Canberra Raiders News

The Canberra Times

The daughter of a Canberra Raiders legend will be hoping to catch the eye of NRLW scouts when the Monaro Colts play for a Country Championship title in Sydney on Saturday.

The new Raiders women's side already boasts the daughter of Ruben Wiki. Now Lily Croker, the daughter of games record holder Jason, is chasing her own opportunity and will start on the wing in the Country Championships final against Newcastle at Leichhardt Oval.

Raiders coach Darrin Borthwick will be watching the final to scout talent for the handful of roster spots he has available for the NRLW season, which starts in July.

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Yahoo! Sport

Kenny Bromwich to play prop as Dolphins lose Nicholls

It is a case of "cometh the hour, Kenneath the man" for the Dolphins as coach Wayne Bennett tweaks his forward pack ahead of the clash with Canberra in Wagga Wagga.

Dual premiership-winning forward Kenneath 'Kenny' Bromwich returns from suspension where he will showcase his versatility by playing at prop alongside older brother Jesse Bromwich for Saturday afternoon's fixture.

The proven dynamism on the left edge of Connelly Lemeulu results in him retaining his second-row position while Kurt Donaghue comes onto the bench to replace injured prop Mark Nicholls, who will miss a month of action with a broken thumb.

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ABC Sport

When Albert Hopoate runs out for Canberra against the Dolphins in Wagga Wagga on Saturday his career is still just beginning but the 21-year old has already done so much just to be there at all.

The Raiders winger will be playing just his 18th NRL game and has far more football in front of him than behind him. He is a long way from what he will one day become but he's also come a long way already and therein lies his triumph.

It's very easy to imagine a different path, one where everything he was supposed to have slipped away, where none of this ever happened to him.

When he was a kid that would have been unthinkable. He might be a surprise packet now that he's averaging 161.1 metres per...

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