He also says they need to make better decisions to help cut out the errors that have plagued their opening four rounds.

The Raiders face a red-hot Storm in Wagga Wagga on Saturday as they look to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Manly last weekend.

Papalii and Tapine will lead the forward pack against the likes of Jesse Bromwich and Nelson Asofa-Solomona.

Stuart praised the front-row duo's form this season and wants the rest of the pack to follow their lead.

It's something both Raiders co-captain Elliott Whitehead and Adam Elliott were already looking to do, with the former taking his absence in last week's second half personally and the latter stating it's time he started to deliver in lime green.

He had similar praise for Wighton, who drove the Green Machine back from the dead to beat the Gold Coast Titans two weeks ago.

"Papa, Jack and Taps have been consistently playing very strongly and we need our team to support those three in how they're playing," Stuart said.

"And the way they're leading from the front we need our team to jump on their back and help them."

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The Raiders were in the contest at half-time against the Sea Eagles last week, only for a Daly Cherry-Evans masterclass to sink them off the back of their own errors.

They committed 11 errors in the second half to gift possession for Cherry-Evans to sink the boot in.

Stuart said his players needed to adopt a better mindset to eradicate the mistakes from their game.

Completing their sets and turning the ball over in the opposition's corners has been the Raiders' catch cry all week.

"It's frustration creeping into our play and it's a mindset and it's a choice. We have to make better decisions," Stuart said.

"Frustration creeps in and the error comes off the back of it, and we can't afford to be that team.

"We've played too spasmodically in the four games. We've played a good 40 minutes of football in four games of football and we need to push that out to 80 minutes."

While Manly had their captain Cherry-Evans to capitalise on Canberra's mistakes, the Storm have fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen and halves Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes - with all three capable of producing match-winning performances.

It's something the Raiders were mindful of.

"We've mentioned all that in our preparation," Stuart said.

"We've got to be a better disciplined team with the football because a team such as Melbourne with the amount of quality players they've got we can't afford to give them cheap possession."

NRL ROUND FIVE

Saturday: Canberra Raiders v Melbourne Storm at Wagga Wagga, 3pm.

Raiders squad: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 2. Nick Cotric, 3. Matt Timoko, 4. Semi Valemei, 5. Jordan Rapana, 6. Jack Wighton, 7. Brad Schneider, 8. Josh Papalii, 9. Tom Starling, 10. Joe Tapine, 11. Hudson Young, 12. Corey Harawira-Naera, 13. Elliott Whitehead (c). Interchange: 14. Matt Frawley, 15. Emre Guler, 16. Adam Elliott, 17. Corey Horsburgh. Reserves: 18. Xavier Savage, 19. Ryan Sutton, 20. James Schiller, 21. Harry Rushton, 22. Jarrod Croker, 23. Trey Mooney, 24. Peter Hola.

Storm squad: 1. Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2. Nick Meaney, 3. Reimis Smith, 4. Justin Olam, 5. Xavier Coates, 6. Cameron Munster, 7. Jahrome Hughes, 8. Jesse Bromwich, 9. Harry Grant, 10. Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11. Felise Kaufusi, 12. Kenny Bromwich, 13. Josh King. Interchange: 14. Brandon Smith, 15. Alec MacDonald, 16. Trent Loiero, 17. Tepai Moeroa. Reserves: 18. Tyran Wishart, 19. Chris Lewis, 20. Marion Seve, 21. Jayden Nikorima, 22. Jordan Grant, 23. William Warbrick, 24. Sualauvi Faalogo.

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