Canberra Raiders mascot a well-oiled green machine

Canberra Raiders mascot a well-oiled green machine

Canberra Weekly

Victor the Viking is celebrating his 40th year as the Raiders' mascot but he didn't want to make a fuss - so Queanbeyan's Mayor and the people's pub - Hotel Queanbeyan - are making a fuss this Saturday. (Raiders management asked Tony Wood (aka Victor the Viking) if he wanted anything special but Tony was content with his life membership).

A few weeks ago, Tony celebrated his 58th birthday and he says he can't believe he put on Victor's costume for the first time, a week after his 18th birthday.

That early Victor outfit (here's been nine different versions) was made of paper mache by children at the Carinya Centre for...

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