The NRL community are rallying around Raiders SG Ball player Jacob Iosefa who is in intensive care following a car crash.
Iosefa’s family are at his bedside in intensive care at Canberra Hospital following the accident on Monday night.
A GoFundMe page
has been set up by a friend of the family, Bec Holland, to support the youngster.
NRL community rallying around Raiders junior ‘fighting for life’ after car crash
Rising Raiders star 'fighting for life' after car crash
The Canberra and Wagga rugby league communities are rallying to support a rising rugby league star after he suffered "life-threatening injuries" in a car accident.
Canberra Raiders junior Jacob Iosefa is in the Canberra Hospital intensive care unit "fighting for his life" only weeks after signing a two-year deal with the Green Machine.
Former Mt Austin High School student Iosefa moved to Canberra to pursue his rugby league ambitions and was part of the Raiders' SG Ball squad.
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