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Canberra's 2025 sports year featured thrilling finals, club collapses, and heartbreaking losses defining the season.
There were finals thrills, club collapses, and heartbreaking losses in an extraordinary year of sport in the capital.
Here's our list, in no particular order, of the stories that defined Canberra sport in 2025.
Many teams have long championship droughts; NRL examines which might win in 2026.
Currently, unless you're a supporter of the Broncos, Panthers, or Storm, it's been a long wait for your team to achieve premiership success.
However, some teams have been in this drought for an even longer duration.
With the Warriors and Titans still seeking their first championship, and clubs like the Eels and Raiders having gone over 30 years without a title, the NRL.com team shares their thoughts on which of these long-suffering fanbases is most likely to claim victory in the year 2026.
Canberra sports organizations and government use economic impact studies for funding and decision-making.
Economic impact studies are routinely carried out by Canberra sports organisations and the ACT Government.
The figures are used as part of negotiations as sports seek funding to stage events while the government uses the studies to guide decision-making associated with the economic impact on the ACT economy.
Over the years we have seen estimates on the impact to the ACT economy from the Brumbies, Kanga Cup, Masters Games, the racing industry, Raiders, AFL and cricket.
The Canberra Raiders are riding high at the moment as the ACT's premier sporting attraction, with crowds well ahead of both the Brumbies and the Giants.