The Raiders' player pact and commitment to sobriety drive their success toward a finals appearance.
It's the player pact driving Canberra to its first minor premiership since 1990 and what skipper Joe Tapine believes will give the Raiders a finals edge in September.
The Raiders have pledged to keep off the booze - a drinks drought in a bid to break another, the club's 31-year title drought.
Canberra's rapid rise to the top of the NRL ladder has seen Ricky Stuart's men emerge as surprise contenders in this year's premiership race.
The ascent of the Raiders, having lost only four games so far, has been built on the back the squad's electric young guns and a platform laid by experienced forwards campaigners like Tapine, Josh Papalii and Hudson Young.