The 2024 junior reps season kicked off on the weekend with the Canberra Raiders hosting the Newcastle Knights in a triple header at Raiders Belconnen.
With the crowd buzzing with anticipation, it was a clash that promised to be as fierce as a scrum and as brutal as a bone-crunching tackle.
The action didn't disappoint as the Raiders and Knights went head-to-head in a clash of titans.
The Raiders got off to a flying start, like a winger darting down the sideline, with left-winger Cooper Johnston crossing the line in the very first minute to put them ahead 4-nil.