Canberra Raiders NRL News

Kaeo Weekes impresses with speed, sets up try in 8 minutes, Raiders lead 10-0.

The Canberra Times

Eighteen minutes. That's all Kaeo Weekes needed to have Canberra Raiders fans licking their lips about what he might produce this year.

Well, eight minutes really. That was the time on the clock when his sheer speed cut the Cronulla defence in half to set up a long-range try for Raiders five-eighth Ethan Strange.

It was part of an impressive start from the Green Machine as they shot out to a 10-0 lead against the Sharks.

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Raiders' Zac Hosking eager to return after setbacks, eyes round one clash in Vegas.

The Canberra Times

For Raiders back-rower Zac Hosking the light at the end of the tunnel is literally the glittering neon of the Las Vegas strip.

After a 2024 season he'd rather forget due to two shoulder injuries and then a pre-season nearly derailed by an unexpected calf injury last month, Hosking is chomping at the bit to run out for the Green Machine a healthy man.

And there's no greater motivation to bounce back than the chance to play round one against the Warriors at the NRL's Vegas spectacular.

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Canberra Raiders' Tom Starling raises funds for childhood friend with severe spinal injury.

The Canberra Times

This off-season, Canberra Raiders star Tom Starling wasn't just busy training for his upcoming NRL campaign, he's also been rallying the community to help out a childhood mate in the fight of his life.

Starling has leaned on his sporting connections to try and raise funds for good friend, Patrick Wheatley, who tragically suffered a severe spinal injury falling off a horse on his Central Coast property in July last year.

With Roosters star Connor Watson, the Raiders hooker, his family and a few Central Coast friends put together a collection of sporting memorabilia to auction off and raise funds for Wheatley's recovery.

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