2011 Canberra Raiders season

2011 Canberra Raiders season
NRL   13th
2011 record   Wins: 5; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scored   For: 293; Against: 355
Team information
CEO
Chairman		   Don Furner, Jr.
John McIntyre
Coach   David Furner
Captain   Alan Tongue
Stadium   Canberra Stadium
Top scorers
Tries   10 - Blake Ferguson
Goals   40 - Jarrod Croker
Points   104 - Jarrod Croker
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The 2011 Canberra Raiders season will be the clubs 30th anniversary. They will compete in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership.

Contents

Season summary

Following on from an encouraging 2010 season where the Raiders made it to the second week of the finals for the first time in 7 years, the Raiders will be looking to seriously challenge for the title in 2011. The club has managed to keep the bulk of its exciting young roster together, whilst adding experienced campaigners Brett White and former Dally M medalist Matt Orford to the team. Young speedster Blake Ferguson has also been recruited by the Raiders from the Cronulla Sharks for the 2011 season.

The Raiders have performed well below expectations since their convincing Round 1 victory against the Cronulla Sharks. New recruit Blake Ferguson has been a shining light, having scored a team high 10 tries so far this season for the Canberra Raiders, including a hat-trick against the Wests Tigers in Round 3. Matt Orford is yet to make a considerable impact for the Green Machine in 2011.

The Raiders equalled their longest ever losing streak of 8 matches between Round 2 and Round 9, and only managed to avoid breaking their longest ever losing streak with a shock win against the Melbourne Storm in Round 10. Melbourne were at odds of $1.14 to win the game before going on to lose 20-12. Canberra holds on to slim hopes of making the finals at the end of the 2011 season. Based on previous seasons, Raiders would be expected to need to win at least 7 of their remaining 9 matches to make the Top 8.

Results

Trial Games
Round Opponent Result Can. Opp. Date Venue Crowd
Trial 1 Melbourne Storm Loss 4 24 19 Feb Bega Recreation Ground 6,169
Trial 2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss 18 30 26 Feb Scully Park Tamworth 4,000
Colour Result
Green Win
Red Loss
Yellow Golden point Win

Telstra Premiership

Squad

No. Position Player
HK Glen Buttriss
FE Terry Campese
CE Jarrod Croker (GK)
FB Josh Dugan
CE Blake Ferguson
LK Shaun Fensom
SR Danny Galea
SR Bronson Harrison
PR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
WG Drury Low
FE Josh McCrone
SR Nathan Massey
SR Sam Mataora
FB David Milne
No. Position Player
HB Matt Orford
SR Josh Papalii
SR Joe Picker
WG Reece Robinson
PR David Shillington
CE James Stuart
CE Joel Thompson
SR Trevor Thurling
PR Dane Tilse
LK Alan Tongue
WG Daniel Vidot
HK Travis Waddell
PR Brett White
HB Sam Williams

Preseason transfers

IN

OUT

Player Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Buttriss, GlenGlen Buttriss 11 0 0 0 0
Croker, JarrodJarrod Croker 11 2 27 0 62
Dugan, JoshJosh Dugan 5 3 0 0 12
Fensom, ShaunShaun Fensom 11 2 0 0 8
Ferguson, BlakeBlake Ferguson 11 8 0 0 32
Galea, DannyDanny Galea 3 0 0 0 0
Harrison, BronsonBronson Harrison 11 1 0 0 4
Learoyd-Lahrs, TomTom Learoyd-Lahrs 8 0 0 0 0
McCrone, JoshJosh McCrone 11 2 0 0 8
Massey, NathanNathan Massey 2 0 0 0 0
Mataora, SamSam Mataora 3 0 0 0 0
Miller, JoshJosh Miller 8 0 0 0 0
Milne, DavidDavid Milne 2 0 0 0 0
Orford, MattMatt Orford 4 0 0 0 0
Papalii, JoshJosh Papalii 2 0 0 0 0
Picker, JoeJoe Picker 5 2 0 0 8
Robinson, ReeceReece Robinson 5 3 0 0 12
Shillington, DavidDavid Shillington 8 0 0 0 0
Thompson, JoelJoel Thompson 10 3 0 0 12
Thurling, TrevorTrevor Thurling 9 0 0 0 0
Tilse, DaneDane Tilse 10 2 0 0 8
Tongue, AlanAlan Tongue 6 0 0 0 0
Vidot, DanielDaniel Vidot 8 4 0 0 16
Waddell, TravisTravis Waddell 5 0 0 0 0
White, BrettBrett White 10 0 0 0 0
Williams, SamSam Williams 5 0 0 0 0
Totals — 32 27 0 182

Ladders

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 - 5 2 521 308 213 42
2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 18 - 6 2 539 331 208 40
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 - 6 2 511 372 139 40
4 Wests Tigers 24 15 - 9 2 519 430 89 34
5 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 1 9 2 483 341 142 33
6 New Zealand Warriors 24 14 - 10 2 504 393 111 32
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 - 10 2 532 480 52 32
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 - 12 2 478 443 35 28
9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 - 12 2 449 489 -40 28
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 - 13 2 531 562 -31 26
11 Sydney Roosters 24 10 - 14 2 417 500 -83 24
12 Penrith Panthers 24 9 - 15 2 430 517 -87 22
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 - 17 2 428 557 -129 18
14 Parramatta Eels 24 6 1 17 2 385 538 -153 17
15 Canberra Raiders 24 6 - 18 2 423 623 -200 16
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 - 18 2 363 629 -266 16
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 New Zealand 24 19 1 4 2 851 494 +357 43
2 North Queensland 24 17 0 7 2 758 509 +249 38
3 Cronulla-Sutherland 24 16 1 7 2 707 600 +107 37
4 Melbourne 24 16 0 8 2 678 517 +161 36
5 Sydney 24 15 1 8 2 639 523 +116 35
6 Canterbury-Bankstown 24 14 0 10 2 659 458 +201 32
7 Wests 24 12 2 10 2 607 529 +78 30
8 Newcastle 24 12 1 11 2 638 660 -22 29
9 Brisbane 24 11 2 11 2 752 551 +201 28
10 Penrith 24 12 0 12 2 558 709 -151 28
11 St. George Illawarra 24 10 2 12 2 562 594 -32 26
12 Parramatta 24 10 1 13 2 547 556 -9 25
13 Canberra 24 8 1 15 2 683 749 -66 21
14 Gold Coast 24 5 1 18 2 467 779 -312 15
15 South Sydney 24 4 1 19 2 454 881 -427 13
16 Manly-Warringah 24 4 0 20 2 432 843 -411 12


References

  1. ^ http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1243&tab=Report
  2. ^ http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1249&tab=Report
  3. ^ http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1257&tab=Report
  4. ^ http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1260&tab=Report
  5. ^ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/raiders-sign-orford/2042814.aspx

External links

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