2010 Canberra Raiders season

The 2010 Canberra Raiders season was the 29th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 7th (out of 16). They then proceeded as far as the second week of the finals when they were knocked out by the Wests Tigers.

Season summary

The 2010 season began poorly for the Raiders with a loss to Penrith in the opening round however against early-season expectations that the Raiders would again struggle the club posted early season wins over Brisbane in round two, Parramatta in round five and the New Zealand Warriors in round eight in New Zealand in what was the club's first win in New Zealand since the early 2000s. However, losses to Todd Carney's new club the Roosters in round six and a narrow loss at home to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round seven saw the club sitting second from last after round seven (last had the Melbourne Storm not been stripped of competition points due to salary cap breaches) of the 2010 season. Wins over the ladder-leading Dragons and the Gold Coast Titans followed until a four-game losing streak ensued; with the club sitting third from last after a round 17 home loss to the Roosters in what was Todd Carney's return to the nation's capital. The Raiders then began a run similar to that of Parramatta last year; winning eight of their next nine regular season matches to sneak into the top eight by season's end. The regular season's highest home attendance came when 20,445 fans filled Canberra Stadium to see the Raiders defeat the ladder-leading Dragons 32-16 for the second time in the season.

The Raiders advanced to the finals on the back of eight wins from their past nine and were drawn a tough away final against the second-placed Penrith Panthers whom the Raiders had beaten just five weeks earlier. The Raiders led from the start and despite lapses at times during the match the Raiders managed to sniff out a narrow 24–22 win, thus achieving its first final win in a decade, which ironically was also against the Panthers. This saw the Raiders draw a home final against the Wests Tigers in round two of the finals. Having lost to the Tigers twice during the regular season, it was hoped that a record crowd of 26,746 would inspire the Raiders to continue their fairytale run deep into the finals, however a missed penalty attempt by Jarrod Croker in the final minutes of the match saw Canberra lose by 26–24 and therefore draw a curtain on the Raiders' 2010 season.

Results

Telstra Premiership

Trial Games[1]
Round	Opponent	Result	Can.	Opp.	Date	Venue		Crowd
Trial 1	Western Suburbs Magpies	Win	20	12	13 Feb	Southwell Park
Trial 2	Brisbane Broncos	Loss	24	32	20 Feb	Ballymore Stadium
Trial 3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Loss	12	22	27 Feb	APEX Oval		8,050
NRL Regular Season Games
Round	Opponent	Result	Can.	Opp.	Date	Venue	Crowd	Position
1	Penrith Panthers	Loss	16	34	13 Mar	CUA Stadium	11,133	15/16
2	Brisbane Broncos	Win	22	14	22 Mar	Canberra Stadium	14,200	12/16
3	Gold Coast Titans	Loss	4	24	27 Mar	Skilled Park	11,521	14/16
4	Wests Tigers	Loss	22	35	4 Apr	Canberra Stadium	17,112	15/16
5	Parramatta Eels	Win	24	12	12 Apr	Parramatta Stadium	15,122	11/16
6	Sydney Roosters	Loss	6	36	17 Apr	Sydney Football Stadium	9,308	15-14/16*
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Loss	24	26	25 Apr	Canberra Stadium	13,145	15/16
8	New Zealand Warriors	Win	23	16	1 May	Mt Smart Stadium	11,499	12/16
9	BYE				8–10 May			11/16
10	Melbourne Storm	Loss	6	17	15 May	Canberra Stadium	12,165	13/16
11	St. George-Illawarra Dragons	Win	22	14	23 May	WIN Stadium	14,728	11/16
12	BYE				28–31 May			10/16
13	Gold Coast Titans	Win	28	24	6 Jun	Canberra Stadium	10,425	10/16
14	North Queensland Cowboys	Loss	8	16	12 Jun	Dairy Farmers Stadium	12,058	11/16
15	Wests Tigers	Loss	8	12	20 Jun	Leichhardt Oval	19,428	11/16
16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Loss	10	18	28 Jun	Canberra Stadium	11,194	12/16
17	Sydney Roosters	Loss	12	22	4 Jul	Canberra Stadium	10,767	14/16
18	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Win	24	22	10 July	Brookvale Oval	10,027	13/16
19	Newcastle Knights	Win	52	18	18 July	Canberra Stadium	9,459	11/16
20	Cronulla Sharks	Win	20	13	24 July	Canberra Stadium	9,280	11/16
21	Melbourne Storm	Loss	12	36	1 Aug	AAMI Park	9,112	12/16
22	Penrith Panthers	Win	30	26	9 Aug	Canberra Stadium	8,850	11/16
23	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	WIn	28	14	14 Aug	ANZ Stadium	10,116	11/16
24	St. George-Illawarra Dragons	Win	32	16	22 Aug	Canberra Stadium	20,445	9/16
25	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	48	4	28 Aug	Canberra Stadium	11,434	8/16
26	Brisbane Broncos	Win	18	16	3 Sep	Suncorp Stadium	38,872	7/16
NRL Finals Games
Round	Opponent	Result	Can.	Opp.	Date	Venue		Crowd
QF	Penrith Panthers	Win	24	22	11 Sep	CUA Stadium		16,668
SF	Wests Tigers	Loss	24	26	17 Sep	Canberra Stadium		26,476

