Shifting the deckchairs puts Carney in box seat to impress under pressure.

(From Canberra Times)

Look out Jason Smith and Lincoln Withers - your positions are under threat.

Todd Carney may be behind Smith and Withers for a first-grade spot in the Raiders halves, but he plans on using Sunday's NRL clash with Parramatta at Canberra Stadium as the first step in climbing the pecking order.

Carney, 19, was yesterday named at halfback for the Raiders' must-win game against the in- form Eels, who are currently second on the NRL ladder.

Lincoln Withers moves from halfback to hooker in place of captain Simon Woolford, who discovers tonight his fate regarding a grade-two dangerous throw charge over his tackle on Storm …