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06-03-2025
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Tapine, Savage suspended after Raiders' big Vegas win
Canberra captain Joe Tapine has accepted a two-game ban while star winger Xavier Savage will miss one match after pleading guilty to charges from their win over the Warriors in Las Vegas. Tapine went to the sin bin for shoulder-charging Warriors co-captain Mitch Barnett in the second half of the 30-8 victory that opened the NRL season on Sunday (AEDT). He will miss Canberra's next two games against Brisbane and Manly, avoiding the risk of a third match with an early guilty plea for his grade-two charge. Joseph Tapine has been sent to the sin bin for this shoulder charge.📺 Watch #NRLVegas #NRLRaidersWarriors on ch.502 or stream on Kayo: ✍️ BLOG MATCH CENTRE — Fox League (@FOXNRL) March 2, 2025 Savage will miss the Broncos clash for attacking Chanel Harris-Tavita's legs as he kicked in the first half, also pleading guilty early rather than challenging the grade-two dangerous contact charge. It's a huge blow for a Canberra side who missed finals last year but started the season with a bang with an impressive showing against the highly rated Warriors. Albert Hopoate appears the frontrunner to come into the backline for the Raiders after he missed the trip to Vegas to attend the birth of his child. Trey Mooney, Myles Martin and Pasami Saulo are among middle-forward options that could replace Tapine in the 17.
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02-03-2025
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Raiders party in Vegas with big win to open NRL season
Canberra will be partying into the night in Las Vegas after kicking the NRL season off with their most impressive performance in recent memory, a 30-8 mauling of a woeful Warriors. The Raiders looked right at home before a big crowd at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the fortress of their namesake NFL team, and picked up from a fast finish to an inconsistent 2024. But there was nothing inconsistent about Ricky Stuart's side on Sunday (AEDT), with the Warriors looking completely lost in their first game of the post-Shaun Johnson era. New halves combination Luke Metcalf and Chanel Harris-Tavita could not spark the Warriors, who looked too flat for a team that had more members fly over for the second year of the NRL's Vegas experiment than any of their three NRL rivals. Prized James Fisher-Harris had virtually no impact, coming off when the Warriors were down 6-0 and only returning when the game looked gone at 28-4. Raiders captain Joe Tapine went to the sin bin for a shoulder charge on Mitch Barnett in the 65th minute and could face scrutiny from the match review committee. With an extra man on the field, the Warriors had a late consolation try through Roger Tuivasa-Sheck on the veteran's return to the wing. But a comeback never appeared on. Fresh from proposing in front of the Bellagio, Xavier Savage had two first-half tries down the right wing as the Raiders' outside backs adapted to the thinner NFL field better than the Warriors'. In a summation of the Warriors' struggles without Johnson, new halfback Metcalf threw a pass straight to Savage, who ran 90 metres against the run of play to make it 16-0. Earlier, off-contract Tom Starling staked his claim to remain hooker ahead of highly-rated rookie Owen Pattie by scooting out of dummy half to put Canberra in position for Savage's first try. Quick hands for Savage in the corner! 👌#NRLVegas #NRLRaidersWarriors — NRL (@NRL) March 2, 2025 It was a night full of success stories for the Raiders; Corey Horsburgh looked sharp after a poor 2024, while Pattie held his own when he came on for his debut late. Hudson Young went from the naughty corner to the top of the class with an excellent game, shaking off scrutiny over his hotel brawl with teammate Morgan Smithies. Just after halftime, Young's enthusiastic kick chase forced Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad to spill the ball and Seb Kris cleaned up to hit back following the Warriors' first try. The Raiders went up 22-4 thanks to Kris, who had earlier scored the first try of the NRL season reaching out onto the chalk. Canberra's easiest try came through Matt Timoko who ran down an inexplicably open right edge for a long-range try that all but sealed the result at 28-4. Savage went on report in the first half for taking Harris-Tavita's legs out in a kick, while Nicoll-Klokstad was also cited for making boot contact with Horsburgh while airborne.
