The Green Machine surprised experts, thriving despite predictions of a rebuilding year in 2025.
The Green Machine came into the 2025 season without much fanfare after finishing the 2024 season just outside the Top 8 and with a number of young players still finding their feet in the NRL, it looked on the surface like a re-building year was on the horizon.
With a strong forward pack and crafty number seven in Jamal Fogarty, most experts had Canberra just missing the 8, some even had them as their tip for the wooden spoon. How wrong they were...