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Sam Backo walked into the office of Raiders coach Don Furner (senior) in 1983 and declared that he was ready to play first-grade football.
This was a bold statement indeed given he hadn’t played any games in any grade up until that point. It was even bolder given that he hadn’t even signed a contract.
Don Furner advised him to go next door and speak to the Raiders secretary John McIntyre to sort out a contract before his ambitions could be taken any further.
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Canberra is reportedly planning to clean out its roster after a disastrous start to its 2023 campaign.
With just one win from the opening five rounds, the heat has been on Ricky Stuart, despite the club recently extending his contract through to the end of 2025.
It has left a top squad overhaul as the club’s only real option to turn around its fortunes.
The Raiders are reported to have some promising...
Jack Wighton has come under fire for a perceived lack of loyalty after going to market despite the Raiders helping turn him into one of the game’s best paid players.
The 30-yerar-old has been at the Raiders since he was 14, but will test the open market for his last contract in rugby league, with money and the chance to win a premiership speculated as motives.
However, Paul Kent believes Wighton winning a competition with another team would be hollow after spending the majority of his career at the Raiders.