Canberra Raiders NRL News

Wed, 17th June, 2026, 16:24 AEST
'It's happened once': The gotcha moment that's driving Kaeo
Kaeo Weekes aims to avoid future mistakes after nearly being outpaced by Victor Radley during a recent game.
The Canberra Times
It's the gotcha moment that's driving Kaeo Weekes to make sure he never gets caught out again.
Victor Radley beat the Canberra Raiders boom fullback in a race for the ball to score what the NSW Blues lock thought was a try in the corner - thanks to a kick from cagey half Daly Cherry-Evans.
The moment came in the 20^th minute of the Raiders' 26-0 loss to the Sydney Roosters two weeks ago, with Weekes' blushes saved by the fact Radley was offside.
Weekes had made a big break down the Green Machine's left edge moments earlier, with the Raiders looking set to score only for it to come to nothing.
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Wed, 17th June, 2026, 6:06 AEST
'Stress the urgency': Inside the frantic fallout of Canberra Stadium chaos
Glass shattered in Canberra Stadium's coaches' box, injuring NRL coach Cameron Ciraldo, due to corflute signage in window tracks.
The Canberra Times
An early morning email, an urgent call-out and a frantic fix uncovered the reason glass shattered in a Canberra Stadium coaches' box and left an NRL coach needing stitches on a night the venue's defenders would surely like to forget.
The ACT government has pinpointed the reason the glass in the opposition coaches' box at Canberra Stadium shattered in March and left government officials racing to make upgrades to the venue.
It can all be traced back to a piece of corflute signage lodged in the window tracks.
The timeline of events was revealed in documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Mon, 15th June, 2026, 15:18 AEST
Crunch time: Raiders still have a finals shot, but here's what they need to do
The Canberra Raiders face crucial must-win games to keep finals hopes alive amid a tight NRL competition.
The Canberra Times
Chuck some Milo in your milk, because it's crunch time for the Canberra Raiders.
To keep their hopes of playing finals alive, the 10 remaining Raiders games of the regular season are almost all must-win situations.
There is a tiny bit of wiggle room, but when the Green Machine are surrounded on the lower-half of the NRL ladder by last season's top-four teams, it's set up an unpredictable mad race for the top-eight for the backend of the year.
So let's break it down.
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