Canberra Raiders launch Valkyrie squads to develop young female talent for upcoming junior representative season.
The Canberra Raiders have recently completed their first Valkyrie squads, preparing young female players for the upcoming junior representative season.
Raiders NRLW coach Darrin Borthwick said the squads were created to identify local talent in the club's footprint and get them in the Raiders' system.
"We were fortunate enough that we were able to hold under 15s and under 17s trials and start to identify these girls a lot earlier and get them in our system," Borthwick said.
"To be able to pick 45 in each squad of our best 15, 16 and 17-year-olds was terrific and it just...