‘Horrible’: Coach unleashes on own team
The New Zealand Warriors’ finals hopes were officially dashed with Friday night’s loss to the Canberra Raiders in Mackay.
The New Zealand Warriors’ finals hopes were officially dashed with Friday night’s loss to the Canberra Raiders in Mackay.
It’s a running joke at Souths. Their workaholic prop rises from the interchange bench at a precise time of the game and, without a word, heads up the tunnel. Now we can reveal why.
Tickets have gone on sale for the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders clash in Mackay, with some seats still available. Find out how you can secure your seats.
Curtis Scott’s sacking from the Canberra Raiders came as a shock but one of the club’s senior players has opened up on the move.
When Brett Morris met Nick Cotric as a 15-year-old, he told the youngster “keep working, you never know where you’ll end up”. Fast forward five years and Cotric is marking Morris in a grand final.
Sydney Roosters flyer Latrell Mitchell is the quickest player in the NRL grand final, with Olympian Matt Shirvington comparing his style to both Usain Bolt and Mal Meninga.
The belief that Canbera lack experience against their grand final counterparts is off the mark, with the men from the nation’s capital boasting rep talent across the board that suggests they’re up for the fight.
Canberra’s grand final halfback Aidan Sezer is being touted as a potential candidate to solve Brisbane’s playmaking issue, despite the Raider having a year to run on his current deal in the nation’s capital.
It comes down to this. Whether Canberra can withstand the Roosters’ brutal early assault, whether the Chooks can stop the Raiders boiling self-belief. ANTHONY GRIFFIN delivers his GF rundown.
You’ve seen them on the field and with their wives and girlfriends at the Dally M Awards. But now meet the furry friends of our top footy players, some of whom rival their owners for sheer size and strength. SEE THE PHOTOS
Corey Horsburgh was such a natural athlete he once won two grand finals — for Aussie rules and league — in the same day. But while the Brisbane Lions chased him, there was only ever one game for this grand final debutant.
Top NRL player agent Sam Ayoub unleashed a torrent of abusive text messages on his former employee after he allegedly tried to poach top talent when he struck out on his own, a court has heard.
Three decades have past but the same words I said to my Canberra teammates before we ran onto the field in 1989 are just as relevant for Sunday’s grand final, writes MAL MENINGA.
It is fitting that Canberra’s title-winning heroes of 30 years ago should be celebrated — but the greatest of them all has a message for this year’s grand final: “Never under estimate the Raiders”.
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