NRL 2025: Canberra Raiders vs Canterbury Bulldogs preview, top of the table sold out game, how they climbed ladder, Michael Ennis, Viking clap, GIO Stadium

NRL 2025: Canberra Raiders vs Canterbury Bulldogs preview, top of the table sold out game, how they climbed ladder, Michael Ennis, Viking clap, GIO Stadium

Canberra and Canterbury face off in a surprising top-of-the-table clash this Saturday.

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It's the top-of-the-table clash nobody saw coming, with Canberra and Canterbury set to party like it's 1994 on a forecasted sunny afternoon in the capital on Saturday.

He's watched both clubs rebuild from the bottom. Now, with both inside the top four, Ennis said this is as good as it gets in the home-and-away season.

The Raiders have sold out a regular season game for the first time in 30 years with more than 25,000 expected at GIO Stadium.

The last time these clubs were first and second on the ladder was back in 1994, the same season they met in the grand final when Canberra prevailed in Mal Meninga's final game.

NRL premiership winner Mick Ennis has seen under the bonnet of both clubs, having played for the Bulldogs and been an assistant coach at the Raiders.

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