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Canberra Raiders facing worst season in 10 years after conceding 40 points five times.
The Canberra Raiders are fighting to avoid their lowest finish in a decade after sinking to a 41-year first with their finals hopes fading.
The Raiders have conceded 40 points on five occasions in the same season for the first time since 1983 after a nightmare eight-day stretch left their premiership ambitions on life support.
Only three times in club history have the Raiders conceded 40 points five times in the same season - and you have to wind back to the club's infancy to find the figures in an era of Peter Sterling's star-studded Parramatta Eels, the Mortimer brothers at Belmore, Steve "Blocker" Roach's Balmain and Darryl Brohman...