THE usual suspects are out and about trying to question why Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart gets a protected species run in the national capital while the Wests Tigers are routinely barbecued every other week.
Let’s compare the pair - the Raiders and last year’s wooden spoon club.
The Wests Tigers are currently in the midst of the NRL’s longest finals drought having failed to make it past August dating all the way back to 2012.
That’s 12 seasons and counting as some of the protesters are preparing to tell club management at the Easter Monday match against Parramatta.
In contrast, Stuart piloted the Green Machine to an unlikely grand final appearance in 2019 and then backed it up in 2020 when the Raiders made it to within 80 minutes of another grand final in a prelim final.