Canberra Raiders, the 2025 minor premiers

Canberra Raiders, the 2025 minor premiers

In 1990, the Raiders won their first minor premiership; current players weren't yet born.

Canberra Daily

When the Canberra Raiders won their first minor premiership in 1990, none of the current playing group were alive.

The oldest current player is Josh Papalii, who was born in 1992.

The Raiders clinched the JJ Giltinan Shield in front of a sold-out crowd of 23,746 fans at GIO Stadium on Saturday 29 August with a 24-10 victory over the Wests Tigers.

When asked if it blew his mind that none of the players were alive 35 years ago when the team's first shield was secured, winger Jed Stuart said it was "pretty crazy".

"My old man (current coach and former Raiders player Ricky Stuart) was a part of it, so that's pretty cool and pretty special," he told CD...

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