2011 Canberra Raiders season

2011 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank15th
2011 recordWins: 6; losses: 18
Points scoredFor: 293; against: 355
Team information
CEO
Chairman		Don Furner Jr.
John McIntyre
CoachDavid Furner
Captain
StadiumCanberra Stadium
Top scorers
Tries10 – Blake Ferguson
Goals40 – Jarrod Croker
Points104 – Jarrod Croker
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The 2011 Canberra Raiders season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by David Furner and captained by Alan Tongue, they competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 15th (out of 16) so failing to make the play-offs.

Season summary

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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

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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

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Round 1
13 March 2011
2:00pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 40–12 Cronulla Sharks Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries: Ferguson, Vidot, Tilse, Fensom, Picker, Croker, McCrone
Goals: Croker 6/7
Field Goals: 		Tries: Douglas, Gardner
Goals: Williams 2/2
Field Goals:
Attendance: 13,450
Referee: Ashley Klein, Adam Devcich

Report:[1]

Round 2
18 March 2011
8:30pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 4–20 Brisbane Broncos Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries: Ferguson
Goals: Croker 0/1
Field Goals: 		Tries: Gillett, Yow Yeh, Hoffman
Goals: Parker 4/4
Field Goals:
Attendance: 16,146
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Steve Lyons

Report:[2]

Round 3
26 March 2011
7:30pm Local 		Wests Tigers 34–24 Canberra Raiders Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
Tries: Fifita, Utai, Lui, Lawrence, Heighington, Ayshford
Goals: Marshall 5/8
Field Goals: 		Tries: Ferguson (3), Dugan, Vidot
Goals: Croker 2/5
Field Goals:
Attendance: 14,091
Referee: Jason Robinson, Chris James

Report:[3]

Round 4
2 April 2011
5:30pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 22 – 23 AET Gold Coast Titans Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries: Thompson, Vidot, Croker, Tilse
Goals: Croker 3/4
Field Goals: 		Tries: Thompson, Bird, Laffranchi, Meyers
Goals: Campbell 2/2, Bird 1/2
Field Goals: Bird
Attendance: 12,165
Referee: Steve Lyons, Matt Cecchin

Report:[4]

Round 5
(Heritage Round)
9 April 2011
7:30pm Local 		Penrith Panthers 36–10 Canberra Raiders Centrebet Stadium, Penrith
Tries: Simmons (3), Burns, Gordon, Civoniceva
Goals: Gordon 6/7
Field Goals: 		Tries: Robinson, Vidot
Goals: Croker 1/2
Field Goals:
Attendance: 10,229
Referee: Gavin Badger, Brett Suttor

Report:[5]

Round 6
16 April 2011
7:30pm Local 		North Queensland Cowboys 26–18 Canberra Raiders Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Tries: Thurston, Hall, Winterstein, Bolton
Goals: Thurston 5/5
Field Goals: 		Tries: Ferguson (2), Fensom
Goals: Croker 3/3
Field Goals:
Attendance: 10,741
Referee: Gavin Badger, Steve Lyons

Report:[6]

Round 7
(ANZAC Day/Easter)
24 April 2011
2:00pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 12–22 Newcastle Knights Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries: Thompson, Harrison
Goals: Croker 2/2
Field Goals: 		Tries: Uate (2), McDonnell, McManus
Goals: Gidley 3/4
Field Goals:
Attendance: 11,879
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds

Report:[7]

Round 8
1 May 2011
2:00pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 12–49 Wests Tigers Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries: Dugan (2)
Goals: Croker 2/2
Field Goals: 		Tries: McKinnon (2), Utai, Marshall, Fifita, Dwyer, Fulton, Heighington
Goals: Marshall 7/7, Moltzen 1/1
Field Goals: Marshall
Attendance: 13,425
Referee: Ashley Klein, Gerard Sutton

Report:[8]

Round 9
9 May 2011
7:00pm Local 		Manly Sea Eagles 20–0 Canberra Raiders Brookvale Oval, Brookvale
Tries: B. Stewart (3), Robertson
Goals: Cherry-Evans 2/4
Field Goals: 		Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals:
Attendance: 6,148
Referee: Tony Archer, Steve Lyons

Report:[9]

Round 10
14 May 2011
5:30pm Local 		Melbourne Storm 12–20 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne
Tries: Duffie, Proctor
Goals: Smith 2/2
Field Goals: 		Tries: Robinson, McCrone, Ferguson
Goals: Croker 4/4
Field Goals:
Attendance: 9,628
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Chris James

Report:[10]

