Canberra Raiders NRL News

Canberra Weekly

Ricky Stuart wants his Canberra side to relax and put a poor month of form behind them as they look to shore up an NRL finals berth against Canterbury on Sunday.

Again admitting the Raiders haven't played good football since their round-20 bye, the veteran coach insists effort isn't the issue, despite his team being thoroughly dismantled in a 48-2 thumping by Melbourne last weekend.

Stuart wouldn't offer an explanation for the poor showing in a vital game in his post-match press conference and was in no mood to address it looking ahead to the Bulldogs clash, simply telling media their execution hadn't been up to...

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Canberra Weekly

Canberra coach Darrin Borthwick says it's scary how good his in-form side can be if they keep up their current trajectory, as the Raiders search for a fourth-straight victory when they face Parramatta in round five.

After an opening-round defeat at Cronulla, life in the NRLW could hardly have progressed better for Canberra.

They sit third on the ladder, with superstar co-captains Simaima Taufa and Zahara Temara first and second respectively on the Dally M leaderboard.

It's not all been plain-sailing, though, with Borthwick less than impressed with a second-half fadeout and some key errors against St George Illawarra last...

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Fox League

No topic was off limits when a number of NRL stars copped an hilarious grilling from Matty Johns and Bryan Fletcher, aired on Thursday night's Late Show with Matty Johns.

No topic was off limits when Johns and Fletcher sat down in three separate interviews with the Raiders (Hudson Young, Joe Tapine, Josh Papali'i), the Sea Eagles (Reuben Garrick, Ben and Jake Trbojevic) and the Eels (Josh Hodgson, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Dylan Brown).

Fletch asked Young, Papali'i and Tapine for some insight into their coach Ricky Stuart and revealed who his favourite Raider was.

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