Canberra Raiders News

Wed, 13th August, 2025, 18:18 AEST
Revealed: Secret player pact driving Canberra Raiders' to the minor premiership and into the NRL finals
The Raiders' player pact and sobriety boost their bid for a premiership since 1990.
The Daily Telegraph
It's the player pact driving Canberra to its first minor premiership since 1990 and what skipper Joe Tapine believes will give the Raiders a finals edge in September.
The Raiders have pledged to keep off the booze - a drinks drought in a bid to break another, the club's 31-year title drought.
Canberra's rapid rise to the top of the NRL ladder has seen Ricky Stuart's men emerge as surprise contenders in this year's premiership race.
The ascent of the Raiders, having lost only four games so far, has been built on the back the squad's electric young guns and a platform laid by experienced forwards campaigners like Tapine, Josh Papalii and Hudson Young.
Now Tapine, who replaced...
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Wed, 13th August, 2025, 13:11 AEST
Panthers Poach Player, Impacting Raiders Signing
Penrith signed Keahn Skipps, possibly leading Sandon Smith to join the Raiders.
LeagueNews.co
Penrith's acquisition of young playmaker Keahn Skipps from Canberra may pave the way for Sandon Smith to join the Raiders. Recent reports indicate that Smith is in talks with the Raiders, who have recently seen a decline in their playmaking options.
NRL halfback Jamal Fogarty will be transferring to Manly on a three-year contract, with young prospect Ethan Sanders likely to step into his position. Skipps had also been considered for this role and had captained Canberra's Jersey Flegg (Under-21) squad.
However, it was revealed this week that Skipps has signed a three-year contract with Ivan Cleary at the Panthers. With both Fogarty and Skipps leaving, this could explain the Raiders' interest in Smith.
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Wed, 13th August, 2025, 10:27 AEST
Will Ethan Strange stand on the shoulders of Raiders giants or take his place among them?
Ricky Stuart learned to protect young players from NRL's pressures under mentor Tim Sheens.
Region Canberra
Early in his career, Ricky Stuart learned from the master when it comes to protecting young players from the pressure and expectation that comes with the public glare of the NRL.
I witnessed it firsthand when Tim Sheens did his best to play down expectations when it came to Stuart, Bradley Clyde and Laurie Daley as they entered first grade as young players, even though they were destined for greatness.
Remember, of course, that this was before the concept of media managers in rugby league clubs had become a reality.
As well as coaching, Sheens took on the task of limiting the hype around his rising stars.
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