There are 25,000 reasons Canberra asked their players to ditch plans to take industrial action by delaying the kick-off to their opening NRL trial on the weekend.
When the Rugby League Players association threatened to disrupt the pre-season competition to ratchet up pressure on the NRL in their CBA negotiations, Raiders officials explained to their players - and then opponents Canterbury - why such action would have been a PR disaster.
The Raiders were hosting the Bulldogs in Moruya to help raise money for the community devastated by the state’s bushfires a couple of years ago. COVID...