By Chris Dutton, David Polkinghorne and Jon Tuxworth
The Canberra Raiders are painting the capital green after another win that has entrenched them in the NRL's top four, but are they peaking too early?
The Raiders beat the ladder-leading Melbourne Storm on Monday night and can cement their spot in the top four if they beat the Parramatta Eels on Sunday afternoon.
Josh Hodgson of the Raiders runs the ball against the Cronulla Sharks.Credit: Getty Images
They'll take on the Eels without selfless hooker Josh Hodgson, who opted to enter a "no contest" to his NRL judiciary charge. That decision could cost him a chance of winning the top individual prize in the competition, the Dally M Medal.
But Hodgson and the Green Machine have their eyes on a bigger reward - a premiership - and Hodgson now has no carryover points by not contesting the charge of taking an early-guilty plea
The Raiders are hoping for a crowd of more than 20,000 this week and ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr weighed in on the Canberra preliminary final debate, sending a letter to NRL boss Todd Greenberg to ask him to reconsider his decision.
The Olympic Games are still rolling along in Rio, but how do we seriously rate Australia's effort?
The Hockeyroos, Kookaburras and now the Opals have all been bundled out without a medal and some of the swimming stars flopped on the big stage.
How do we fix it? Move them all into the AIS and make them earn their money.
Finally, we farewell a podcast and Canberra Times favourite, Jon Tuxworth, in his final performance before leaving at the end of the week.
Join Chris Dutton, David Polkinghorne and Jon Tuxworth as they discuss all the big issues facing Canberra sport this week.