Canberra Raiders' extensive travel schedule in 2025 NRL season demonstrates impact of travel on sport.
If an academic were to do a PhD on the impact travel has on high-performance sport, they need look no further than the Canberra Raiders in the first 12 rounds of the 2025 NRL season.
It has been calculated that the Raiders will cover 48,000 kilometres in the air and on the ground in the first three months.
The travel schedule includes starting the season in Las Vegas before away games against Manly, the Cowboys, Parramatta in Darwin, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Auckland, interspersed with five games at Canberra Stadium.