BY ROB Round 15 finds the Raiders starting the week with a win in their pocket, something of a rarity in 2021. Their round 14 victims, the Broncos, slumped to second last, while their opponents for this round were mauled by current spooners the Bulldogs. Stuart has named an unchanged side which must be a … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Dragons Round 15 Preview
BY ROB At the start of the season these two teams were miles apart. The Raiders were coming off a tough but successful run in 2020, while the Broncos were still trying to find their footing in a league where they are no longer a perennial powerhouse. 2021 put an end to that gap. Injury, … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Broncos Round 14 Preview
BY ROB For a team doing so poorly in 2021 the Raiders have an awful amount of noise around them, a wailing din which which peaked yesterday with the sudden release of struggling half George Williams. While Williams certainly wasn’t the model of diplomacy he was nowhere near as appalling as the ham-fisted club officials … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders of Ngunnawal Country vs Roosters of Gadigal Land Round 12 Indigenous Round Preview
BY ROB The poor Raiders just can’t catch a break in 2021. Though they rejoined the winners circle in Magic round (albeit through a clunky two point win over the Dogs) victory came with a hefty price tag. Caught out by the NRL’s chaotic crackdown on illegal contact Papalii, Wighton and Hodgson all found themselves … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Storm Round 11 Preview
BY ROB First of all, a big thanks to Dan for handling the Rumble last week when I was extremely exhausted and somewhat despondent about the Raiders. Secondly a big thanks to you, the reader, for actually reading this, and our other pieces. 2021 is clearly the year from hell for those who bleed green. … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Bulldogs Round 10 Preview
BY DAN What a week hey? After all the commotion coming from all corners of the media, it’s been a hard week to be fan of the Canberra Raiders The din has been such it’s easy to forget that people’s rugby league football team have a game this weekend, and a season to save. It’s … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders v Newcastle Round 9 Preview
BY ROB 2 years, 2 preliminary finals. The Canberra Raiders haven’t done this well since the halcyon days of the early 1990s. It’s now 26 years since they claimed their third premiership, casually pummeling a hapless Bulldogs side. In the interim the Melbourne Storm joined the league and proceeded to embark on a journey of … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Storm Preliminary Final Preview
BY DAN Well here’s where it gets difficult. The Canberra Raiders have made it to week two of the finals because they are a very good footy team, when they want to be, and they find a way when they’re not. It’s been a long time since they put together a complete performance – approximately … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders v Roosters Semi Final Edition
BY ROB Twenty of the most tumultuous stop-start rounds of regular season footy have come to a close, leaving eight finalists to duke it out in the first week. Courtesy of a last-gasp Eels effort over the Tigers in round 20 the Raiders find themselves facing the Sharks for the second week running. The Raiders … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Sharks Week 1 Finals Preview
BY ROB This is it, the final round of arguably the most chaotic season since the league split in half all the way back in 1997. It’s a pre-finals matchup that will most likely see these two teams face off two weeks running, given the Raiders fourth place finish is reliant on the Eels totally … More Raiders Rumble! Raiders vs Sharks Round 20 Preview
