Canberra Raiders News

Mon, 27th February, 2023, 12:10 AEDT
Raiders preview: Storming finish a warning sign for rivals
The Sydney Morning Herald
Player gains: Pasami Saulo (Knights), Danny Levi (Huddersfield).
Player losses: Josh Hodgson (Eels), Adam Elliott (Knights), Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (Warriors), Ryan Sutton (Bulldogs).
Storyline to watch: The regeneration. Just when things looked genuinely wobbly for the Raiders and Ricky Stuart last year, with the side sitting 15th and the relationship between players and coach under the microscope, it all fell into place.
Everything seemed to click for the Raiders last year just when it looked like they’d wasted their chance to reach the finals.Credit:Getty
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Sun, 26th February, 2023, 17:09 AEDT
Leaders of the pack set for ultimate test
The Canberra Times
Joe Tapine kept telling himself he could be one of the best forwards in the game - he just had to convince everyone else.
That mantle was usually reserved for guys like his Canberra Raiders teammate Josh Papali'i, and North Queensland's million-dollar man Jason Taumalolo. Now all three will be vying for the tag of the NRL's premier middle forward on the same night in Townsville.
Throw in Cowboys trio Jeremiah Nanai, Coen Hess and Jordan McLean, and Canberra's Hudson Young, Corey Harawira-Naera and Elliott Whitehead, and suddenly you've got one of the best forward pack battles a rugby league...
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Sat, 25th February, 2023, 14:57 AEDT
New Bulldog Sutton puts turbulent 2022 behind him
Yahoo! Sport
Found things tough in the first week at your new job? Then spare a thought for new Canterbury prop Ryan Sutton after he made the move from Canberra to Sydney.

Sutton recalled the agony and ecstasy of his first seven days after leaving the Raiders - which were spent sleeping on a hospital floor.

Expecting fraternal twins with his partner Kate, the Englishman feared the worst when a routine scan showed his daughter was not moving.
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