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Match day guide and preview for the 2022 NRL round 23 game between the Canberra Raiders and Newcastle Knights.
Star front rower Joe Tapine and winger Nick Cotric come straight back into the Raiders’ starting side, with Albert Hopoate and Ryan Sutton dropping out of the 17. Canberra also get their coach back after Ricky Stuart served his one-week suspension.
The Knights stood down Bradman Best and Enari Tuala after they were late for a team bus. Former Raider Edrick Lee returns on the wing,...
From NRL scrapheap to one of the stars of the Rams outfit, James Desaxe has had a whirlwind year and it's on the cusp of getting even better.
The Woden Valley utility had drawn a line through playing rugby league at the start of the 2022 season after years of trying to break into the elite level. Just three months later, Desaxe has become an integral part of the team favoured to win the Canberra Raiders Cup.
A fireman in Moruya, the utility has made a huge commitment to sign with the Rams. He...
It's a cruel end to another Englishman's time in Canberra, with Raiders prop Ryan Sutton needing season-ending surgery to a finger tendon.
Given he's joining Canterbury next year, that means his time in lime green has come to an end - just as it did for Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson (knee), who joins Parramatta in 2023.
But in some positive injury news for Canberra, Joe Tapine (ribs) was expected to play after missing last week's win over St George Illawarra.