Canberra Raiders NRL News

Fri, 19th June, 2026, 11:28 AEST
Facebook said Kaeo had twins. He had to tell his parents it wasn't true
Kaeo Weekes faces fake news about unexpected twins, highlighting issues with AI content affecting NRL players and their lives.
The Canberra Times
Imagine your family finding out you and your partner had twins when they didn't even know you were expecting babies.
Only problem is, it's not true and you have to explain it's fake news on Facebook.
Welcome to the world of Kaeo Weekes and AI-created content.
The Canberra Raiders boom fullback isn't the only player who's faced this problem, it's his teammates and players from other NRL clubs as well.
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Wed, 17th June, 2026, 16:24 AEST
'It's happened once': The gotcha moment that's driving Kaeo
Kaeo Weekes aims to avoid future mistakes after nearly being outpaced by Victor Radley during a recent game.
The Canberra Times
It's the gotcha moment that's driving Kaeo Weekes to make sure he never gets caught out again.
Victor Radley beat the Canberra Raiders boom fullback in a race for the ball to score what the NSW Blues lock thought was a try in the corner - thanks to a kick from cagey half Daly Cherry-Evans.
The moment came in the 20^th minute of the Raiders' 26-0 loss to the Sydney Roosters two weeks ago, with Weekes' blushes saved by the fact Radley was offside.
Weekes had made a big break down the Green Machine's left edge moments earlier, with the Raiders looking set to score only for it to come to nothing.
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Wed, 17th June, 2026, 6:06 AEST
'Stress the urgency': Inside the frantic fallout of Canberra Stadium chaos
Glass shattered in Canberra Stadium's coaches' box, injuring NRL coach Cameron Ciraldo, due to corflute signage in window tracks.
The Canberra Times
An early morning email, an urgent call-out and a frantic fix uncovered the reason glass shattered in a Canberra Stadium coaches' box and left an NRL coach needing stitches on a night the venue's defenders would surely like to forget.
The ACT government has pinpointed the reason the glass in the opposition coaches' box at Canberra Stadium shattered in March and left government officials racing to make upgrades to the venue.
It can all be traced back to a piece of corflute signage lodged in the window tracks.
The timeline of events was revealed in documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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