The Raiders' 2025 season began with a challenging military training camp experience, fostering team unity.
The Canberra Raiders' 2025 premiership campaign didn't start under stadium lights or with roaring crowds in Las Vegas.
It began in the dirt, dark and discomfort of a military training camp. A brutal pre-season bonding experience that came to define their charge to a first minor premiership since 1990.
Sleep-deprived Raiders players spent three days and two nights hiking and camping in bushland near Canberra.
"It was tough. I haven't done one of them for a while," said prop Corey Horsburgh, who has rejuvenated his career after being on the verge of leaving to join Wests Tigers at the end of last season.
"It just kind of made us close and just know that we can get...