Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Weekly

Canberra must quickly put Saturday night's controversial loss to Brisbane behind them and win their final-round clash with Cronulla if they are to keep their NRL season alive.

Talk after their 29-18 defeat centred around some contentious calls that went against the Raiders, coach Ricky Stuart at a loss for words when asked how they could move past that and focus on the Sharks in what is clearly their biggest game of the campaign.

Whatever the result in Cronulla's Sunday afternoon clash with Newcastle, the Raiders can officially seal their finals spot with a win against the Sharks.

But their Sunday game could yet be a dead rubber if...

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The Daily Telegraph

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has delivered another furious press conference after the Raiders lost 29-18 to the Broncos in a controversial match at GIO Stadium.

The result sees the Broncos go to the top of the NRL ladder, while the Raiders now need a win against the Sharks in round 27 to ensure the side plays finals football.

As the time ran out and the Raiders got several calls going against them, Stuart's anger was starting to build and a video caught by Fox Sports showed a sign of...

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The Canberra Times

A few critical calls didn't go the Canberra Raiders' way late in their 29-18 defeat to the Broncos, and it left coach Ricky Stuart fuming at the "contentious" decisions.

Stuart delayed his post-match press conference at Canberra Stadium, and tried to bite his tongue once in front of media after 10.30pm, but his frustration was clear, even saying the calls went against them "for 80 minutes".

"I've got the NRL ringing up saying, 'Why isn't he here in this press conference?' The reason I'm not coming in this press conference earlier and keeping you poor people waiting is because I'm pissed off, because people aren't doing their jobs properly,"...

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