Ethan Strange aims to avenge last year's semi-final loss against Cronulla Sharks this weekend.
The Canberra Raiders have a score to settle with the Cronulla Sharks this weekend, and no player more so than Ethan Strange.
From his sick bed in September last year the Raiders five-eighth was forced to watch his team go down in the elimination semi-final, after a nasty bout of Influenza A ruled him out a day before kick-off.
It's hard at any point in the NRL season to replace a halves star at late notice, but at such a critical moment, when the Raiders were trying to back up their minor premiership by lifting the Provan-Summons Trophy, it was a brutal blow.
The bell sounded on a dream season, and Canberra's Dally M five-eighth of the year didn't even get to throw a punch.