WA premier Roger Cook flags positive talks on Perth team as he watches Sharks, Cowboys win

On behalf of myself and Henry, I'll call it a night.

It's always an interesting day when the NRL goes beyond its Queensland and New South Wales heartland, and the trips to Perth and Darwin have become exciting regular fixtures.

Tomorrow's first game is a sell-out in Melbourne, and I'll be here to bring you all the action, plus the final match of the round in Newcastle.

Until then, have a wonderful night.

Tonight was the Raiders biggest win since 2022, and at the heart of it was two-try scorer Hudson Young.

He's speaking to Fox and is putting tonight's win to his side's much improved completion rate.

"We spoke about our completions coming into this game," Young said.

"Last time up to Townsville, our completions were just not good enough and put ourselves under too much pressure.

"So to come out here and put on an 80-minute performance is really pleasing."

And he's not putting a ceiling on what the Raiders can do this season.

"The belief is massive mate," Young said.

"That's what Sticky drills into us all week, to believe in ourself and that's what we're doing."

The Raiders have travelled a lot already this season, but you wouldn't have known it tonight.

They looked fitter, faster and stronger than their opponents in Darwin.

Canberra boss Ricky Stuart is talking to Fox post-game.

"These guys, they're working really hard. We've got a tough three months in regards to the travel, the conditions we've had to play in.

"So, I've got to give the individuals some credit there because they're buying into what we're trying to do."

The Raiders are now three wins and three losses for the season and looking very dangerous.

Canberra is now fourth with four wins from six games.

The 1-5 Eels have great company alongside four-time premiers Penrith, but Parramatta's outlandishly bad -123 points differential has them 85 points clear in last place.

There are bodies strewn everywhere after that dominant performance by the Raiders over a really poor Eels outfit.

Josh Papali'i is sucking in the big ones and tells the Fox camera to get lost as he's pulled off the deck by Josh Addo-Carr. Meanwhile, Simi Sasagi is in the hands of trainers, but he appears to be OK. Joe Tapine is up and about after that knee scare.

That game marked a return to the form of the early weeks of the season for both teams, which is good news for the Raiders as they jump into the top four, but not so much for the Eels, now nailed to last on the ladder.

Weekes converts (Jamal Fogarty was battling cramps earlier) and the Raiders are the third team this season to reach the big 5-0.

The Broncos and Storm both did it in round one.

He scored the game winner in the last minute last week, and he's just put a cherry on top of this win.

Ethan Strange breaks down the right, holds on and offloads through the tackle of Dean Hawkins. Kris is backing up and flies the remaining 30 or 40 metres to score.

Tapine takes a charge and comes up in a lot of discomfort.

Ryan Matterson dropped down onto his knee and the Eels number 22 is on report for a hip drop.

The Eels are shot to bits and getting trucked through the middle.

This time Joe Tapine holds off Charlie Guymer with one hand and gets a beautiful flick pass around Dylan Brown to Matty Nicholson, who dives over for his fourth try!

Josh Addo-Carr puts a lovely in and away on Xavier Savage to break down the left, but the cover defence arrives.

And then Dean Hawkins grubbers through for Bailey Simonsson, who gets a soccer on it and it just trickles dead.

Sorry about that one, Mike.

Joe Tapine says Joe Ofahengaue headbutted him in the scrum.

They repack and Joe O does it again, but Wyatt Raymond penalises Tapine!

That's a bad call from the ref.

On commentary for ABC Sport, legendary broadcaster Charlie King is worried things could get even more ugly for the Eels in these last 10 minutes.

"They're probably gone I reckon...they've worked so hard and just a moment of madness," King said.

"Just fatigue starting to set in...they've been too good today, the Canberra Raiders."

They certainly have.

The Raiders pile on the pressure thanks to a big Hudson Young charge. They go left and Corey Horsburgh gets caught flat-footed on the fourth, so he puts it on the left foot and earns a dropout.

Josh Addo-Carr isn't sin-binned, but the Raiders are awarded a penalty try!

Wow.

Even Xavier Savage looks shocked.

The bounce was so insane and I'm not convinced Savage would've made it there before the bounce. The contact from Addo-Carr was pretty minor.

Kaeo Weekes's grubber looks just about perfect for Xavier Savage to latch onto and score, but just as he's about to grab it, the ball rears up sharply and over his head.

Referee Wyatt Raymond wants the bunker to check if Josh Addo-Carr made a professional foul in disrupting Savage's run.

It looks like he has. I don't think you can say penalty try, but it might be a sin-bin for the Fox.

Surely not, right?

I don't know exactly what the make-up of the NSW Blues will be, but Hudson Young and Haumole Olakau'atu have to be in the back-row rotation. Liam Martin will be too, but he'll want Penrith to start winning some games before long, because Laurie Daley may also want to squeeze Angus Crichton in as well.

Just too many options back there for the selectors.

Bailey Simonsson gets into a dust-up with Ethan Strange and forgets to defend at marker. Savelio Tamale takes advantage and scoots through.

He offloads and the ball is knocked back by a late-arriving Simonsson, and Hudson Young bursts through to score despite the illegal off-ball actions of Dean Hawkins.

The on-field ruling is no try, but the bunker overturns.

Dylan Walker's deft little toe poke provides the Eels with a little bit of hope.

It sat up perfectly for try-scorer extraordinaire Josh Addo-Carr - it's his third four-pointer for Parramatta and the 143rd of a decorated NRL career.

The Foxx continues his promising start to life as an Eel.