Live: Tigers try to fight through the chaos and keep finals hopes alive

Round 21 of the NRL season continues on Saturday as the hunt for the top eight heats up.First, Canberra will host the battling Wests Tigers, who will be without halfback Adam Doueihi after the playmaker refused to take the field due to a positional switch.Then we head to Homebush, where Canterbury will host the high-flying Warriors.Later it'll be the latest round of Queensland's hottest NRL rivalry, when Brisbane go to Townsville to take on the Cowboys.Sat 25 Jul 2026 at 2:41pmSat 25 Jul 2026 at 2:41pmLast time they metGod, doesn't this game feel like a long time ago? The Tigers were riding very high last time they played the Raiders, it was arguably the best they looked all season.Been a hard few months since and they're coming off another very difficult week with the Doueihi situation.Sat 25 Jul 2026 at 2:32pmSat 25 Jul 2026 at 2:32pmFinal teams: Raiders vs TigersOne change for the home side with Noah Martin out and Ata Mariota starting at second row. Matty Nicholson joins the bench.Big change for the Tigers is the absence of Adam Doueihi, who beat the wrap on a suspension earlier this week but refused to play after coach Benji Marshall asked him to play lock.He's off the end of the bench with Heath Mason coming in. Rookie Javon Andrews will start at halfback in his NRL debut.Sat 25 Jul 2026 at 2:30pmSat 25 Jul 2026 at 2:30pmHello everyone and welcome to the ABC's Saturday NRL live blogGood afternon sports fans, let's blog some footy.We've got three big games today, each of which carries a different kind of intrigue.First up is Raiders-Tigers, where Canberra will be looking to keep their finals hopes alive and the joint venture will try to shrug off yet another horror week.Then it's Dogs-Warriors, where the former will be trying to keep touch with the top eight and the latter will be after locking up a top two spot.Finally we'll be on Queensland time for the latest chapter in the battle between the Cowboys and the Broncos.I'm Nick Campton, you're the reader of this live blog, let's play a bit of footy.