Jon Tuxworth

Jon Tuxworth

Rugby League

Raiders star backs fixture

COFFS HARBOUR, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 21:  Sam Williams of Country runs the ball during the Origin match between City and Country at BCU International Stadium on April 21, 2013 in Coffs Harbour, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Jon Tuxworth and Michael Chammas Sam Williams has made an impassioned plea for the embattled City-Country fixture to be spared the axe, declaring he would be angry if it was scrapped.

League

Raiders' split personality befuddles fans

9thSeptember 2012, Canberra Times Photo by Karleen Minney. Raiders V Sharks Quarter final. Raiders celebrate

Jon Tuxworth The Canberra Raiders are the NRL's Jekyll and Hyde team. About as predictable as next week's Lotto numbers.

League

Raiders want a piece of Thursday night action

Josh Dugan

Jon Tuxworth THEY'VE been shunned from the traditional free-to-air television coverage but the Raiders are preparing to launch a bid to bring Thursday night NRL to the capital.

League

Raiders still searching for respect

Canberra Raiders Captain David Shillington addresses the media before the Captains Run on the Saturday.

Jon Tuxworth The Raiders have heard all the unsavoury tags they've been given this week: dark horses; a team merely making up the numbers; even the NRL's answer to Steven Bradbury, still 'skating on' because the...

League

We need our fans now more than ever: Furner

1 March 2012, sport, story by Lee Gaskin, photo by STUART WALMSLEY. Canberra Raiders full back Josh Dugan officially re-signs a two-year deal with the club. Raiders chief executive Don Furner speaks to the media.

Jon Tuxworth Their home crowds are the lowest in the NRL - as low as they've been in more than a decade - and last year's form slump even prompted some fans to return their membership cards to Raiders...

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Opinion

It's time to nail your lime green colours to the mast Raiders fans

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Jon Tuxworth Cast your mind back to round 19. The Canberra Raiders, coming off a clinical 40-12 win in Melbourne, were trudging off Canberra Stadium in despair down 22-4 to Gold Coast at half-time.

League

Riding the Raiders' rollercoaster

Riding the Raiders' rollercoaster

Lee Gaskin and Jon Tuxworth Grip tight Raiders fans. Please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times. Graph Canberra’s past eight seasons and the Green Machine resembles a rollercoaster.

League

Time for Raiders, and their fans, to have a roof over their heads

Chris Dutton, Jon Tuxworth IF ANYONE needed to be convinced about the ACT Government's decision to build a rectangular stadium with a roof by the end of the decade, the Canberra Raiders' NRL opener answered any lingering...