“Geez I’m glad you got him to flip,” Stuart said. Papali’i is a Green Machine fan favourite because as tough as he plays on ...

In the background stood three fresh-faced youngsters ... Think the Penrith Panthers of 2003, the Wests Tigers of 2005 and, yes, the Canberra Raiders of 1989. There’s plenty of similarities.

From country Queensland to the national capital, the journey of Canberra Raiders young gun Owen Pattie to the NRL has been ...

The Broncos hype train was well and truly derailed in Canberra, with the underdog Raiders exposing Michael Maguire’s biggest challenge - keeping a lid on Brisbane’s growing expectations.

Read on for the latest news and gossip from around the grounds in Canberra sport. This week we've got a national team in town and what the revival of the Bears means far from Perth and North Sydney.

The Raiders struck first through Englishman Matt Nicholson before Mawene Hiroti hit back for the Sharks. Canberra retook the lead when Hudson Young scored in the 23rd minute but Briton Nikora then ...

Ethan Strange has offered Ricky Stuart a timely glimpse of Canberra's future, starring in the halves as the Raiders completed a 50-12 trouncing of Parramatta in Darwin. On a night when Hudson ...

Matty Nicholson, the latest Englishman to roll off the Canberra production line, has scored a brace on debut to lift the Raiders to a 32-22 NRL win over fancied Brisbane. In front of a boisterous ...

But Maguire was left to taste his first defeat as Broncos coach at the hands of his former Canberra teammate and now Raiders mentor Ricky Stuart, who masterminded a brilliant capital raid.