BY DAN I’m known around my friends as an extreme pessimist. When you ask if the glass is half full, I normally say ‘that glass is probably leaking’. On Friday Josh Papalii burst through four tackles in front of me to send the Raiders to their first grand final since I was a pre-teen and … More How the Raiders Can Win It All
BY ROB Can. You. Believe. It? After twenty five years the Canberra Raiders are back in the biggest game of the year. It still doesn’t feel quite real to me, to be perfectly honest, but we now have less than a week to come to grips with the reality and enormity of it all. Can … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders v Roosters GRAND FINAL Edition
BY ROB AND DAN If you read these pages you like the team of and for the people, the Canberra Raiders. Maybe you also like Star Wars, a tale of a plucky bunch of upstarts who found away to maintain hope and overcome the empire. If you’re in either of those camps we recommend this … More Premiership Tilt IV: New Hope
BY DAN & WANDA! It’s going to be an exciting week as the Raiders march towards to the Grand Final. But to know where we are going, it’s important to remember where we’ve come from. Normally what would follow would be 2000 words of my drivel, but instead the wonderful Wanda (on twitter @fishy_wanda – … More Raiders Fans Should Watch This
BY DAN The Canberra Raiders are in the grand final. They defeated the Rabbitohs 16-12 to get there. They did it with one the best performances by a single forward you will ever see. They did with one of the most stunning defensive efforts in rugby league history. They did it despite not being at … More Raiders Review: Finding A Way
BY DAN As you may be aware there’s a slightly important game of football this evening. There will be a packed house to watch the Raiders play their most important game since I dunno, forever? It’s going to be massive is what I’m getting at. In games like this, when the going gets tense, two … More A Fan’s Responsibility
BY DAN Canberra: A local Raiders fan has said he is totally chill and calm about Friday’s preliminarily final against South Sydney and not stressing his brains out at all what are you even talking about. Speaking to our Canberra correspondent, a visibly exhausted Brett Jameson said “yeah man I’m just looking forward to the … More Raiders Fan Totally Chill
BY DAN If you’re anything like me this week you have been vacillating between excitement and terror. Excitement at the prospect of a prelim in Canberra and maybe a grand final appearance, terror that it could all come crashing down. We’re so close there’ll be tears either way. It’s been so emotional for many just … More How the Raiders Can Beat the Bunnies
BY DAN BREAKING: The Canberra Raiders are currently in discussions to expand the seating capacity of the Green Machine’s bandwagon. Already bursting at the seams due to the fact they’re a top bunch of blokes the Raiders’ bandwagon has seen an unprecedented surge after the only other ‘fan favourite’ side, the Parramatta Eels, bowed out … More Raiders to announce extra seating for bandwagon
BY ROB Where do I even start? First of all with a big thankyou to Dan who took the rumble through the back half of the season after my wife and I welcomed our beautiful son into the world (yes he already has a Raiders onesie!) Secondly to all you wonderful fans who keep clicking … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Bunnies HOLY HELL IT’S THE PRELIMINARY FINAL
