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Week two of the NRL Pre-Season Challenge is here with SuperCoaches to get their first glimpse of 2025 at a host of talent.
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Here's to an avalanche of cheapies and no injuries!
CANBERRA RAIDERS V CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Thurs February 13 2025, 7:50pm at GIO Stadium Canberra
SuperCoach analysis:
-Raiders fullback Kaeo Weekes impressed early but was pulled from the field after less than 20...
Strange and Fogarty showcased chemistry in Canberra's 2025 season opener against Cronulla, impressing despite the loss.
Ethan Strange and Jamal Fogarty hit the ground running in 2025, with the Canberra halves pairing putting an arduous pre-season to the test on Thursday night in a loss to Cronulla.
The pair spent some time together in Strange's rookie campaign last year, but Fogarty's battles with injury made it difficult for them to form a proper combination.
There appeared to be no signs of jitters for the Raiders duo in their first hit-out of the this year, with Strange scoring an early try while Fogarty pulled the strings against a nearly full-strength Cronulla Sharks outfit at GIO Stadium.
Sharks' Nicho Hynes injured but not serious, Addin Fonua-Blake shines in big win over Raiders.
Sharks fans can rest easy despite Nicho Hynes having ice on his right groin as Addin Fonua-Blake showed why he's been touted as one of the greatest signings in club history and the man capable of taking them from a finals side to a genuine premiership threat.
The field dimensions may have been a bit smaller to prepare the players for Allegiant Stadium, but that didn't stop livewire fullback Kaeo Weekes from finding the space he needed to set up the try of the pre-season on Thursday.
"Just a little bit of a tight adductor, but I think it was the plan to play that long anyway," Hynes said post match.
The Tongan tormentor Fonua-Blake stepped his way through the line and powered his way over five minutes into the second half as Cronulla overcame a slow start to beat the Raiders 40-10 as Hynes showed glimpses of his best before he came off for a scheduled break and had no injury concerns despite sporting an ice pack.