Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Weekly

The Canberra Raiders will be looking to get their first win of the NRL season when they host the Cronulla Sharks in round 3.

The Raiders have made just the one change with the injured Ata Mariota replaced by Trey Mooney on the bench. Elliott Whitehead started at lock last week with Corey Harawira-Naera moving to the edge so that swap could happen again.

Cronulla are still without star halfback Nicho Hynes who remains sidelined with a calf injury. Jack Williams is back in the 17 with Connor Tracey dropping to the reserves list.

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The Canberra Times

It's the Canberra Raiders' role in the war on concussion. And it was as simple as wearing their mouthguards.

The Green Machine took part in a technology trial that could help identify not only which NRL players could be most at risk of concussion, but also what positions or even training drills could be most at risk as well.

That data could be extremely useful with concussion one of the hottest topics in elite sport.

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The Canberra Times

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has torpedoed hopes the A-League's arrival in Canberra will fast track plans for a new stadium in the city as his focus shifts to a Bruce redevelopment.

Barr has long declared year-round content would be required to make an investment in a Civic stadium viable, and the birth of a new A-League men's team ahead of the 2024-25 season will give Canberra exactly that.

But a project that would likely cost Canberrans up to $700 million is on the backburner despite a renewed push from ACT Senator David Pocock, with Barr adamant an ageing Canberra Stadium is fit to...

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