Stuart also said individual efforts, the new rule interpretations and the modern style of play also played a part in the raft of one-sided contests.

From the 87 games played until Friday, 67 per cent have been one by 18 points or more, while more than a quarter of games have been 30-point-plus beltings.

ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys has sped up the game over the past two seasons to make it more entertaining and the six-again rule was widely acclaimed in 2020.

Back then just 34 per cent of games were decided by three converted tries or more, while 15 per cent of games had margins of at least 30.

There's already been more 40-plus margins this season compared to last (10 to nine), while there's been two 50-point maulings each year - and there's more than a third of the season to go.

But further tweaks have been made to the six-again rule - using it for offside as well as ruck offences.

It's helped make momentum hard to stop when one team gets on a roll.

Another factor would be the crackdown on head-high contact, which has seen a raft of players sent to the sin bin, sent off and suspended.

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It's all adding up to one of the most lopsided NRL seasons ever, with the top-placed Melbourne Storm thrashing the fifth-placed Sydney Roosters 46-0 on Thursday night.

"There are a number of issues in why we have so many blowouts," Stuart said.

"I can't give you one that I know's 100 per cent correct, which is why I don't want to say too much about it.

"There's a number of different areas of the game - from individuals to interpretations to the style of play in why this is happening.

"It's not something you want and the blowouts have been happening all year.

"Momentum is such a big part of the game today. Sometimes [when] a team's finding momentum it is very, very difficult to get it back."

The plus side of that for the Raiders was they're still in the hunt for the top eight, despite losing eight of their past 10 games.

They're just one win outside the eight as they prepare to face the 13th-placed Gold Coast Titans at Canberra Stadium on Saturday.

"Every team that's in around that 12th spot to about sixth on the table, everyone understands how important each two points is now," Stuart said.

"And we're no different. Fortunately the top teams are beating everybody else and it's created a real congestion in that part of the table. We just need to play good football."

NRL ROUND 16

Saturday: Canberra Raiders v Gold Coast Titans at Canberra Stadium, 5.30pm.

Raiders squad: 1. Bailey Simonsson, 2. Semi Valemei, 3. Jarrod Croker (c), 4. Sebastian Kris, 5. Jordan Rapana, 6. Jack Wighton, 7. Sam Williams, 8. Josh Papalii, 9. Josh Hodgson, 10. Dunamis Lui, 11. Corey Harawira-Naera, 12. Elliott Whitehead (c), 13. Ryan Sutton. Interchange: 14. Tom Starling, 15. Emre Guler, 16. Sia Soliola, 17. Joe Tapine. Reserves: 18. Matt Timoko, 19. Hudson Young, 20. Matt Frawley, 21. Ryan James.

Titans squad: 1. Alexander Brimson, 2. Phillip Sami, 3. Brian Kelly, 4. Patrick Herbert, 5. Corey Thompson, 6. Ashley Taylor, 7. Jamal Fogarty, 8. Jarrod Wallace, 9. Erin Clark, 10. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, 11. Kevin Proctor, 12. David Fifita, 13. Tyrone Peachey. Interchange: 14. Beau Fermor, 15. Sam Lisone, 16. Moeaki Fotuaika, 17. Jaimin Jolliffe. Reserves: 18. Sam Stone, 19. Sam McIntyre, 20. Mitch Rein, 21. Jayden Campbell.