Canberra Raiders NRL News

Josh Papali'i and Jamal Fogarty welcomed Brumbies onto field, Len Ikitau scored hat-trick. Brumbies win.

The Canberra Times

Who ever thought they'd see Josh Papali'i standing on the halfway line before an ACT Brumbies game kicked off?

But this was no shock code switch. The veteran Canberra Raiders prop and teammate Jamal Fogarty welcomed the Brumbies onto the field before their 38-21 win over the Fijian Drua at Canberra Stadium on Friday night.

Man of the match Len Ikitau stole the show when it mattered by scoring a hat-trick as the Brumbies clinched back-to-back wins, momentarily moving his side into second on the ladder and setting up a showdown with Dan McKellar's NSW Waratahs in Sydney next week.

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Stuart admits he's not perfect, doesn't personally attack referees, wants media to avoid contentious topics.

The Canberra Times

Ricky Stuart admits he's not an "altar boy", but says comments about referees in post-match press conferences are never personal attacks.

And the Canberra Raiders coach has put it back on the media to refrain from asking coaches questions about controversial decisions now that they've been gagged.

Stuart said sometimes it was hard going into a press conference straight after a game when the "emotions are flowing".

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Kevin Walters' axing from the Broncos has led to Corey Horsburgh facing off against Pat Carrigan.

The Daily Telegraph

The sliding doors moment of Kevin Walters' Broncos axing has put Raiders firebrand Corey Horsburgh on a collision course with Maroons star Pat Carrigan.

Horsburgh will confront the Broncos for the first time on Saturday night in Canberra since going within a whisker of moving to Brisbane.

Overweight, injured, unhappy and out-of-favour with Raiders coach Ricky Stuart last year, Horsburgh toured Brisbane's Red Hill headquarters as he weighed up a return to Queensland.

The one-game Maroons representative met with Broncos CEO Dave Donaghy, recruitment chief Simon Scanlan and Walters after being given permission by Canberra to weigh up his...

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