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Raiders, Brumbies, and GWS playing in Canberra on Anzac weekend, testing which code is most popular.
With the Raiders, Brumbies and GWS all playing in Canberra on the Anzac weekend next year, it is being viewed as a litmus test: which code is the most popular in the ACT?
The Giants take on the Western Bulldogs on Saturday, 26 April, at 7:35 pm. At the same time, the Brumbies face the Hurricanes across town at GIO.
The following day at Canberra Stadium, the Raiders take on the Dolphins.
Canberra Raiders and Wests Tigers eyeing off-contract English forward Kai Pearce-Paul, potential $600k deal.
The Canberra Raiders and Wests Tigers have been named as the rival clubs monitoring the situation of English forward Kai Pearce-Paul, who is off-contract at the Newcastle Knights at the end of this season.Arriving from the English Super League where he made his name as a youngster, Pearce-Paul has been a solid force for the Knights since the beginning of 2024.Code Sports reports the three-club battle could see the value of his next contract climb to $600,000 per year.
2024 games inspire Raiders but poor for-and-against keeps them out of finals in 2025. Close call.
If the Raiders were looking for inspiration in 2025, they need only look at the final three games played in 2024.
With victories over the premiers, the Panthers, along with the Roosters and the Dragons, the Raiders came excruciatingly close to making the finals.
In the end, the Raiders' terrible for-and-against crushed their chances as they finished on the same points at the eighth-placed Newcastle.