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Stuart makes Strange call for Raiders against Knights

Ethan Strange has won the battle to play five-eighth for Canberra against Newcastle. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart will entrust one-gamer Ethan Strange to fill the void left by club icon Jack Wighton after naming the teenager to play at five-eighth for the Raiders' season-opening trip to Newcastle.

Wighton's exit to South Sydney over the off-season created a two-way shootout to plug the No.6 role for the Green Machine, with 19-year-old Strange beating Kaeo Weeks to the starting spot.

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