Canberra Raiders NRL News

Whitehead takes plea, out 3 games. Must make finals for possible return to Raiders.

The Canberra Times

The Canberra Raiders will have to make the preliminary final for captain Elliott Whitehead to play for them again.

He's decided to take the early guilty plea on all three of his charges to come out of the Green Machine's stunning win over the Sydney Roosters on Sunday.

He'll miss the next three games, with any games left of the suspension to carry over to the English Super League when he joins Catalans next year.

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Whitehead and Robinson in altercation after Roosters hooker's season-ending injury, discussed in post-game press conferences.

Fox League

Fresh footage has emerged of Elliott Whitehead and Trent Robinson's
heated post-game confrontation on Allianz Stadium
following a tackle which ended the season of Roosters hooker Brandon Smith.

Whitehead and Robinson revealed the details of the spat in their respective press conferences following Canberra's 14-12 win over the Roosters.

In vision obtained by Fox League, Whitehead is seen going over to Robinson on the field just after fulltime where the two seemingly engage in a heated discussion before Whitehead walks away.

Bulldogs forward Max King joins the Fox League podcast to go inside the Bulldogs' remarkable 2024 revival and chat about the impact of coach Cameron Ciraldo, captain Stephen Crichton and the club's renowned defensive system

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Robinson defends Hargreaves, accuses Whitehead; NRL may sanction for reputation-staining comments.

The Canberra Times

One week Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson is defending a bloke who has been charged by the match review committee 37 times in his career and trying to paint Jared Waerea-Hargreaves as some sort of victim.

The next week he's accusing Elliott Whitehead of being a serial hip-dropper, despite the Canberra Raiders captain facing his first suspension for the dangerous tackle.

And while it looks unlikely the NRL will sanction Robinson for essentially staining Whitehead's proud reputation and painting him as a dirty player - maybe they should.

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