Canberra halves Jack Wighton and Jamal Fogarty believe they can pick up where they left off in 2023 and deliver the club’s first premiership in 29 years.
The Raiders have lost one of their spine players on the eve of the season for the second year in a row, with fullback Xavier Savage breaking his jaw last week.
This time last year it was Fogarty who went down, with a knee injury in the final trial match and then hooker Josh Hodgson went down for the season in Round 1.