Canberra Raiders NRL News

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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Canberra can't match Manly's offer to Jamal Fogarty but hopes to convince him to stay.

Canberra Weekly

Coach Ricky Stuart has conceded Canberra can't match Manly's big money offer to Jamal Fogarty but still hopes to get a chance to convince their star halfback to remain a Raider.

The 31-year-old is believed to be on the verge of signing a three-year deal worth $2.1 million with Manly, who need to replace departing captain Daly Cherry-Evans at the end of the season.

Canberra have offered less money and only a two-year deal, which would allow for the development of young playmakers Ethan Sanders, Adam Cook and Ethan Strange.

Stuart was upset that Canberra never got to table...

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