The Canberra Raiders have two things to worry about this week: recapturing their fast start and containing their former teammate Joey Leilua.
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They're looking to bounce back from their disappointing 34-18 loss to Newcastle on Sunday when they return to Campbelltown Stadium to face the Wests Tigers next weekend.
That will see them come face to face with Leilua for the first time since his pre-season move to Wests.
Leilua scored his first try for the Tigers - finishing of a freakish side-to-side move - in their last-gasp loss to the Gold Coast Titans.
The dangerous centre could come head-to-head with his old buddy Jordan Rapana, who has played on the Raiders' left edge the past two games.
They formed a potent wing-centre duo that was also the bromance known as "Leipana".
Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker will find himself face to face with Leilua for the first time since the 28-year-old's move back to Sydney.
Croker backed Ricky Stuart's post-game comments where the Raiders coach said it was the Green Machine's worst defensive display in two years.
Over the past two years the Raiders have turned their defensive line into a lime green wall.
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But the Knights ran them ragged on Sunday and it was the first time they'd conceded 30 points or more since their 30-24 loss to the Sydney Roosters in round nine last season.
That was the only time they conceded that many in the 2019 NRL season, whereas they did it on six occasions the year before.
Stuart also said they'd played like children.
"That's probably fair. We'll have to sit through a couple of video sessions and watch it all, but it certainly felt like that," Croker said.
"From the defensive efforts we've put in over the past 18 months that was poor. It wasn't us.
"Regardless of six again and rules and quick play-the-ball speed, momentum, we've got to be a lot better than that. We are a lot better than that, but it was very poor [on Sunday]."
Leilua's only scored three tries in 13 games against his former clubs, having had stints at the Knights and Sydney Roosters before he joined the Green Machine.
Plus, Wests have only won one of their past seven outings against the Raiders with an average score of 39-10 in Canberra's favour.
Potentially the key to the Raiders bouncing back to that winning form comes through scoring the first try.
In the first 15 NRL games played post the coronavirus shutdown, which have been played with the new six-again rules, only two games haven't been won by the team that scored first - the Penrith-Newcastle draw and Wests loss to the Gold Coast Titans.
Croker said their start against Newcastle was poor - they were 10-0 down after 20 minutes - and they needed to change that for the Tigers.
"The obvious one is starting well and starting the game fast. It sounds like scoring the first try is the way to go too," he said.
"It was a poor start by us and we just never recovered from it. Starting the game comes down to your kick chase, your tackle and hitting together and those small little things.
"They're not skill things. It's more mental than anything. We'll cop our medicine this week. We need to cop it and we need to react.
"We need to accept it as a group. It's every single player in the squad, and we work forward and put it behind us and get straight back into it.
"It's obviously a shortened comp as well so you don't want to spend too much time licking your wounds, you need to get back into it.
"After a rubbish loss, the best thing is a short turnaround and we've got the chance to play again pretty quickly."
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Saturday: Canberra Raiders v Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium, 7.35pm. Live on Fox League.