Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Raiders and Wests Tigers eyeing off-contract English forward Kai Pearce-Paul, potential $600k deal.

Zero Tackle

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.

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2024 games inspire Raiders but poor for-and-against keeps them out of finals in 2025. Close call.

The Riotact

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.

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Leo Thompson almost signed with Raiders to replace Josh Papali'i, but ultimately chose Bulldogs over Raiders.

The Riotact

Leo Thompson isn't the first and probably won't be the last big-name player to come close to signing with the Raiders only to balk at the 11th hour.

Thompson elected to sign with the Bulldogs over the Raiders after informing Newcastle that he was heading elsewhere after the 2025 season.

The Raiders had identified Thompson as a replacement for Josh Papali'i in 2026.

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