Raiders reflect on heartbreaking 2025 finals elimination after being minor premiers, a historic disappointment.
As the dust settles on the Raiders' heartbreaking end to a remarkable 2025 campaign, the reflections on where it went all wrong began to be unpacked by NRL experts.
The Raiders became the first minor premiers in 16 years to be eliminated from a finals series after back-to-back defeats.
They were only the second minor premiers in the NRL era (since 1998) to bow out of the finals in that manner.