NRL finals: In Jarrod Croker the Raiders trust as skipper boots ...
Jarrod Croker buried his semi-final demons long ago, but he put a final nail in the coffin on Saturday night when he booted the Canberra Raiders to a drought-breaking preliminary final berth.Croker was just seven years old when Ricky Stuart led the Raiders into their last preliminary final 19 years ago. Most of his teammates didn't even know who Ricky Stuart was in 1997. More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Canberra survive Penrith fightback Cowboys win..>> view originalCanberra LGBT groups reject plebiscite on same-sex marriage
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Canberra has caught a serious case of the Viking clap and Raiders captain Jarrod Croker wants to spread it to Melbourne.The Raiders face the Melbourne Storm in the preliminary final in Melbourne on Saturday and the club is looking into arranging bus packages with Murrays buses, with details hoped to be finalised on Monday. Canberra Raiders captain Jarrod Croker wants the Viking clap to spread to Melbourne. Photo: Jay Cronan And Croker hoped any fans travelling down the Hume Highway would..>> view originalCanberra's Shakespearean supper club
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The Wallabies have been dealt a major blow ahead of their tour to South Africa and London with star back-rower David Pocock ruled out for the rest of the Rugby Championship with a broken hand. Team officials confirmed on Sunday Pocock would not be in the upcoming tour party after breaking his hand in the Wallabies 36-20 win over Argentina in Perth. More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Fast start gives Wallabies victory over Pumas All Blacks continue wi..>> view originalACT election: Jack Waterford, Kirsten Lawson talk voting, politics ...
Former Canberra Times editor Jack Waterford. Photo: Graham Tidy If you're not enrolled to vote yet, you've missed out. But for the Canberrans who have got themselves on the electoral roll, the next step is deciding who to vote for on October 15. And in a Hare Clark voting system with five politicians elected from each seat, that's not always an easy task.Former long-time Canberra Times editor and now columnist Jack Waterford, this reporter Kirsten Lawson, and Riot Act editor Charlotte ..>> view original
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