensland-cowboys","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-ricky-stuart","tag-sports","tag-triple-m","tag-wests-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}