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Canberra Weekly

The NRL has confirmed two games will be played in Las Vegas to launch the 2024 season, with Manly, Brisbane, South Sydney and the Sydney Roosters locked in to feature.

The matches will be the first for premiership points to be contested outside Oceania and were confirmed Friday afternoon after months of build-up.

The NRL invited clubs to submit expressions of interest to be involved in the fixtures, with the successful applicants notified Friday. 

The Canberra Raiders and Melbourne Storm were also considered before being overlooked.

NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo and Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V'landys both...

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Canberra Weekly

Comparisons with Canberra champions Laurie Daley and Jack Wighton are hardly quietening the buzz around new Raider Ethan Strange, with coach Ricky Stuart admitting to some encouraging similarities with the club legends.

Stuart insisted Strange is more than ready for his NRL debut against Melbourne this weekend, with the 18-year-old picked at centre after injuries to Sebastian Kris and Jarrod Croker.

Viewed as a long-term half after impressing in that role at NSW Cup level, the teen star has shown enough for Stuart to back him in the crunch encounter against the Storm.

Strange was electric in the centres in the under-19 State of Origin,...

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The Canberra Times

Eaten alive. That's what faces the Canberra Raiders in Melbourne if they reproduce their performance against the Wests Tigers.

Not even winning their past five games against the Storm in Melbourne is a comfort, with Raiders coach Ricky Stuart saying that will just make it harder against his good mate Craig Bellamy.

Stuart's adamant the Raiders' recent away record against the Storm will be stinging Bellamy and have his former Green Machine teammate bursting a blood vessel to tip the ledger.

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