We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
Ricky Stuart stepped back to his old scrumbase stomping ground in the days before kick-off with a pointed barb plenty of halfbacks from the 90s would know all too well.
Time to show “why he is on so much money” was the gist of Stuart’s riposte at Eels halfback Mitchell Moses.
Moses was in a similar mood throughout the week. He was short with some questions at Parramatta’s media call, jovial but giving nothing with others, as all and sundry watched his recovery from a heavy...
They were blown off the park in the first half, but the Canberra Raiders were left to rue a key ruling in Friday's semi-final loss to the Parramatta Eels.
With the match evenly poised, the Raiders launched a raid down the left flank in the 12th minute.
It appeared Clint Gutherson intentionally knocked the ball out of Rapana's hands while he attempted to ground the ball.
Canberra’s finals fairytale has come crashing down at the hands of a physically dominant Parramatta side, who neutralised the Raiders’ strike forwards at CommBank Stadium.
After scraping into the finals and eliminating Melbourne last week, the Raiders were vying to become just the fourth team in the NRL era to qualify for a preliminary final from eighth position on the ladder.
Canberra brought the NRL’s longest active winning streak into Friday night but could not match Parramatta’s...