Canberra Raiders NRL News

Mon, 15th June, 2026, 15:18 AEST
Crunch time: Raiders still have a finals shot, but here's what they need to do
The Canberra Raiders face crucial must-win games to keep finals hopes alive amid a tight NRL competition.
The Canberra Times
Chuck some Milo in your milk, because it's crunch time for the Canberra Raiders.
To keep their hopes of playing finals alive, the 10 remaining Raiders games of the regular season are almost all must-win situations.
There is a tiny bit of wiggle room, but when the Green Machine are surrounded on the lower-half of the NRL ladder by last season's top-four teams, it's set up an unpredictable mad race for the top-eight for the backend of the year.
So let's break it down.
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Sat, 13th June, 2026, 17:50 AEST
'We've got a third one': Tapine's emotional journey to join world-class trio
Joe Tapine's emotional journey to 250 NRL games meets a crucial match for the Raiders against the Eels tonight.
The Canberra Times
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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Tue, 9th June, 2026, 19:04 AEST
Conflicting claims as cops fight Raiders star assault case
NRL star Tom Starling alleges police assaulted him, leading to concussion and injury, amid conflicting accounts of the incident.
The Canberra Times
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.
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