In a test of strength versus stamina, the Canberra Raiders vied with the World Champion Australian Rowing Team this week in some good-old-fashioned friendly rivalry.
On Monday 9 January, the teams huddled into the Canberra Raiders training facility and were challenged by each other’s skill sets – a 1500m race on the rowing machine and a goal kicking competition.
The Rowing Team unsurprisingly thrashed the NRL players in the rowing race, but Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alex Purnell said they weren’t 100 per cent confident they’d come out on top.
“That really short-burst effort...