Canberra Raiders captain Jarrod Croker says they haven't been unlucky, they simply haven't been good enough.

They might be the Canberra Raiders' bogey team, but Newcastle Knights coach Nathan Brown is wary of a backlash.

He's past the 50 NRL game mark, now Canberra Raiders forward Joe Tapine says there's no excuses.

On the one hand he'll use the freak four-pointer as inspiration, but on the other points differential could be crucial.

The NRL wanting to gain access to their bank account and phone records as part of the new collective bargaining agreement.

Austin pointed out NRL referee Ashley Klein was someone's son, and potentially someone's father.

Mathematically possible. The Raiders are now in the realms of those two dirty words for any finals aspirants.

But Josh Papalii confident it won't happen again as they look to keep slight finals hopes alive.

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But the Canberra Raiders have left the door open for him to get a second chance.

The Panthers' 26-22 win in Canberra secured their finals appearance.

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has slammed an alleged spitting incident directed at the referees.

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The Canberra Raiders' finals hopes look to be over after a narrow loss to Penrith.

Canberra Raiders' Viking clap to hit the Richter scale for crucial Penrith clash in bid to make finals.

Elliott Whitehead is expecting to slide back to an edge if he makes Wayne Bennett's England World Cup squad.

It's the unlikely match - a jockey and a hard-nosed footballer.

While dual citizenship is a dirty word for politicians, Raiders big bopper Junior Paulo has three World Cup doors open.

New flavour was chosen official tasting session involving players, officials and members.

But the Canberra Raiders halfback says his old club doesn't look like a happy place from afar.