Canberra star Josh Hodgson insists he is still fully committed to the club after relinquishing the Raiders captaincy amid conjecture around his future and mounting issues in the nation s capital.
The captaincy shake-up comes a day after reports that fellow English import George Williams had raised homesickness issues with the club, while Stuart is also understood to have addressed on and off-field issues with his players during a meeting on Tuesday. I’ve made the decision to stand down as club captain and I informed the team of this a couple of weeks ago, Hodgson said in a Raiders statement on Wednesday.
Explosive fallout to NRL player s wifeâs social post There are rumblings of a messy split surrounding a Raiders star after his wifeâs Instagram post attacked Canberra coach Ricky Stuart.
Celebrity 4th May 2021 12:12 PM Raiders coach Ricky Stuart is rumoured to have confronted star forward Joe Tapine after his wife s explosive social media post this weekend. An unconfirmed report claims Tapine has been challenged by the veteran mentor as reports emerged rival clubs are beginning to take an interest in the 26-year-old as a result of his prickly situation with the Raiders. The mess friction was brought to the surface when Tapine s wife Kirsten questioned the bench rotation Stuart used in the wake of the team s loss to South Sydney.
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They had to do it the hard way with a second consecutive slow start, but the South Sydney Rabbitohs made it seven wins on the hop with victory in Canberra over the Raiders last night to kick-off Round 8.
There is plenty of unpack from the game, but the performance half Adam Reynolds put together during the second 40 was outstanding for the visitors, and speaks volumes of his influence over one of the genuine premiership contenders.
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Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart does not care if he is labelled a “whinger” and will ask referees boss Jared Maxwell why the Raiders were denied two late tries because of obstruction calls. The Raiders crashed to a 34-20 defeat against South Sydney on Thursday night, and seeing Jack Wighton denied tries in the 75th minute and then again in the 78th minute left Stuart far from impressed. It was not lost on the fans that Henry Perenara was the bunker official who denied Wighton his late double. Perenara was the referee in charge of Canberra’s controversial loss to the New Zealand Warriors last month, which included a forward pass for a try.