Canberra Raiders NRL News

Ricky Stuart coached Craig Fitzgibbon, who knows what to expect in Sharks vs Raiders game.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Craig Fitzgibbon has been coached by Ricky Stuart at club, state and international level, and the Sharks coach will know what he's walking into on Thursday night. I just hope his players do, too.

It's an old-fashioned Raiders ambush just waiting to happen. When Canberra are playing at home they are just a totally different proposition and a 10- to 12-point better team.

"Sticky" plotted and executed a physical ambush on the Broncos a few weeks ago and even though the Raiders are coming off a couple of losses on the road, Cronulla will need to pack their overalls. Because it's going to be down and dirty in the nation's capital.

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Raiders started strong but now struggle with back-to-back losses, while Sharks faced mixed results.

League Unlimited

The Raiders attack was looking superb in their opening two games of the season as they spanked the Warriors 30-8 over in Vegas, which they followed up with a brilliant 32-22 over a highly fancied Broncos side in the second Round. But then everything went topsy-turvey and in the last two weeks they've lost back-to-back games and their defence has leaked 70 points against Manly and the struggling Cowboys.

The Sharks story isn't too dissimilar. They were very competitive in Vegas against the defending Premiers Penrith, losing 28-22 in a gallant display. They backed it up with comfortable wins against the Cowboys 36-12 and Souths 27-12 - two sides with solid forward packs. But last week their attack took a wrong turn somewhere and their pack was unable to gain any dominance over the Bulldogs forwards - ultimately leading to the Sharks losing 20-6.

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Griffin Neame expected to be fit for Round 5 game against Penrith Panthers after hamstring issue.

Zero Tackle

North Queensland Cowboys head coach Todd Payten has confirmed Griffin Neame should be fit to take on the Penrith Panthers in Round 5 of the 2025 NRL season.Neame seemed to be hampered by a hamstring injury during the second half of the Cowboys home win over the Canberra Raiders on Saturday evening in Townsville."He has to train today, so it's precautionary. We didn't put him back on because it tightened up. We will see how he runs today, but we are expecting him to be fine and we will go from there,' Payten said before naming his team list for the game against the Panthers.

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