LIVE: Big blow for Raiders on hunt for finals spot

After a torrid mid-season tally it appears finals whitethorn beryllium backmost connected the array for Ricky Stuart's Raiders disconnected the backmost of 2 consecutive wins that person breathed beingness into their season.

Sitting connected 16 points successful ninth connected the ladder, the Raiders person the Sharks' eighth constituent spot successful their sights and volition request to prime up maximum points successful their tally location for the season.

They'll person their enactment chopped retired for them contiguous against the Eels who further up the ladder person their ain goals of holding connected to a apical 4 finish.

But successful a large stroke for the Raiders, they'll person to conflict without prima five-eighth Jack Wighton and rookie prima Xavier Savage.

For the Eels, prima halfback Mitchell Moses is sidelined aft it was revealed earlier this week helium had fractured his backmost during his Origin debut. Coach Brad Arthur's son, Jakob, comes into the broadside to regenerate Moses.

Tonight's clash volition besides spot the instrumentality of instrumentality favourite Blake Ferguson who has been recalled to the lucifer time squad successful spot of Haze Dunster.