It hasn’t taken long for the Raiders to start looking through junior grades for replacements – it’s been a shocking start to the season. Zac Woodford has again gone from playing in the Raiders NSW Cup to the NRL starting lineup for the game against Newcastle and there’...
Greg Marzhew recorded a double, Jackson Hastings picked up two line break assists and Dane Gagai staked his claim for a Maroons recall with 8 tackle breaks of his own.Ricky Stuart has opted for major changes to the Raiders side in a bid to revive their season, notably Kaeo Weekes ...
Peter 'Chapo' Chapman recalls the 1989 grand final, re-building the Raiders and rivalry with the Brumbies 8 December 2024 | By Oliver Jacques 2 Truth defence to be used by Network Ten, Lisa Wilkinson, in defamation case launched by Bruce Lehrmann 22 November 2023 | By Claire Fenwicke Craig...
“I think I speak on behalf of all the other boys that can cover centre – wherever Ricky needs us we’ll put our hand up and play that position as well as we can.” The Raiders’ depth has been tested in recent weeks after a spate of injuries in the forward pack. Siliva Havili a...
So Sia became a volunteer, cooking toast, washing up, serving tea, coffee and meals, and sweeping floors every Monday morning. Often this occurred the day or night after he played an NRL game for the Raiders. To EMC’s guests, staff and volunteers, he was just pitching in like...
Josh Hodgson has decided to stand down as co-captain. Photo: Canberra Raiders. When a team isn’t performing to expectation, there are always rumblings of discontent. Sometimes it becomes public, exaggerated and unmanageable. The Raiders are doing their best to contain the chatte...
While many in that Raiders team of 1989 went on to become legends in the game, with several remaining as the biggest names in the sport, at the time of winning the club’s first premiership Canberra had eight players in their line-up who had played representative football. By representative...
Cummins, who played junior rugby league in Canberra and was a primary school teacher in the ACT system, was again the referee in the Raiders loss to Parramatta on the weekend. But he had little influence on the result in which the Eels hammered the Raiders. ...
Last week I questioned the decision given thesupport provided to Wighton over the years by the Raiders. It is one thing to question why he was going, which is fair enough for supporters who are emotionally invested in the club, but Wighton was racially abused online as questions swirled ...
As a Raiders fan, the opening game of the season could not have provided more drama and edge-of-the-seat anticipation. Soon…