Canberra Raiders News

The NRL's MRC suspended Hudson Young and Kodi Nikorima for two matches due to serious tackle incidents during Friday's games.

Zero Tackle

The NRL's Match Review Committee (MRC) has handed down its findings from Friday night's double-header, with a pair of incidents resulting in significant suspensions following the clashes between the Canberra Raiders and Melbourne Storm, and the Dolphins and Penrith Panthers.

Canberra forward Hudson Young is facing time on the sidelines after being charged with a grade-two careless high tackle on Melbourne's Sua Fa'alogo. Young has been hit with a two-match ban with an early plea, which would increase to three matches should he choose to contest the charge and be found guilty.

In the later game, Dolphins playmaker Kodi Nikorima was also charged over an incident that left Panthers hooker Mitch Kenny hospitalised with a suspected leg fracture. Nikorima's tackle has been graded as a level-three careless offence, carrying the same sanction as Young - a two-match suspension with an early plea, rising to three matches if unsuccessfully challenged at the judiciary.

Several other players were sanctioned with fines following separate incidents across the two matches.

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The Raiders triumphed 26-22 over the Storm, leaving Coach Stuart with mixed feelings despite praising their best performance.

Zero Tackle

The Canberra Raiders have edged out the Melbourne Storm 26-22 in a gripping contest, but despite the result, coach Ricky Stuart was left with mixed emotions post-match.

Stuart praised his side's performance after what he described as their most complete showing of the season.

The Raiders started strongly, jumping out to a 12-0 lead and appearing in control early, only for momentum to swing at various points throughout the contest.

One key moment came when Hudson Young was denied a try for an accidental offside - a decision that visibly frustrated Stuart in the coach's box.

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The Storm, once dominant, now struggle with five consecutive losses and fading competitiveness due to injuries and departures.

The Australian

Plenty of smart judges have written the Storm off in the past and have been left with egg on their faces, but it's time to start making the omelette because the best team of the past two decades appears to be cooked.

The Storm have now lost five on the trot after they gave up a halftime lead to go down 26-22 to Canberra at GIO Stadium, with Craig Bellamy's side already losing touch with the top eight.

The team that lost the past two grand finals started the year on fire with two huge wins, but a stack of injuries and key departures have finally caught up with the men in purple who have seemingly lost their aura.

Opposition teams no longer fear them and they can't rely on special plays from their superstar spine who don't have the forwards to give them room, nor the strike players out wide who can conjure something out of nothing.

This was a much better showing than what we saw from them last week when they were humiliated at home by the Warriors, with a lot more effort and some slick play from fullback Sua Fa'alogo who was clobbered high and forced off late.

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