LIVE: The crazy Ricky stat in Canberra's favour

With Ricky Stuart astatine the helm, you're either riding precocious oregon crashing spectacularly - with precise small successful between. 

Stuart's triumph complaint successful the finals was publicised this week arsenic being amended than that of Wayne Bennett, Craig Bellamy and Trent Robinson, but it goes adjacent further.

When teams are coached by Stuart, it's each oregon nothing. They either weaponry retired earlier September, oregon marque a heavy run.

Since taking the Roosters to the rubric successful 2002, his teams person made the expansive last 3 times, and besides mislaid 3 preliminary finals. Never has a Stuart squad been knocked retired successful the archetypal 2 weeks of the post-season.

Of course, those different campaigns see a 14th-placed decorativeness with the Roosters successful 2006, finishing 15th and 14th with Cronulla successful the 2 seasons aft a preliminary last decorativeness (the second getting him sacked), a woody spoon successful his sole Eels play and finishing second-last successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Raiders.

At CommBank Stadium successful a fewer hours, he'll look to proceed that record, portion the Eels person go the masters of an aboriginal finals exit.

Despite their coagulated regular seasons successful caller years, they've ne'er made it past week 2 nether Brad Arthur.

Does that alteration tonight?