Canberra Raiders NRL News

On May 16, 2000, Ricky Stuart's career ended abruptly due to a ruptured ACL injury.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Exactly 25 years and one week ago - May 16, 2000 - Ricky Stuart crumpled to the ground in Auckland. In an instant, one of the great playmaking careers was over.

The champion halfback had ruptured his ACL and knew it immediately. But the Herald reported a surprisingly upbeat dressing room interview given Stuart had just had "retirement handed to me in one moment".

Then 33, Stuart had just a week earlier sat down with his manager, John Fordham, and Bulldogs top brass Bob Hagan and Barry Nelson, as well as NRL coach Steve Folkes, to discuss a post-playing move into coaching.

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Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart noted his players' ages during their 1994 grand final victory.

The Canberra Times

The answer is three.

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart was unsure how many of his players were even born when the Green Machine destroyed the Bulldogs in the 1994 grand final.

Jamal Fogarty was nine months old. Captain Joe Tapine was four months. Josh Papali'i was the veteran as a two-year-old.

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Coach Ricky Stuart urges Canberra to treat Canterbury as just another opponent for their upcoming match.

The Canberra Times

Coach Ricky Stuart is expecting his high-flying Canberra outfit to treat Canterbury like any other opponent rather than a top-of-the-table clash in front of a sell-out crowd in the nation's capital.

A bumper crowd will turn out at GIO Stadium on Saturday afternoon hopeful of seeing the Raiders take down another premiership contender following their golden-point victory over Melbourne last Sunday night.

The hosts are gunning for their sixth successive win and history against the ladder-leading Bulldogs is in their favour, having won nine of their past 10 meetings.

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