Canberra Raiders News

Sun, 19th July, 2026, 13:42 AEST
Young Tigers player learns punishment from MRC after Saturday night
Eight players from four clubs face charges after Round 20, with Wests Tigers hit hardest.
Zero Tackle
The NRL Match Review Committee has been busy during Round 20, with eight players from four clubs facing charges after Saturday night.
The Wests Tigers are the biggest losers from Saturday night, with four players facing fines or suspension.
Canberra Raiders dummy-half Owen Pattie was charged with a Dangerous Contact Grade 2 in the 20th minute of the match involving Keaon Koloamatangi.
Despite it being his first offence, he will face a one-match suspension if he takes the early guilty plea, two if he challenges and loses at a panel hearing.
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Sun, 19th July, 2026, 12:56 AEST
Raiders forward's future up in the air as Super League circles
Morgan Smithies, an England international, is attracting attention as he nears a commitment to the Canberra Raiders.
Zero Tackle
The rugby league grapevine is buzzing again, and this time an England international is at the centre of it.
Earlier in the year, word was spread that Morgan Smithies was on the verge of committing his future to the Canberra Raiders, effectively taking him out of the free agency market and locking him in at the club he joined back in 2024 on a three-year deal from the Wigan Warriors.
The Halifax-born forward has added his name to a growing roll call of English forwards who have thrived in Canberra colours.
Yet as 2027 approaches, it seems he is gaining interest from both sides of the globe.
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Sat, 18th July, 2026, 18:00 AEST
Young's season over as Raiders keep finals hopes alive
Canberra's Hudson Young suffers a severe Achilles injury, sidelining him for up to eight months and ruling him out of the World Cup.
The Canberra Times
Canberra's season is still alive but star forward Hudson Young's 2026 is almost certainly over after a devastating left Achilles injury in the 34-24 win over South Sydney.
Young pushed off with no-one around him in the 55th minute and clutched his lower leg before being assisted from the field.
The up to eight-month recovery ahead of the NSW second-rower for the suspected rupture will also rule Young out of the World Cup for Australia.
Young's teammates hung on despite a Rabbitohs rally at GIO Stadium as the late run of last year's minor premiers at an unlikely finals berth went into overdrive with a third consecutive victory.
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