The Canberra Raiders have spared no expense as they look to flip the script on their disappointing away record in Newcastle at Hunter Stadium on Sunday.
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The Raiders took a charter flight out of Canberra to reduce travel time and eliminate the need for a connecting flight for their trip to the Hunter to take on the Knights.
It gives the players a more relaxed build-up as they look to improve their 1-3 away record leading into a tough stretch on the road, with just one of their next five games at home.
The club partnered with Qantas Airlines and Canberra Airport to arrange a Boeing B717 jet to take them on a route Qantas doesn't usually take.
Direct trips between Canberra and Newcastle are covered by Pelican Airlines, but the Green Machine opted to fly in style with Qantas to and from the round 10 clash.
Flying up to Newcastle is nothing new for the Raiders, who have been taking the aerial route ever since Stuart took the reins as head coach in 2014.
"It's just better for preparation and we're fortunate the club looks at it very seriously in regards to making sure the players are comfortable with their away trips," Stuart said.
"We actually take a charter flight every year when we play away up there. It's pretty hard, you've either got to get two flights or you've got to bus it.
"We do a charter flight, this year we're taking a number of our sponsors. We'll have a lot of the sponsors partners and wives at the game this year.
"Unfortunately we're not playing at home because every time we play at home on Mother's Day or a Mother's Day weekend we invite all the mothers into the change rooms.
"It's not to be this time but we'll do something for them a little bit down the track."
Dave Taylor and Zac Santo dropped out of the Raiders' 21-man NRL squad with Jordan Turner and Scott Sorensen remaining as reserves.
However late changes are unlikely after Turner and Sorensen both played for Mounties alongside the returning Kurt Baptiste in a 24-18 loss to Newcastle on Saturday.
Knights coach Nathan Brown has shown faith in halfback Jaelen Feeney, giving the youngster another crack with Trent Hodkinson and Sam Stone dropping out of Newcastle's 21-man squad.
The Raiders got a massive boost when bench hooker Baptiste made his long-awaited return for Mounties in the NSW Cup against the Knights on Saturday.
Baptiste ruptured his Achilles during pre-season training and was expected to miss the majority of the 2017 season, but has made a speedy return to action.
Adam Clydsdale has worn the No. 14 jumper in Baptiste's absence but has played just 120 minutes of football in eight games this season.
Baptiste played for Mounties alongside towering Fijian recruit Masivesi Dakuwaqa, who scored a try in his return to rugby league after claiming Olympic gold with the Fijian sevens rugby team.
NRL ROUND 10
Sunday: Newcastle Knights v Canberra Raiders at Hunter Stadium, 2pm. TV time: Live on Fox Sports 2.
Raiders team: 1. Jack Wighton, 2. Nick Cotric, 3. Jarrod Croker, 4. Joey Leilua, 5. Jordan Rapana, 6. Blake Austin, 7. Aidan Sezer, 8. Junior Paulo, 9. Josh Hodgson , 10. Shannon Boyd, 11. Sia Soliola, 12. Elliott Whitehead, 13. Luke Bateman. Interchange: 14. Adam Clydsdale, 15. Dunamis Lui, 16. Clay Priest, 17. Joe Tapine, 18. Scott Sorensen, 19. Jordan Turner.
Knights team: 1. Brendan Elliott 2. Ken Sio 3. Dane Gagai 4. Peter Mata'utia 5. Nathan Ross 6. Brock Lamb 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Josh Starling 11. Sione Mata'utia 20. Josh King 13. Luke Yates. Interchange: 14. Anthony Tupou 15. Joe Wardle 16. Jack Stockwell 17. Jacob Saifiti 19. Tyler Randell 21. Lachlan Fitzgibbon.
