Raiders women spark junior interest, struggle with senior teams, NRLW season approaching with crowd support.
The rise of the Canberra Raiders women has helped spark an increase in junior rugby league participation numbers in the capital, but senior women' teams are struggling to field full sides.
The Raiders will start their NRLW second season when they play the Wests Tigers next weekend and they're hoping they can build on the strong crowd support they built in their debut campaign.
The increasing presence of elite women's sport - across a variety of football codes - on television has led to girls flocking to league, union, soccer and Australian football.
