Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Raiders lead the table after seven victories, with key players excelling and demanding respect.

The Canberra Times

The Canberra Raiders are two points clear atop the table after a seventh-straight victory, and going into a bye week with their strike players like hat-trick hero Kaeo Weekes and speedster Xavier Savage in top form, the team has vowed to keep the dream season going.

As coach Ricky Stuart said following the 28-24 win over St George Illawarra Dragons on Saturday, the "self-confessed experts" in pre-season didn't know what was building in the capital this year, but now the results are stacking up, the Raiders are demanding respect.

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Raiders defeat St George Illawarra 28-24, boosting minor premiership chances; Kaeo Weekes shines with three tries.

The Daily Telegraph

The Canberra Raiders remain on target to win their first minor premiership since 1990 after defeating a valiant St George Illawarra side 28-24 at GIO Stadium on Saturday.

It may have been a cold night in the national capital, but Raiders fullback Kaeo Weekes was in white-hot form, chiming in with three tries, a try assist and four line break assists, as the Green Machine clung on for their 14th win of the season.

"We really needed that win going into the bye," Weekes told Fox Sports.

"'Stick' [coach Ricky Stuart] put a really big emphasis on getting us right heading into the...

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Dragons coach Shane Flanagan upset over forward pass decision denying Tyrell Sloan a hat-trick.

Fox League

Dragons coach Shane Flanagan was left fuming at a controversial forward pass call that denied Tyrell Sloan a hat-trick and ultimately proved the difference in
his side's 28-24 loss to the Raiders.

"I'm not going to talk about the list of injuries or the players who we have got out, I'm talking about the players that were out there," Flanagan said.

Sloan scored a classy double, but he was denied the first try of the game for a forward pass from Moses Suli that, at worst, looked flat and, at best, was well backwards.

Flanagan believes his side should have won the game and would have won if Sloan's first try had stood.

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