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An impressive nationals has launched Emma Barnes' NRLW career, with the Queenslander claiming the 24th-and-final spot on the Canberra Raiders' roster.
Barnes impressed Raiders coach Darrin Borthwick with her work out of dummy half for the Queensland Rubys, catching his eye on the Gold Coast.
It led to her not only making the team of the tournament for the nationals, but also getting offered an NRLW contract.
In-form Rabbitohs star Campbell Graham could be free to line up for the
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ladder-leaders against Canberra this weekend, despite initially being picked in the extended NSW squad for the State of Origin opener in Adelaide on May 31. Graham - who has arguably been the competition's best centre in 2023 - was named as 18th man in the Blues squad announced on Monday morning.
However, after joining the Blues' playing group at Coogee on Monday morning, Graham was then released from the squad, with Blues officials citing a sternum injury as the issue. The setback for the South Sydney star has seen Penrith centre Stephen Crichton drafted in to the NSW squad instead of Graham as the team's...
English international John Bateman knew just how good Hudson Young was going to be after spending two seasons with him at the Raiders.
The 29-year-old, currently playing his trade for the Tigers, left the nation's capital at the end of the 2020 season after he was released to seek better offers.
Bateman joined the Raiders in 2019, the year Young made his debut before he was suspended twice for two separate incidents of eye gouging.