Asked about claims of an alleged \u2018rat\u2019 in the ranks in the nation\u2019s capital, Raiders players brushed off the talk on Friday \u2014 although one exchange got a little tense.<\/p>\n
Watch every game of the NRL Telstra Premiership Finals Series before the Grand Final, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n Photos reveal ‘Real’ Papalii injury | 03:11<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no rats here .. that\u2019s all just exterior noise . We\u2019re a tight-knit group here, we don\u2019t worry about all that stuff,\u201d Starling said.<\/p>\n When the reporter responded: \u201cIsn\u2019t that exactly what a rat would say?\u201d – drawing laughter from fellow reporters – Starling appeared a little insulted.<\/p>\n \u201cYou calling me a rat? …. That\u2019s a bit too far mate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Star backrower Hudson Young also laughed off the claims, but welcomed the banter on the eve of one of the club\u2019s biggest ever matches.<\/p>\n \u201cThe mind games, that\u2019s all part of it before finals and big games like that. Everyone\u2019s got something to say,\u201dYoung said.<\/p>\n \u201cMedia, players, coaches .. it\u2019s all part of it but at the end of the day there\u2019s 17 blokes that take the field that will be fit and firing and ready to go.<\/p>\n \u201c… It was a legit injury and hopefully Papa is ready to play because he\u2019s a player that we need out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raiders have laughed off suggestions of a rat in the ranks as hooker Tom Starling accused a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-136828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136828","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=136828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
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