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Joe Tapine's emotional journey to 250 NRL games meets a crucial match for the Raiders against the Eels tonight.
It's been a long, emotional journey to 250 NRL games for Joe Tapine.
But the Canberra Raiders will have to put that aside as they desperately need to beat the Parramatta Eels tonight.
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NRL star Tom Starling alleges police assaulted him, leading to concussion and injury, amid conflicting accounts of the incident.
Whether a NRL star was pulled down from a stage by police officers or jumped on them from a height is a key question in the trial of two officers charged with assault.
Evan Huw Prowse and Steven Lockwood Brown have both pleaded not guilty to the common assault of Canberra Raiders hooker Tom Starling at a 21st birthday party in December 2020.
Starling, his brothers Jackson and Josh and friend Jesse Byrne, had originally been charged with assaulting police and resisting arrest after a drunken night out on the NSW Central Coast.
Raiders' star player Simi Sasagi faces a month out, complicating their NRL season while struggling for playoff contention.
This is not what Canberra Raiders fans want to hear.
Their best player of the 2026 NRL season is set to spend another month on the sidelines, especially when they're 14th on the NRL ladder and two wins outside the eight.
That's the update provided by Raiders centre Matt Timoko ahead of the Green Machine's crunch clash against the Eels in Parramatta on Saturday.
The Raiders will be without NSW duo Hudson Young and Ethan Strange, and Savelio Tamale (concussion), plus Timoko said Simi Sasagi (shoulder) was still a distance away from return.