That's what Leilua felt like he had copped when he suffered a burst blood vessel in his calf but he has declared himself fit for the NRL grand final on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Raiders are confident co-captain Josh Hodgson will overcome a virus as Canberra prepare to end the competition's longest grand final drought in the NRL against the Sydney Roosters at Sydney Olympic Park.

Hodgson was quarantined from his teammates and missing training on Tuesday, while Leilua got through the session but finished with a slight limp after a calf injury prematurely ended his preliminary final outing last week.

"It's probably 70 to 80 per cent today, it should be fine for Sunday. It will be 100 per cent, I'm not worried about anything," Leilua said.

"The only thing I'm worried about is getting this calf right and focusing on the job on Sunday.

"I'd been out for 12 weeks with a neck injury and I finally feel fit again. It takes time to get your eye, hands, feet coordination and all that back.

"I knew it would take at least four games to get back into a rhythm, and now I am starting to get back into a rhythm.

"On Sunday I'll get straight back into it."

Canberra halfback Aidan Sezer has backed Hodgson to be fit for the decider as mystery continues to surround the Sydney Roosters' hooking options.

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Roosters coach Trent Robinson has named Sam Verrills at hooker with injured co-captain Jake Friend on the extended bench.

However Friend may be a late inclusion, despite only playing five games this year and being sidelined for the past 10 weeks with a fractured forearm and calf injury.

"Hodgo just ate something wrong last night and he's woke up the wrong side of the bed this morning, but he'll be fine. He's got a pretty sensitive gut, he'll be right," Sezer said.

"Joey's fine. It's a grand final, everyone's got little niggles at this time of year. All the boys should be fine and it's a blessing this time of year."

NRL GRAND FINAL

Sunday: Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.

Roosters: 1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Latrell Mitchell 4. Joseph Manu 5. Brett Morris 6. Luke Keary 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Sam Verrills 10. Isaac Liu 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Victor Radley. Interchange: 14. Angus Crichton 15. Zane Tetevano 16. Nat Butcher 17. Siosiua Taukeiaho. Reserves: 18. Lindsay Collins 19. Drew Hutchison 20. Jake Friend 21. Ryan Hall.

Raiders: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Nick Cotric 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Josh Papalii 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Iosia Soliola 11. John Bateman 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Joseph Tapine. Interchange: 14. Bailey Simonsson 15. Emre Guler 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Dunamis Lui. Reserves: 18. Sam Williams 19. Ryan Sutton 20. Siliva Havili 21. Sebastian Kris.