Ricky Stuart is the master motivator, careful with every word he chooses and it was no different last Saturday after Canberra’s 28-20 upset win over Melbourne.
With the first suggestion that the Raiders had suddenly catapulted themselves into premiership calculations, Stuart was quick to be on the defensive, swift to start the mind games.
“No one expects us to win, no one expects us to beat Parramatta,” he said.