Canberra Raiders NRL News

The Canberra Times

Chevvy Stewart is the teenage rising star who's keeping Xavier Savage on the wing in the NSW Cup and he's about to show the rest of the rugby league world why he's been earmarked as a player to watch.

The 18-year-old fullback was one of three young Raiders to land a spot in coach Andrew Ryan's junior State of Origin squad along with prop Jake Clydsdale and Ethan Strange, who will start as centre for the Blues.

The match in Redcliffe on Thursday night. which will be broadcast on free-to-air television, is the biggest break of Stewart's blossoming career.

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The Canberra Times

Corey Horsburgh is the big, mean, bulldozing machine set to light up Origin III in his Maroons debut on Wednesday night.

But pull back a layer or two and the Raiders forward is a self-confessed "softy" that's just as likely to get in a brouhaha on the field as he is to well up in tears.

The origin of this complex Origin star's softer side is clearly his dad Rick, a former boxer who is tough as nails, proud as punch, and like 'Big Red', isn't afraid to show it. In fact, a video of Ricky and Horsburgh shedding tears went viral in a Queensland news bulletin last week.

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The Canberra Times

Former NSW coach Laurie Daley has declared Corey Horsburgh has a chance to cement his place in the Queensland team with a dominant performance on Wednesday night.

The forward will make his State of Origin debut in Sydney in what could be the start of a long and successful career in Maroon.

Horsburgh has been knocking on the door for a number of years and was 19th man for the second clash in Brisbane last month.

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