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His team sit just behind Melbourne on the competition table, but Canberra hooker Josh Hodgson insist the Storm are still the club everyone wants to become.A week after knocking Cronulla from the top of the table, the Raiders will become just the second team in 30 years to take down league leaders in consecutive weeks if they can beat Melbourne on Monday.The Sydney Roosters are the only other team since 1986 that have defeated leaders in back-to-back weeks.In one of the most-anticipated clashes of the year, Canberra, winners of six straight, host the Storm, winners of seven straight, in a possible preview of a qualifying final.Another win for the Raiders would see them usurp the Storm as the hottest team in the NRL, but that still wont be enough for the Green Machine.Theyre very good at what they do and not only that, theyre very consistent. Thats something that were striving for, to be consistent every week, Hodgson said.Were not quite there yet, but were slowly and surely improving.In-form Hodgson also faces off against Australian captain and Dally M favourite Cameron Smith in a clash of the games premier hookers.Hodgson was just two points behind Smith, Storm halfback Cooper Cronk and Gold Coast forward Ryan James when voting went behind closed doors at the end of round 16.The English international laughed off the possibility of being in contention for one of the games highest honours, which has been taken out by backline stars for the past nine years.Smith was the last forward to claim the medal in 2006.My family used to tell me the standings, but I dont really worry too much about that, he said.I just worry about myself, churning out, working out and whatever I get off the back of that is a bonus. Its always good playing against great opposition and great people in your opposition.In a fascinating contrast of styles, Canberras league-best attack meets Melbournes league-best defence, as well as two of the competitions best exponents of Monday night football since 2007.Both teams have won more 60 per cent of their games played in the final game of the round.Raiders pivot Blake Austin is set to overcome a shoulder issue to take his place in the team, while Jordan McLean is expected to come back from an ankle injury for Melbourne after Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Felise Kaufusi were sent back to Queensland Cup.STATS THAT MATTER* Canberras 10 wins from 36 matches against Melbourne is its worst record against any opponent all-time. Melbourne won 14 consecutive matches against the Raiders from 2003 to 2009.* Melbourne is on track to become the best defensive team of the NRL era, leaking an average of just 11.5 points per game. 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NEW YORK -- The Latest on the death of Arnold Palmer (all times local):1:35 p.m.The family of Arnold Palmer is waiting until after the Ryder Cup this week for a public farewell.Alastair Johnston, the chief executive of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, said Monday at a news conference that a public ceremony to commemorate Palmer would be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 4 at St. Vincents College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.Johnston says the last thing Palmer would want is for a golf schedule to be interrupted.He says the funeral will be later this week and limited only to family.---11:10 a.m.Gary Player says he remembers the many traits of Arnold Palmer: A fiercely competitive golfer with a slashing, dashing style, a man who could be difficult and demanding, but also one with charisma, charm and patience.Player, a nine-time major winner from South Africa whose career was intertwined with Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, said in a statement Monday that Arnold was many things to many people and undoubtedly made golf more popular, but to me he was simply a dear friend for over 60 years.Player says he woke up on his farm in South Africa on Monday morning to learn of Palmers death.Player says like anybody we had our differences but these never stood in the way of our relationship and I will miss him terribly.---10:25 a.m.President Barack Obama says Arnold Palmer was the American dream come to life.Obama praised the late golfers rise from a humble start in Pennsylvania to superstardom around the world. He says Palmer did it with a grin that hinted he had another shot up his sleeve.Obama says in a statement that Palmers freewheeling and fearless approach to golf inspired a generation. He says Palmers spirit went beyond the golf course and extended into his work to build hospitals and interact personally with fans.Obama says he and first lady Michelle Obama stand with Arnies Army in saaluting the King.dddddddddddd---5:40 a.m.The head of the European Tour has credited Arnold Palmer for making golf a truly international sport by playing the British Open in the early 1960s.Palmer, who won golfs oldest major in 1961 and 1962, died Sunday in Pittsburgh at the age of 87. Palmer first played the British Open in 1960, finishing runner-up in an appearance that invigorated a tournament which Americans had been ignoring for years.European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley says without question Arnolds participation in The Open Championship in the early 1960s was the catalyst to truly internationalize golf.Pelley says the fact he was loved and recognized by everyone across the globe, whether they be fans of golf or not, is testament to his charismatic legacy that will live on.Palmer was made an honorary member of The European Tour in 1995.Pelley says in this week of the playing of the 41st Ryder Cup in particular, we remember fondly his time as a six-time Ryder Cup player and two-time captain.---5:15 a.m.Organizers of the British Open have paid tribute to Arnold Palmer for his immeasurable contribution to golfs oldest major.Martin Slumbers, chief executive of the Royal & Ancient, says Palmer was a true gentleman, one of the greatest ever to play the game and a truly iconic figure in sport.Palmer died Sunday in Pittsburgh at the age of 87.Slumbers says his contribution to The Open Championship was, and remains, immeasurable.Palmer won seven majors, including two British Opens, in 1961 and `62. He last played the Open in 1995, 35 years after his first appearance.Slumbers says Palmer will be missed and forever remembered by all at The R&A and throughout the world of golf as a charismatic and global champion of our game. ' ' '