We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders performed a back-end miracle in 2022 to scrape into the finals, and while they were assisted by the capitulation of the Brisbane Broncos, they will now look to 2023 as a year where they can control their own destiny.
The confidence of that run into the finals will have given Ricky Stuart's side wings heading into the new season.
But that doesn't mean this is just a simple march to the top eight for the Raiders.
The daughter of the late rugby league great Steve Folkes has delivered an emotional plea to help players suffering from brain degeneration, addressing day three of a Senate inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports.
Four of the nation's sporting codes — the National Rugby League, Rugby Australia, Boxing Australia and Football Australia — fronted the hearing in Canberra on Wednesday and acknowledged the link between head trauma and serious neurodegenerative disease.
The stand-out submission was from Hayley Shaw, Folkes's daughter, who detailed the difficulties the former premiership-winning player and coach endured in the final years before his death due to...
Corey Harawira-Naera has the chance to finally lock down a starting role with the Canberra Raiders.
The 27-year-old was named at lock for their round-one encounter with the North Queensland Cowboys at Townsville on Saturday.
It will be just the 28th time he's started for the Green Machine since making the shift from the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2020.