Now the man who helps to inspire the Canberra Raiders as a part of the club's Super Squad on match day has a chance to not just look like the club captain, but be like him.

For Campion has been named in the No. 3 jersey for the Score Raiders' first game, the team born out of a partnership between the Raiders and The Disability Trust to provide people with disabilities a chance to play rugby league.

The stage could not be bigger - the Score Raiders will lock horns with their St George Illawarra counterparts at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Canberra Region Rugby League chief Mark Vergano says the form of two-handed touch is providing a platform for people to play the game they love that for so long has not been there.

But the benefits go far beyond 17 players pulling on Raiders jerseys at rugby league's spiritual base on Sunday.

The club's Jersey Flegg side has been tasked with teaching the Score Raiders the ins and outs of the game in a move that provides valuable life lessons for rugby league's rising stars.

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"The Raiders under 20s link allows the young men and women to get closer to the Raiders, and they absolutely love the thought of that," Vergano said.

"Community and welfare manager Dave Thom organises the 20s, and they come down and teach them how to kick, run, pass, basic skills, and they integrate and mix with them.

"The fact they get to mix with the Raiders players and get to play rugby league is great.

"It's fantastic. It's about sport but it is also about socialising, and for them, it is about being very close to a game they love and people they admire.

"On the other side, the under 20s, they get a great life lesson and get experiences they might not normally be exposed to."

The Raiders have lured players across to rugby league from a host of sports - and they know there is scope for plenty more in a bid to grow the game.

For sports such as soccer indoor cricket, swimming and ten pin bowling have long provided opportunities for people with disabilities to compete.

Now rugby league will make a difference at the SCG.

"That is huge. All power to St George Illawarra, they've driven the program," Vergano said.

"The Wests Tigers are signed up as well, and they're in the process of developing it. We would love to see it grow.

"There is a pretty lively, distinctive cohort of young sportspeople that have an intellectual disability but remain fully committed to playing sport.

"The ultimate plan is to have them playing parallel with our other competitions in time."

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Sunday: Score St George Illawarra Dragons v Score Canberra Raiders at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 3pm.

Score Raiders squad: 1. Angus Kilpatrick-Ware, 2. Charles Parkman, 3. David Campion, 4. Chelsi Albanis, 5. Liam O'Donnell, 6. Riccardo Ippoliti, 7. Chantel Farmer, 8. Nathan Rosewarne, 9. Bailey Kilpatrick-Ware, 10. Thomas Leseberg, 11. Matthew Barrett, 12. Joel Herbert, 13. Christopher Gudgeon. Interchange: 15. Damien Jones, 20. Brian Steer, 21. Daniel Pasternack, 22. Grace West, 26. Jacob Russell, 31. Jackson Barnwell.