We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
In the 1990s, Raiders and Broncos played intense, legendary games featuring iconic players.
In the 1990s, the Raiders and the Broncos played out some of the greatest games in the history of the code.
End-to-end attack featuring the likes of Raiders legends Meninga, Daley, Stuart, and Clyde up against Lewis, Langer, Renouf, Lockyer … the list goes on.
Games between these two clubs were played with Origin intensity.
There was, of course, plenty of history created in a short period of time.
Injuries threaten NRL finals, with 24 players sidelined or struggling to participate.
An injury crisis has hit some of the leading premiership contenders at the worst time of year and it threatens to overshadow week one of the NRL finals.
As many as 24 players across the eight finals teams are either out for the season or are racing to play a part in the playoffs.
In Friday night's Melbourne blockbuster alone, the Storm and Bulldogs will be missing as many as seven players through injury and suspension.
The Raiders seek favorable scheduling, rallying support amid ongoing media and coverage frustrations.
Whether the Raiders players take too much notice of outside noise and anti-Canberra mentality, it's hard to tell, but it certainly fires up the supporter base.
Over the years, there has been plenty of ammunition as the Raiders bemoaned the lack of free-to-air television coverage, and requests to play the majority of home games in winter in the afternoon were often brushed aside.
It looked as though another chapter in this fictional book of feuds was about to be written as the club campaigned publicly for a Sunday afternoon time slot for the final against the Broncos at Canberra Stadium.
The campaign appeared two-pronged, with CEO Don Furner on the front foot with the NRL, while Ricky...