Canberra Raiders NRL News

Ricky Stuart condemned media criticism of Kyle Flanagan, calling it disgraceful amid Canberra's seventh straight win.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has labelled criticism of Kyle Flanagan a "disgrace" and said the ongoing scrutiny of the maligned Dragons halfback would be "torture for his mother".

The Raiders are on track for their first minor premiership since 1990 after recording a seventh straight win, this time a 28-24 thriller at home against St George Illawarra. Kaeo Weekes was the star with three tries, a try assist and 284 running metres, but the attention turned to the treatment of Flanagan in Stuart's post-match presser.

"I think it's a disgrace how you guys in the media are just absolutely bashing the kid publicly," Stuart...

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Josh Kerr was sanctioned by NRL for saying the game is "rorted" and calling referee Klein a "double agent."

The Canberra Times

Queensland forward Josh Kerr has been sanctioned by the NRL after comments he made about referee Ashley Klein following the State of Origin series decider.

The 29-year-old, who was 20th man for the Maroons in their 24-12 win, spoke the morning after the win and said "the game's rorted", and referred to Klein as a "double agent".

Dolphins prop Kerr, who likes to crack jokes, had his tongue in cheek with the comments, but they were not well received by the NRL.

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We've ranked the top 50 under-18 rugby league players, highlighting NSW dominance and key school representation.

The Daily Telegraph

Ahead of the Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League National Championships, we've scouted the top schoolboy talent from across the country to rank the top 50 under-18 schoolboy rugby league players in the nation.

Some key talking points from the list are:

* The Roosters (7) have the most players with the Storm (6) and Raiders (6) just behind them,

* Two Australian clubs (Cowboys and Titans) have zero players on the list, the Warriors also have no players on the list,

* NSW dominate the list with 30 players, Queensland have 11, the ACT five and Victoria four, and

* Public schools have 29...

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