Canberra Raiders NRL News

Brumbies thrived while Raiders struggled during the Super League era, causing tension and complaints about coverage.

The Riotact

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, during and after the Super League war, the Brumbies were the talk of the city, drawing capacity crowds, while the Raiders struggled to regain lost ground.

I well remember receiving multiple calls from people connected to the Raiders complaining about the coverage given to the Brumbies as the Raiders battled for airtime.

From my perspective, it was acrimonious from a Raiders perspective, while the Brumbies just forged ahead.

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Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy's intertwined rugby league careers, from competing in the 1980s to coaching success.

The Daily Telegraph

In sport, some individuals' careers seem to be intertwined. In rugby league, there's no greater example than Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy.

These two blokes have been playing cat and mouse since the 1980s.

Bellamy was a foundation player of the Canberra Raiders, a club who, in 1987, were sick of underachieving and signed Bennett to co-coach alongside Don Furner.

The first thing Bennett did was implement a new fitness regimen, including a 10km torture run which the players would endure once a week.

Bennett would not only join the players on the run - he would win. Every week....

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Simon Tayoun, a devoted Raiders fan, travels to every game except in North Queensland and Gold Coast.

The Canberra Times

Simon Tayoun counts himself lucky to be alive. So you tend to listen when he says: "I'm Raiders 'til I die."

Tayoun - who celebrated his 60^th birthday on Wednesday - is one of the NRL's most dedicated fans. He travels to every Raiders game from Canberra to Las Vegas - well, at least barring North Queensland and the Gold Coast, where his drum is not welcome inside the stadium.

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