Call them the Brettstreet Boys, Brett's Babies or any other name you fancy.
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Whatever moniker they're given, Brett White knows the band of youngsters making him feel like "a proud dad" are going to be the future of the Canberra Raiders.
The Raiders assistant coach spent two years at the helm of Canberra's under-20s side before being appointed as one of Ricky Stuart's deputies prior to last season.
The likes of Nick Cotric, Hudson Young, Seb Kris, Jack Murchie and Emre Guler came through on his watch.
Cotric has already donned the sky blue of NSW, Young stood toe-to-toe with superstar Sam Burgess - and they are just two of the young bucks steeling Canberra's charge into the top four.
"It's a bit of a proud dad moment, really, to see those young guys come through," White said.
"You watch Hudson Young, Jack Murchie, Emre Guler, I've had those guys for a few years now.
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"Watching them come through, you get so much joy out of watching their achievements and their success. It really feels like a proud dad moment.
"At the moment we're very lucky with having young guys come through our club, and they're going to be the future of our club with that sort of mentality. They take no steps back.
"It's led off some of our senior guys, John Bateman leads that. It's good that we've got good young men coming through with that same attitude."
Canberra's stars are steadily clearing out of the club's casualty ward as the Raiders edge closer to full-strength.
Josh Hodgson's return is a huge boost for Canberra as they prepare to meet the Parramatta Eels at Darwin's Marrara Oval on Saturday.
Cotric (ankle injury) and Young (suspension) are the only other two front-liners waiting to return with Joey Leilua's neck surgery likely season-ending.
At one stage the Raiders entered a game without 1082 games of first grade experience in the midst of an injury crisis which coach Stuart concedes could have gone one of two ways.
Canberra's band of rookies would either struggle to adapt to the rigours of the NRL and slide down the ladder - or they would rise to the challenge and keep the Raiders inside the top four. They did the latter.
"It's been a trying time having so many players out. I've got to pay credit to everyone who has actually filled in," Stuart said.
"They were going to get experience and we'd find out how they'd handle it, and it went a positive way.
"It's put us in a good position heading into the back end of the season, and we've got to continue that now.
"The younger players bought right into pre-season and really committed to their work. What it shows is if they commit to the hard work and learn, it can be transferred to the playing field.
"They've kept us on track."