Canberra Raiders NRL News

Fogarty returns to Raiders despite arm issues, hopes to revive team's finals chances.

The Canberra Times

Jamal Fogarty has numbness in his "T-rex arm" and a tingling sensation sparked by every spiral pass - but he returns to the Canberra Raiders adamant a finals dream still alive.

The Raiders have fallen to 11^th on the NRL ladder and have lost six of their past nine games since losing Fogarty to a ruptured biceps in April.

But the halfback's return to face the New Zealand Warriors at Canberra Stadium on Friday night could inspire a Raiders revival in the race to the finals, with the Green Machine just two points outside the eight.

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Jamal Fogarty aims to lead Raiders back to finals after injury impacted their NRL performance.

Canberra Weekly

It's still a little numb, but Jamal Fogarty is banking on his golden arm to wrestle Canberra back into finals contention.

The Raiders have sorely missed Fogarty since the experienced halfback ruptured his biceps in their 34-10 loss to Brisbane in April.

After winning four of their opening six, his injury marked the beginning of a slide down the NRL ladder for the Green Machine, who now sit in 11th after four straight defeats.

"There's been parts where we've played some brilliant football but just let the opposition off the hook with our discipline or not putting the...

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Raiders aim to bounce back after tough losses, needing win to stay in top 8 contention.

League Unlimited

The Raiders come off a much-needed Bye last week after a string of losses sees them sitting in 11th on the NRL ladder and needing to pick up a win to make sure that they can stay within two points of the top 8. The Green Machine have been pretty spluttering this season as they have only won once in their past six matches which was a golden point win over the Dolphins.

A fortnight ago the Raiders were again at home but just struggled for any consistency as they went down 16-12 to the Knights who themselves weren't that impressive. The Raiders whilst having not been awful have barely set the world on fire and just little things haven't clicked for them and that has been their downfall and the reason why they are looking unlikely to stick to the top 8.

The Raiders have received some massive boosts with Jamal Fogarty set to return after missing 12 weeks with a bicep injury meanwhile Hudson Young and Zac Hosking also return to the side with Emre Guler, Simi Sasagi and Albert Hopoate dropped to the reserves.

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