It's not the first thing to go against Canberra heading into this week's finals.
Plane unfair: Raiders forced to fork out after NRL refuses flight assistance
Raiders filthy at footing bill for finals flights
The Canberra Raiders have been forced to pay for a chartered flight to and from Melbourne to give their players the best chance of beating the Storm in their knockout final.
It comes after the NRL's proposed travel schedule would've disrupted the Raiders' training and split up the squad and coaches onto two separate flights.
The lateness of knowing when they were playing the Storm in Melbourne meant the options were limited because of the massive weekend of sport coming up in the Victorian...
'I've got off the beers': Tapine reveals secrets behind boom season
A self-imposed beer ban is one of the few tweaks that has helped Joe Tapine become the best prop in the world.
And in another revelation that might have Canberra Raiders fans nervous, the New Zealand international says while he and his wife Kirsten are happy in the ACT he's open to offers.
Tapine has been one of the Green Machine's best players all season and leads the NRL for post-contact metres (1596 metres), was third for offloads (42), and was the leading forward and third overall for run...
