2010 Canberra Raiders season

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2010 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank7th
2010 recordWins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 499; against: 493
Team information
CEO
Chairman
Don Furner Jr.
John McIntyre
Coach David Furner
Captain
Stadium Canberra Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Daniel Vidot 16
Goals Jarrod Croker 53
Points Jarrod Croker 126
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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.

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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 they managed a narrow 24–22 win, thus achieving its first final win in a decade, which 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

Trial Games [1]
RoundOpponentResultCan.Opp.DateVenueCrowd
Trial 1 Western Suburbs Magpies Win201213 Feb Southwell Park
Trial 2 Brisbane Broncos Loss243220 Feb Ballymore Stadium
Trial 3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss122227 Feb APEX Oval 8,050
NRL Regular Season Games
RoundOpponentResultCan.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
1 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Loss163413 Mar CUA Stadium 11,13315/16
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Win221422 Mar Canberra Stadium 14,20012/16
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Loss42427 Mar Skilled Park 11,52114/16
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Loss22354 Apr Canberra Stadium 17,11215/16
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Win241212 Apr Parramatta Stadium 15,12211/16
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Loss63617 Apr Sydney Football Stadium 9,30815-14/16*
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss242625 Apr Canberra Stadium 13,14515/16
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Win23161 May Mt Smart Stadium 11,49912/16
9BYE8–10 May11/16
10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Loss61715 May Canberra Stadium 12,16513/16
11 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George-Illawarra Dragons Win221423 May WIN Stadium 14,72811/16
12BYE28–31 May10/16
13 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Win28246 Jun Canberra Stadium 10,42510/16
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Loss81612 Jun Dairy Farmers Stadium 12,05811/16
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Loss81220 Jun Leichhardt Oval 19,42811/16
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss101828 Jun Canberra Stadium 11,19412/16
17 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Loss12224 Jul Canberra Stadium 10,76714/16
18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win242210 July Brookvale Oval 10,02713/16
19 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Win521818 July Canberra Stadium 9,45911/16
20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Win201324 July Canberra Stadium 9,28011/16
21 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Loss12361 Aug AAMI Park 9,11212/16
22 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Win30269 Aug Canberra Stadium 8,85011/16
23 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Win281414 Aug ANZ Stadium 10,11611/16
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George-Illawarra Dragons Win321622 Aug Canberra Stadium 20,4459/16
25 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Win48428 Aug Canberra Stadium 11,4348/16
26 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Win18163 Sep Suncorp Stadium 38,8727/16
NRL Finals Games
RoundOpponentResultCan.Opp.DateVenueCrowd
QF Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Win242211 Sep CUA Stadium 16,668
SF Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Loss242617 Sep Canberra Stadium 26,476
ColourResult
GreenWin
RedLoss
YellowGolden point Win
BlueBye

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

Club awards

AwardWinner
Mal Meninga Medal David Shillington
Coaches Award Daniel Vidot
Rookie of the Year Sam Mataora
Fred Daly Memorial Clubman of the Year Trophy Dane Tilse
National Youth Competition Player of the Year Mark Nicholls
National Youth Competition Coaches Award Sam Williams
Gordon McLucas Memorial Award (Junior representative player of the year) Jack Wighton
Geoff Caldwell Memorial Award (Vocational Encouragement) Mark Appleton

2010 squad

No.PositionPlayer

Glen Buttriss HK Terry Campese FE Jarrod Croker CE Josh Dugan FB Shaun Fensom LK Danny Galea SR Bronson Harrison SR Marc Herbert HB Cy Lasscock SR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs SR Scott Logan PR Drury Low WG Sam Mataora SR Josh McCrone HB Josh Miller PR

No.PositionPlayer

David Milne FB Adam Mogg FE Joel Monaghan CE Joe Picker SR Reece Robinson WG David Shillington PR James Stuart CE Joel Thompson CE Troy Thompson PR Trevor Thurling SR Dane Tilse PR Alan Tongue LK Daniel Vidot WG Travis Waddell HK

Ladders

Pos.TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)2417072518299+21938
2 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

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]

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2417072687567+12038
2 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors (P)2416172731481+25037
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2415272773596+17736
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2414372673540+13335
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2414192695588+10733
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2414192764734+3033
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24130112568583-1530
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24121112581663-8229
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120122620532+8828
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24111122690635+5527
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24101132568543+2525
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2491142612732-12023
13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2482142683782-9922
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2481152492634-14221
15 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480162643838-19520
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2431202454786-33211

References

  1. NRL.com (14 December 2008). "2010 NRL trial matches confirmed". National Rugby League . Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  2. Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian