Canberra Raiders NRL News

  • Why new recruits decided to build a new Green Machine

    Simaima Taufa is part of the Raiders' NRLW squad. Picture by Keegan Carroll

    The Canberra Times

    Simaima Taufa can laugh about it now. Getting older, she thought, and wondering what she wanted to do about rugby league.

    The body still feels good, and the 28-year-old international is still by far and away one of the NRLW's premier middle forwards - so when Don Furner came calling, she was always going to listen.

    The Canberra Raiders chief executive called Taufa while she was in York with the Australian team, en route to another World Cup triumph last year. A new version of the Green Machine was being built, and they wanted Taufa in the engine room.

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  • EXCLUSIVE: Common Ricky Stuart perception is 'simply not true', writes Paul Gallen

    EXCLUSIVE: Common Ricky Stuart perception is 'simply not true', writes Paul Gallen

    Wide World of Sports

    NRL great PAUL GALLEN will appear on Nine's 100% FOOTY every Monday night of the NRL season, debating rugby league's hottest topics alongside Phil Gould and James Bracey. Tune in tonight at 10:30pm (AEDT) following a bumper round five!

    Canberra's performance against Penrith on Friday night is something I've never seen from a Ricky Stuart-coached side.

    I said on the weekend on The Continuous Call Team on 2GB that the Raiders were soft in the second half, and they were. They were very ordinary.

    But Ricky handled it really well. You saw his comments after the game where he talked about the...

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  • ‘I’m hoping we can leave a legacy’: Why Jillaroos stars made the big call to move to Canberra

    ‘I’m hoping we can leave a legacy’: Why Jillaroos stars made the big call to move to Canberra

    The Daily Telegraph

    The NRLW’s signing spree has continued, with the Raiders making a big splash by confirming they’ve lured Simaima Taufa, Zahara Temara and Monalisa Soliola to the nation’s capital.

    The trio represent the first three signings for the Green Machine, which will join the NRLW this year as part of an expanded 10-team competition.

    Taufa is the biggest get for the Raiders after leading Parramatta to the...

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