Ricky Stuart can trace a part of his coaching philosophy back to a cup of tea with the late Ron Massey.
It is in part a reason why the Canberra coach’s belief never wavered, even when the Raiders spent five months outside the top eight this season. Nor did it waver when Josh Hodgson’s season ended in six minutes, when a freak accident saw Jarrod Croker go under the knife, or when Stuart himself was hit with a one-game ban for a post-match press conference tirade.
The fact the Raiders enter...