A Las Vegas buck's party is not the normal place to learn of your selection in a national sporting team. But Josh Mansour's end-of-season plans weren't going to be routine in any case.

A late breakaway try to Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck has completed an extraordinary 30-28 comeback by the Sydney Roosters to claim the club's first under-20s title.

Young guns Matt Moylan and Bryce Cartwright have agreed to extend their contracts with the Panthers by an additional four years and three years respectively.

Jarrod Croker buried his semi-final demons long ago, but he put a final nail in the coffin on Saturday night.

The Canberra Raiders ended a 19-year preliminary final drought to book a meeting with the Storm.

Raiders star hooker Josh Hodgson overcomes busted ankle and gastro to lead them to victory.

Canberra erupted when the bad and mean Green Machine rolled into their first preliminary final in 19 years on Saturday night.

The Canberra Raiders are going to their first preliminary final since 1997.

And then there were four. It's been 22 years since Canberra last found themselves within one win of the big dance, ending the premiership aspirations of Penrith in the process with a 22-12 victory at GIO Stadium on Saturday night.

You can almost hear Penrith Panthers legend Mark Geyer's grin when he says it.

Josh Mansour snubbed Canberra because his heart belonged to Penrith.

The Raiders' breakout season can be summed up by a single number.

But both teams have limited NRL finals experience.

It's the news Canberra Raiders fans have been waiting for.

Anthony Griffin might talk and move slowly, but he's been the perfect coach for the free-flowing Penrith Panthers

Three Raiders are in contention for an NRL finals recall after Clay Priest suffered injury heartbreak at training.

Canberra Raiders are set to break a club record for the biggest back-to-back crowds in the club's history.

Raiders workhorse Elliott Whitehead admits a game-defining penalty rattled his confidence last week.

Raiders players say they can reverse 19-year trend to charge into a preliminary final for the first time since 1997.