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There’s a sense of deja vu as the Canberra Raiders prepare to head into the 2022 season.

I’ve watched the likes of Laurie Daley, Terry Campese and Alan Tongue struggle to keep going through the latter years of their NRL careers because of injury. They all had time remaining on their contracts, but their bodies simply had taken a pounding over the years. They had to call it a day. Similarly, plenty of fingers are crossed when it comes to the playing future of Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker.

Thirteen seasons in the NRL have taken a toll on Croker. Last season he managed just 12 games as he...

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Jack Wighton will captain the Canberra Raiders for the first time when they meet the Penrith Panthers on Sunday.

Wighton replaces Elliott Whitehead, who is missing the round seven game after clashing heads with teammate Ata Mariota at training and suffering a freak facial injury.

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The Riotact

When Peter McGrath’s wife of 34 years, Cheryl, read the citation for his Australia Day honour, her first response was, “No wonder you were never home.”

He was on the road so much during his chairmanship of various rugby union boards that on one occasion Cheryl rang Peter asking him to get some milk on the way home in Canberra. “I’m in Dublin for a meeting,” was Peter’s reply.

Canberra-born, Peter was the chair of Rugby Australia from 2007 to 2012.

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