Canberra Raiders NRL News

The Green Machine surprised experts, thriving despite predictions of a rebuilding year in 2025.

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The Green Machine came into the 2025 season without much fanfare after finishing the 2024 season just outside the Top 8 and with a number of young players still finding their feet in the NRL, it looked on the surface like a re-building year was on the horizon.

With a strong forward pack and crafty number seven in Jamal Fogarty, most experts had Canberra just missing the 8, some even had them as their tip for the wooden spoon. How wrong they were...

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Warriors face transition post-retirements, but young team thrives, achieving top-four status mid-season.

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The New Zealand Warriors entered the 2025 season at a crossroads. Club stalwarts Shaun Johnson and Tohu Harris had both retired at the end of 2024, leaving a massive leadership and experience void. Andrew Webster's side was determined to usher in a new era built around a younger core, with Luke Metcalf tasked with steering the team around the park and Erin Clark assuming greater responsibility in the middle.

The Warriors began the year got off to a bumpy start with a heavy loss to the Raiders in Vegas, but upon returning home they found their form. Their attack clicked early, producing some of their most free-flowing football in years. Go Media Stadium once again became a fortress, and their passionate home crowd helped drive them to a string of wins that had them sitting comfortably in the top four by mid-season. For a while, it looked as though the post-Johnson era would be defined by energy, belief, and a fearless new brand of football.

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Raiders' premiership hopes faded, leaving Horsburgh envious after a promising start to the season.

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A chance to win the premiership title quickly slipped away from the Raiders in the 2025 finals series, leaving Corey Horsburgh "jealous" of those who played in the grand final.

After starting the season as outsiders to make the eight, the Raiders confounded pundits as the newly fashioned entertainers of the competition, climbing the ladder to claim the minor premiership in front of a raucous home crowd.

But the ladder-leaders dominant run came to a sudden halt in the finals series as Ricky Stuart was left searching for an answer on the sidelines.

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