2025 R20 Sat - Canberra v Parramatta @ GIO

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 20
Canberra Raiders v Parramatta Eels
GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce / Ngunnawal (TICKETS)

Saturday 19 July 2025
NRL kickoff 3pm
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. Kaeo Weekes 2. Jed Stuart 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Xavier Savage 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali'i 9. Tom Starling 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Zac Hosking 13. Corey Horsburgh 14. Owen Pattie 15. Simi Sasagi 16. Morgan Smithies 17. Ata Mariota 18. Chevy Stewart 19. Trey Mooney 20. Noah Martin 21. Danny Levi 22. Ethan Sanders

Out: Noah Martin (bench to reserve), Trey Mooney (bench to reserve)
In: Josh Papalii (front row), Hudson Young (second row)
Changes: Corey Horsburgh (front row to lock), Simi Sasagi (second row to bench), Morgan Smithies (lock to bench)

1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Zac Lomax 3. Bailey Simonsson 4. Sean Russell 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Joash Papali'i 7. Dean Hawkins 8. J'maine Hopgood 9. Ryley Smith 10. Junior Paulo 11. Charlie Guymer 12. Jack Williams 13. Dylan Walker 14. Tallyn Da Silva 15. Jordan Samrani 16. Matt Doorey 17. Sam Tuivaiti 18. Dylan Brown 19. Dan Keir 20. Toni Mataele 21. Ronald Volkman 22. Haze Dunster

Out: Kitione Kautoga (second row), Dylan Brown (five-eighth to reserve)
In: Ryley Smith (hooker), Jordan Samrani (bench)
Changes: Jack Williams (front row to second row), Joash Papalii (hooker to five-eighth), J'maine Hopgood (bench to front row)

Referee: Ashley Klein
Sideline Officials: Nick Pelgrave, Daniel Luttringer
Video Referee: Kasey Badger

HEAD TO HEAD - 1982 - 2025​

	TOTAL	CANBERRA	PARRAMATTA	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	66	35	31	0
GIO	26	20	6	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 12	PARRAMATTA 28-20	GIO	16244
2022	Semi Final	PARRAMATTA 40-4	CommBank	29134
2023	Round 11	CANBERRA 26-18	GIO	17414
2024	Round 5	CANBERRA 41-8	GIO	13907
2025	Round 6	CANBERRA 50-12	TIO	9556

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1982	Round 7	PARRAMATTA 54-3	Belmore	6429
1993	Round 21	CANBERRA 68-0	Bruce	20411

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 21	Round 22	Round 23	Round 24
CANBERRA	NEWCASTLE (H)	ST GEO ILLA (A)	MANLY (H)	(BYE)
PARRAMATTA	BRISBANE (A)	MELBOURNE (H)	NORTH QLD (H)	SOUTH SYDNEY (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 17		Round 18		Round 19
CANBERRA	NEWCASTLE	W 22-18	ST GEO ILLA	W 28-24	BYE	-
PARRAMATTA	ST GEO ILLA	L 20-34	BYE	-	PENRITH	L 10-32

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
CANBERRA	1st	17	2	14-3-0	462	354
PARRAMATTA	15th	16	3	5-11-0	297	422

LOWER GRADES
CANBERRA	PARRAMATTA
NSW Cup v Parramatta, GIO Stadium, Saturday, 5:15pm Jersey Flegg v Parramatta, Raiders Belconnen, Saturday, 11:45am	NSW Cup v Canberra, GIO Stadium, Saturday, 5:15pm Jersey Flegg v Canberra, Raiders Belconnen, Saturday, 11:45am

 

[Fangs]

Feeling a cricket score in this one.

Raiders 18+

 

[BadnMean]

Raiders been playing down or edge of the 8 teams been playing up against us or both recently.

Eels main advantage is the Lomax/Stuart mismatch in athleticism. Moses might be able to make something of that with some astute kicking- grabbers or lower flatter "pass" chips into space rather than bombs. Maybe some early spreads either side to test that match up or our weaker right edge, mixed in with cheeky kicks instead of getting monstered up the middle on yards work.

On paper their pack is going to get pasted again. Maybe not if Junior Paulo turns up this time. Last time he went missing and literally finished with more missed tackles than runs.

 

[Valheru]

Canberra have been very close to a loss for a few games now. Interesting to see if the bye regenerates them or leads to more lethargy.

 

[Warrimoo3]

I’m looking for a rare NRL trading card. Was printed and set for release in 2026 but got cancelled at the last minutes. Apparently a few escaped into circulation.

It’s the Jack Wighton “I left the Raiders to win a comp wth Souths” hologram card. When viewed front on there’s a picture of Jack in his Raiders jersey. But if you tilt it slightly you can see Jack in his Souths’ jersey holding up the Provan-Summons trophy.

On the back is the following picture:

 

[BadnMean]

I’m looking for a rare NRL trading card. Was printed and set for release in 2026 but got cancelled at the last minutes. Apparently a few escaped into circulation.

It’s the Jack Wighton “I left the Raiders to win a comp wth Souths” hologram card. When viewed front on there’s a picture of Jack in his Raiders jersey. But if you tilt it slightly you can see Jack in his Souths’ jersey holding up the Provan-Summons trophy.

On the back is the following picture:

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Lol.

 

[Warrimoo3]

Actually Stick is looking a bit like David Campese in that photo.

 

[Warrimoo3]

Raiders still have some work to do if they want to win the comp. The Timoko/Savage combo needs to improve the way they read what’s in front of them when defending and Timoko and Crisp need to make their tackles stick. For Stick. The rest is there.

 

[mongoose]

Raiders still have some work to do if they want to win the comp. The Timoko/Savage combo needs to improve the way they read what’s in front of them when defending and Timoko and Crisp need to make their tackles stick. For Stick. The rest is there.

crisp? who the f**k is crisp

 

[Warrimoo3]

Kris. Spellcheck is the greatest example of AI ever.

 

[Bazal]

Raiders been playing down or edge of the 8 teams been playing up against us or both recently.

Eels main advantage is the Lomax/Stuart mismatch in athleticism. Moses might be able to make something of that with some astute kicking- grabbers or lower flatter "pass" chips into space rather than bombs. Maybe some early spreads either side to test that match up or our weaker right edge, mixed in with cheeky kicks instead of getting monstered up the middle on yards work.

On paper their pack is going to get pasted again. Maybe not if Junior Paulo turns up this time. Last time he went missing and literally finished with more missed tackles than runs.

Even if our pack somehow murdered yours have you seen our halves we would score 10 points.

Will not be parting with cash to attend this one

 

[skeepe]

Raiders been playing down or edge of the 8 teams been playing up against us or both recently.

Eels main advantage is the Lomax/Stuart mismatch in athleticism. Moses might be able to make something of that with some astute kicking- grabbers or lower flatter "pass" chips into space rather than bombs. Maybe some early spreads either side to test that match up or our weaker right edge, mixed in with cheeky kicks instead of getting monstered up the middle on yards work.

On paper their pack is going to get pasted again. Maybe not if Junior Paulo turns up this time. Last time he went missing and literally finished with more missed tackles than runs.

Moses? Are you high?

 

[BadnMean]

Moses? Are you high?

Forgot he was injured.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Of the bottom 6/7 teams I lowkey think the Eels have the most to look forward too next year. Im seeing a lot to like about their style. Unfortunately I dont expect it to worry a full strength Raiders, despite them coming off the boil lately. If they're serious it should be a similar scoreline to earlier in the year. Green machine by 20.