It's a massive headache, but one all coaches want.
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Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has to decide which half will accompany five-eighth Jack Wighton when he returns from State of Origin.
Both incumbent Sam Williams and Aidan Sezer put their hands up in different ways.
Williams' kicking game led to the Raiders' - and Sebastian Kris' - first try and he helped hold off a mountain of traffic with 33 tackles.
Sezer got the ball and ran as he clearly had Wighton's role to cover, running for 104m.
It's shaping to be an interesting week on the Raiders' training paddock ahead of their trip to the new Parramatta Stadium to face Wests Tigers.
It's your birthday
New Zealand international Jordan Rapana might not be playing, but he's still inspiring young kids.
The Canberra Raiders winger got a message from Brayden's uncle asking if he'd come along to surprise him on his birthday.
Not only was he happy to do that, but had dinner with the family and sung Happy Birthday when the cake came out.
Oh, and don't forget the present. A jersey and boots from the hard-as-nails flyer.
No wonder Rapana's always coming back early from injury. Karma.
Just one of many acts the Raiders do for the Canberra community.
Memories
Lose half a tooth on debut, score a great try in your second. At this rate, Sebastian Kris is going to have a very memorable NRL career.
Kris snapped half his tooth off when he made his debut against South Sydney two weeks ago and then opened his account against the Bulldogs.
He showed a nice pair of hands to grasp on to a Michael Oldfield bat back from a Williams kick.
Kris cramped up with six minutes remaining after making 93m and 33 tackles.
"I thought [Kris] did a very good job that right edge tonight considering Kieran Foran's finding some real form now and he was hard to handle," Stuart said.
"He was a big asset for the Dogs, I thought he played really well and he's tough to defend on and Seb did a good job."
Nice one Pete
The Raiders boasted six players with less than 10 NRL games under their belt in the gutsy win over the Bulldogs.
One of those was prop Corey Horsburgh, who made his run-on debut.
Horsburgh pulled up sore from his first hit up, but battled on and produced an offload on his second.
He smashed out a 30-minute opening stint and then came back for the final 20 when the game was on the line, running for 137m and making 36 tackles.
Hudson Young's another who has come into the side and shone.
Young was put on report for an eye gouge on Bulldogs prop Aiden Tolman, but there didn't appear to be much in it.
The Raiders forward wasn't looking at Tolman and said after the game he didn't even think he'd touched Tolman's eye.
Stuart praised recruitment guru Peter Mulholland, who's currently undergoing chemotherapy for leukaemia.
"I've probably got to compliment Peter Mulholland. He's a wonderful recruitment manager," he said.
"They don't always get it right, but Peter gets it right more than wrong. And I trust Peter. He's had a wonderful bearing on this roster and his eye for talent is wonderful.
"Corey's a wonderful example. Hudson Young's a great example."
Starling effort
Newcastle coach Nathan Brown said Raiders recruit Tom Starling wouldn't let the Raiders down and the little hooker backed up Brown's words.
Having made his NRL debut for the Knights last season, Starling doubled his account when he came off the bench for the final 20 minutes with the game on the line.