*Finished round in 15th but promoted to 14th after Melbourne were stripped of competition points

Club awards

2010 squad

No. Position Player HK Glen Buttriss FE Terry Campese CE Jarrod Croker FB Josh Dugan LK Shaun Fensom SR Danny Galea SR Bronson Harrison HB Marc Herbert SR Cy Lasscock SR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs PR Scott Logan WG Drury Low SR Sam Mataora HB Josh McCrone PR Josh Miller

No. Position Player FB David Milne FE Adam Mogg CE Joel Monaghan SR Joe Picker WG Reece Robinson PR David Shillington CE James Stuart CE Joel Thompson PR Troy Thompson SR Trevor Thurling PR Dane Tilse LK Alan Tongue WG Daniel Vidot HK Travis Waddell

Ladders

2010 NRL season Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 St. George Illawarra Dragons (P) 24 17 0 7 2 518 299 +219 38 2 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 645 489 +156 34 3 Wests Tigers 24 15 0 9 2 537 503 +34 34 4 Gold Coast Titans 24 15 0 9 2 520 498 +22 34 5 New Zealand Warriors 24 14 0 10 2 539 486 +53 32 6 Sydney Roosters 24 14 0 10 2 559 510 +49 32 7 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 499 493 +6 30 8 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 12 0 12 2 545 510 +35 28 9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 0 13 2 584 567 +17 26 10 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 0 13 2 508 535 −27 26 11 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 499 569 −70 24 12 Parramatta Eels 24 10 0 14 2 413 491 −78 24 13 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 9 0 15 2 494 539 −45 22 14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 0 17 2 354 609 −255 18 15 North Queensland Cowboys 24 5 0 19 2 425 667 −242 14 16 Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 489 363 +126 01 1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.[2]

2010 Toyota Cup Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 South Sydney 24 17 0 7 2 687 567 +120 38 2 New Zealand 24 16 1 7 2 731 481 +250 37 3 Canterbury 24 15 2 7 2 773 596 +177 36 4 North Queensland 24 14 3 7 2 673 540 +133 35 5 Sydney 24 14 1 9 2 695 588 +107 33 6 Canberra 24 14 1 9 2 764 734 +30 33 7 Manly-Warringah 24 13 0 11 2 568 583 -15 30 8 Gold Coast 24 12 1 11 2 581 663 -82 29 9 Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 2 620 532 +88 28 10 Brisbane 24 11 1 12 2 690 635 +55 27 11 St. George-Illawarra 24 10 1 13 2 568 543 +25 25 12 Newcastle 24 9 1 14 2 612 732 -120 23 13 Melbourne 24 8 2 14 2 683 782 -99 22 14 Cronulla 24 8 1 15 2 492 634 -142 21 15 Penrith 24 8 0 16 2 643 838 -195 20 16 Parramatta 24 3 1 20 2 454 786 -332 11

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