Round 11
20 May 2011
7:30pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 20–12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries: Thompson, Robinson, Picker
Goals: Croker 4/5
Field Goals: 		Tries: Morris, Barba
Goals: Goodwin 2/2
Field Goals:
Referee: Report:[11]
Round 12 . Bye .
Round 13
5 June 2011
2:00pm Local 		Canberra Raiders 24–40 North Queensland Cowboys Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Field Goals:
Round 14
12 June 2011
TBC 		Brisbane Broncos 25–24 Canberra Raiders Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Tries:
Goals: Wallace 4/5
Field Goals: Wallace 		Tries:
Goals: Ferguson 4/4
Field Goals:
Round 15 . Bye .
Round 16
25 June 2011
TBC 		Canberra Raiders 25–12 Parramatta Eels Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Round 17
4 July 2011
TBC 		Sydney Roosters 12–38 Canberra Raiders Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Tries:
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Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Field Goals:
Round 18
TBC
TBC 		Cronulla Sharks 26–12 Canberra Raiders Toyota Park, Cronulla
Tries:
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Round 19
TBC
TBC 		Canberra Raiders 0–26 Melbourne Storm Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
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Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Round 20
TBC
TBC 		Canberra Raiders 24–19 St George-Illawarra Dragons Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Round 21
TBC
TBC 		New Zealand Warriors 29–10 Canberra Raiders Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Tries:
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Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Field Goals:
Round 22
(Close the Gap Round)
TBC
TBC 		Newcastle Knights 40–8 Canberra Raiders Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Field Goals:
Round 23
TBC
TBC 		Canberra Raiders 18–47 South Sydney Rabbitohs Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Field Goals:
Round 24
TBC
TBC 		Gold Coast Titans 26–18 Canberra Raiders Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Tries:
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Field Goals: 		Tries:
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Field Goals:
Round 25
TBC
TBC 		Canberra Raiders 18–19 Penrith Panthers Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals:
Round 26
TBC
TBC 		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 36–22 Canberra Raiders ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals: 		Tries:
Goals:
Field Goals:

Squad

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No. Position Player

Glen Buttriss – HK Terry Campese (captain) – FE Jarrod Croker – CE (GK) Josh Dugan – FB Blake Ferguson – CE Shaun Fensom – LK Danny Galea – SR Bronson Harrison – SR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs – PR Drury Low – WG Josh McCrone – FE Nathan Massey – SR Sam Mataora – SR David Milne – FB

No. Position Player

Matt Orford – HB Josh Papalii – SR Joe Picker – SR Reece Robinson – WG David Shillington – PR James Stuart – CE Joel Thompson – CE Trevor Thurling – SR Dane Tilse – PR Alan Tongue (captain) – LK Daniel Vidot – WG Travis Waddell – HK Brett White – PR Sam Williams – HB

Preseason transfers

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IN

OUT

Player statistics

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Name App T G FG Pts
Glen Buttriss 11 0 0 0 0
Jarrod Croker 11 2 27 0 62
Josh Dugan 5 3 0 0 12
Shaun Fensom 11 2 0 0 8
Blake Ferguson 11 8 0 0 32
Danny Galea 3 0 0 0 0
Bronson Harrison 11 1 0 0 4
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs 8 0 0 0 0
Josh McCrone 11 2 0 0 8
Nathan Massey 2 0 0 0 0
Sam Mataora 3 0 0 0 0
Josh Miller 8 0 0 0 0
David Milne 2 0 0 0 0
Matt Orford 4 0 0 0 0
Josh Papalii 2 0 0 0 0
Joe Picker 5 2 0 0 8
Reece Robinson 5 3 0 0 12
David Shillington 8 0 0 0 0
Joel Thompson 10 3 0 0 12
Trevor Thurling 9 0 0 0 0
Dane Tilse 10 2 0 0 8
Alan Tongue 6 0 0 0 0
Daniel Vidot 8 4 0 0 16
Travis Waddell 5 0 0 0 0
Brett White 10 0 0 0 0
Sam Williams 5 0 0 0 0
Totals – 32 27 0 182

Ladders

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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 521 308 213 42
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 24 18 0 6 2 539 331 208 40
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 2 511 372 139 40
4 Wests Tigers 24 15 0 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 0 10 2 504 393 111 32
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 532 480 52 32
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 2 478 443 35 28
9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 0 12 2 449 489 -40 28
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 0 13 2 531 562 -31 26
11 Sydney Roosters 24 10 0 14 2 417 500 -83 24
12 Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 430 517 -87 22
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 0 17 2 428 557 -129 18
14 Parramatta Eels 24 6 1 17 2 385 538 -153 17
15 Canberra Raiders 24 6 0 18 2 423 623 -200 16
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 0 18 2 363 629 -266 16
2011 National Youth Competition season
Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 New Zealand Warriors (P) 24 19 1 4 2 851 494 +357 43
2 North Queensland Cowboys 24 17 0 7 2 758 509 +249 38
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 1 7 2 707 600 +107 37
4 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 2 678 517 +161 36
5 Sydney Roosters 24 15 1 8 2 639 523 +116 35
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 659 458 +201 32
7 Wests Tigers 24 12 2 10 2 607 529 +78 30
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 1 11 2 638 660 -22 29
9 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 2 11 2 752 551 +201 28
10 Penrith Panthers 24 12 0 12 2 558 709 -151 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 2 12 2 562 594 -32 26
12 Parramatta Eels 24 10 1 13 2 547 556 -9 25
13 Canberra Raiders 24 8 1 15 2 683 749 -66 21
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 5 1 18 2 467 779 -312 15
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 4 1 19 2 454 881 -427 13
16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 4 0 20 2 432 843 -411 12

References

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  12. ^ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/raiders-sign-orford/2042814.aspx[permanent dead link]
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