We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies could be forced to move to Manuka Oval and abandon their regular home if a staged rebuild turns Canberra Stadium into a construction site.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr is pushing ahead with a vision to revamp the AIS precinct, ditching plans to build a stadium in Civic despite Senator David Pocock and industry leaders urging him to reconsider the location for a new venue.
Nobody can predict the outcome of any game involving the hormonal Canberra Raiders, although you’ll always get short odds on a carcinogenic blast from Ricky Stuart.
So when full-time blew on Saturday’s tense win over the Dolphins and the coach showed vulnerability instead of sinking the slipper in to a ref or a journo, we knew something weird was going down.
When Joe Tapine signed a four-year extension with the Canberra Raiders in September, he probably thought Jack Wighton would be coming along for the ride.
That dream dramatically ended last week when the Raiders learned Wighton would be taking his talents to Redfern instead of re-signing with the Green Machine on what was - like Tapine's case - probably his last NRL deal.
While Tapine was disappointed Wighton wouldn't be with the Raiders beyond this season, he remained supportive of his teammate, whom he regards "a close mate" above all.