Canberra Raiders NRL News

Zero Tackle

Ricky Stuart has fired off the first shot at NRL officials for the 2024 season, suggesting Canberra Raiders' second-rower Hudson Young should never have been sin binned during a Round 1 upset win over the Newcastle Knights.

Young found himself sitting on the sideline for ten minutes during the first half after making late and dangerous contact with Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga.

The Newcastle star, who took out the 2023 Dally M Medal, had made a break out of his own half and, after swerving out of the way of an attempted tackle, passed the ball. As he continued downfield, Young took a number of steps towards Ponga before making contact with him.

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Wide World of Sports

Andrew Johns has taken aim at the Knights for their "terrible defence" during a shock 28-12 opening-round loss to the Raiders.

Despite entering the clash as red-hot favourites, Newcastle came up with a number of disappointing errors and missed tackles in front of their diehard home fans.

The hosts came up with 13 errors and conceded six penalties against Canberra, as well as missing 30 tackles in a surprisingly poor first-up display.

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Fox League

Raiders enforcer Hudson Young has been sent to the sin bin for a "moment of madness", smashing Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga late in an ugly tackle.

But upon review, Young's act of foul play was discovered and referee Todd Smith gave him his marching orders, labelling the incident "totally unnecessary".

The NSW enforcer's shoulder crashed into Ponga's head midway through the first half, flooring the Dally M Medallist after he'd passed the ball to Tyson Gamble.

Initially, it looked as if Ponga had orchestrated an impressive four-pointer but it was called back after an obstruction from Tyson Frizell.

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