Canberra players Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies' Vegas fight sparked controversy but united the Raiders.
The drunken late-night altercation involving Canberra's Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies in a Las Vegas hotel was the first big rugby league story of the year.
It was also the moment that galvanised the Raiders, helping propel them to the NRL minor premiership and a sold-out qualifying final clash with the Broncos at GIO Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Young and Smithies sheepishly fronted TV cameras in Vegas after it emerged they had been involved in a fight outside their room.