Canberra Raiders NRL News

Argentine Nico Abot stunned fans with a back-heel goal in Queanbeyan City's 2-2 draw Saturday.

The Canberra Times

An incredibly "special" trick goal in the NPL men's soccer was the highlight of Saturday's local Canberra sport action.

Argentine Nico Abot scored a first-half brace in Queanbeyan City's 2-2 draw with Gungahlin United. His second goal was a penalty after a Gungahlin handball in the area but it was Abot's first that had commentators stunned.

Remarkably for the second time this season, Abot scored with a clever and - normally - rarely-seen back-heel to bamboozle the goalkeeper.

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The Canberra Raiders, once underdogs, are now pressured as contenders after defying media predictions.

The Canberra Times

It's the new challenge facing the high-flying Green Machine and with it comes a different type of pressure.

The underdogs have become the hunted.

The Sydney media wrote off the Canberra Raiders at the start of the year, predicting they'd be wooden spooners. But the Raiders haven't listened.

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The Sea Eagles are shopping Aaron Schoupp to clear space for a new middle forward.

Zero Tackle

The Manly Sea Eagles are reportedly shopping centre Aaron Schoupp to rival clubs in a bid to make space for another middle forward.

The centre joined the Sea Eagles in the middle of 2024 after a strange mid-season departure from the Gold Coast Titans, but has only managed a single game in the top grade.

The Illawarra junior could well be pushing for his own way out of the club, and it's believed the Canberra Raiders, who are about to re-sign Savelio Tamale, were one of the clubs he was shopped to per a Canberra Times report.

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