Canberra Raiders NRL News

The Canberra Times

The North Sydney Bears faithful buoyed by recent talk about their team's possible return to the NRL have an ally in a former Canberra Raiders star.

Sean Rutgerson played 12 games for the Bears between 1998-1999, before the club fell out of the NRL and he joined Canberra, where the forward added 56 first-grade appearances to his name over four seasons.

His first try actually came in Canberra's iconic snow game against Wests Tigers back in 2000.

Now the head coach of the USA rugby league team in between coaching the Jacksonville Axemen in Florida, Rutgerson has been closely following the news back home of the Bears' possible resurrection.

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The Canberra Times

The NRL have called up Australian film star Russell Crowe in its latest tantalising promotion of the upcoming round one double-header in Las Vegas.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs owner narrated the league's latest effort to attract more ticket sales for the Sin City spectacular next month, and also help Americans better understand the game.

Crowe is featured in an NRL video posted online that runs for a little over five minutes explaining the rules of rugby league, as well as a short and sharp advertisement that focuses on the appeal of "no helmets, no pads, no timeouts".

"It's football but not as you know it," Crowe says in the shorter clip.

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The Canberra Times

When Ricky Stuart told him he was part of his 2024 NRL plans, that was all Zac Woolford needed to hear.

Now the off-contract Canberra Raiders hooker wants to extend his time with the Green Machine.

Woolford's part of a three-way battle for the Raiders' No.9 jersey, along with Danny Levi and Tom Starling - while Raiders coach Stuart also has young rake Adrian Trevilyan coming up through the ranks.

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