2025 Canberra Raiders season
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| 2025 Canberra Raiders season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 1st (Minor Premiers) | |||
| Play-off result | Semi-finals | |||
| 2025 record | Wins: 19; losses: 5 | |||
| Points scored | For: 654; against: 506 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Don Furner Jr. | |||
| Coach | ||||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | GIO Stadium | |||
| Avg. attendance | 19,139[1] | |||
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The 2025 Canberra Raiders season was the 44th season in the club's history and in the National Rugby League. Coached by head coach Ricky Stuart and captained by Joseph Tapine, the team competed in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership during the regular season and participated in the Pre-season Challenge in February.
On 30 August 2025, after defeating the Wests Tigers 24–10 at home, the Raiders won the Minor Premiership for the first time in 35 years, which was also their second Minor Premiership in club history.[2]
Squad changes
Transfers in
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Transfers out
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Pre-season
Canberra Raiders played the Penrith Panthers in Cronulla and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Canberra as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the third edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge.[3]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| Round 1: 8 February 2025 | Penrith Panthers |
16–22 | Cronulla | ||
| 19:30 AEDT |
Tries: Fale Lane Lamont Goals: Cole 0/1 Toelau 2/2 |
Report |
Tries: Sasagi Pattie N. Martin Goals: Sanders 1/2 Cook 1/1 Skipps 1/1 |
Stadium: Sharks Stadium Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Belinda Sharpe |
| Round 2: 13 February 2025 | Canberra Raiders |
10–40 | Canberra | ||
| 19:50 AEDT |
Tries: Strange KrisXavier Savage|Savage Goals: Fogarty 1/2 |
Report |
Tries: Hynes Stonestreet Fonua-Blake Trindall Ramien Hau Tapuha Vea'ila Goals: Hynes 1/1 Trindall 4/4 Atkinson 1/2 |
Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 3,580 Referee: Liam Kennedy |