Canberra Raiders NRL News

Thu, 23rd May, 2024, 17:15 AEST
Milestone curse: Why do the Raiders lose 66 per cent of celebration games?
Canberra Raiders lift for 1994 premiership heroes and Joe Tapine's 200th NRL game.
The Canberra Times
They lifted to win for the Canberra Raiders 1994 premiership heroes. Now they need to lift to win for one of their own.
Raiders enforcer Joe Tapine will play his 200^th NRL game - against the Sydney Roosters at Canberra Stadium on Saturday.
The 30-year-old will not only be playing for himself, his teammates and the Green Machine, but his family as well - given it's Indigenous round and the New Zealand international's wife Kirsten and daughter Ilua are both Indigenous.
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Thu, 23rd May, 2024, 16:02 AEST
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The Canberra Times
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Thu, 23rd May, 2024, 14:38 AEST
Cocaine bust at Magic Round forces Suncorp Stadium corporate suite to be evacuated
NSW man arrested for possessing cocaine during NRL Magic Round, prompting suite evacuation. Queensland police investigating.
The Sydney Morning Herald
A NSW man was arrested during the NRL Magic Round in Brisbane for allegedly possessing cocaine, prompting a corporate suite to be evacuated.
Queensland police are investigating after the man was allegedly found with cocaine in a private suite in Suncorp Stadium in the final minutes of the clash between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders.
The man was allegedly found with cocaine in a Suncorp Stadium private suite in the final minutes of the Bulldogs v Raiders clash.Credit: Getty
It is understood the suite, on the eastern side of the stadium, was evacuated about 7.20pm on Friday.
"Police arrested a 37-year-old New South...
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