"We will win the grand final". That was Ricky Stuart's declaration at the Canberra Raiders' Mal Meninga Medal night on Monday and it's the feeling around Canberra.
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Hear from Raiders coach Stuart in the podcast this week as he talks about the challenge facing his players and the much-talked about Melbourne wrestling tactics.
Stuart says he wants the game to be played to the rules, and not in an "Octagon".
Can the Raiders go all the way? We say why not after the Green Machine beat the Storm earlier this year.
The Raiders went to Melbourne on Wednesday to settle in. The early trip down there also means they're out of the Canberra bubble.
The capital has been going nuts lately with green sausages and Raiders tragics. But as one Raiders insider said: "the players could probably walk around Melbourne nude and not make a wave".
After getting through green fever, we look at the ACT Brumbies draw for the 2017 Super Rugby season and figure out how SANZAAR do their scheduling.
The Brumbies won't play the NSW Waratahs in Canberra, missing out on their biggest money-maker of the season. There are good points to the draw, too: Sonny Bill Williams in town, Stephen Moore and George Smith back in Canberra and a trip to Argentina.
Join Kyle Mackey-Laws and Chris Dutton as they discuss all the big issues facing Canberra sport this week.
