Canberra Raiders News

Wed, 7th May, 2025, 18:14 AEST
'We want it loud': Raiders make desperate plea to avoid red faces in historic sellout
Canberra Raiders anticipate a sellout crowd for Saturday's match against Canterbury Bulldogs, with tickets selling fast.
The Canberra Times
The Canberra Raiders are set to play in front of a sellout crowd in this Saturday's top-of-the-table match against the Canterbury Bulldogs, but the club had an important message to share with fans.
As of lunchtime on Wednesday when Raiders players Zac Hosking and Hudson Young fronted media, 750 tickets remained for the round 10 clash. Then, as of 4pm the same day, just 100 were left.
Needless to say, a sellout is all but assured for the biggest regular season crowd since 1995.
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Wed, 7th May, 2025, 16:11 AEST
Raiders star amused by legend's baffling commentary over game-deciding high tackle
Hudson Young dismissed criticism of his ball-carrying technique amid Kevin Walters' bizarre commentary during Magic Round.
The Canberra Times
Canberra star Hudson Young has laughed off criticism about the way he holds the footy potentially leading to high tackles after some bizarre commentary from rugby league legend and former Raider, Kevin Walters, during Magic Round.
In Canberra's golden point comeback win over the Melbourne Storm, Walters had a baffling take on referee Gerard Sutton awarding a game-deciding yet textbook penalty to the Raiders for a high tackle by Melbourne's Trent Loiero on Young.
"It was the way that Hudson Young carried the ball," Walters said commentating for Fox Sports on Sunday.
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Wed, 7th May, 2025, 13:09 AEST
Round 10: Who Will Steal the Show?
Following thrilling Magic Round, focus shifts to 2025 try-scorers as average scores rise to 45.6 points.
LeagueNews.co
In Round 10, following a thrilling Magic Round highlighted by the Raiders and Storm's golden point finish, attention turns to potential try-scoring threats.
Reports from zerotackle.com indicate that, in 2025, the average score per match is 45.6 points, a figure consistent since the six-again rule was implemented in 2020.
Prior to this, typical scores ranged from 39 to 41 points.
With this scoring trend in mind, Zero Tackle aims to predict five players likely to score tries, along with a value play for the week.
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