2025 R2 Sat - Canberra v Brisbane @ GIO

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 2
Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos
GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce / Ngunnawal (TICKETS)

Saturday 15 March 2025
Kickoff 7:35pm AEDT
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. Kaeo Weekes 2. Savelio Tamale 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Albert Hopoate 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali'i 9. Tom Starling 10. Corey Horsburgh 11. Hudson Young 12. Zac Hosking 13. Morgan Smithies
14. Owen Pattie 15. Simi Sasagi 16. Matt Nicholson 17. Ata Mariota
18. Danny Levi 19. Trey Mooney 20. Chevy Stewart 21. Michael Asomua 22. Ethan Sanders

Changes from last match:
Out: Xavier Savage (wing), Joseph Tapine (front row)
In: Albert Hopoate (wing), Matty Nicholson (bench), Danny Levi (reserve), Trey Mooney (reserve), Chevy Stewart (reserve), Utuloa Asomua (reserve), Ethan Sanders (reserve)
Changes: Josh Papalii (lock to front row), Morgan Smithies (bench to lock)

1. Reece Walsh 2. Selwyn Cobbo 3. Deine Mariner 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Jesse Arthars 6. Ben Hunt 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Patrick Carrigan 9. Cory Paix 10. Payne Haas 11. Jack Gosiewski 12. Jordan Riki 13. Kobe Hetherington
14. Billy Walters 15. Corey Jensen 16. Xavier Willison 17. Brendan Piakura
18. Tyson Smoothy 19. Delouise Hoeter 20. Martin Taupau 21. Jaiyden Hunt 22. Jock Madden

Changes from last match:
In: Tyson Smoothy (reserve), Delouise Hoeter (reserve), Martin Taupau (reserve), Jaiyden Hunt (reserve), Jock Madden (reserve)

Referee: Wyatt Raymond Sideline Officials: David Munro, Daniel Schwass Video Referee: Matt Noyen

Referee: To be advised
Sideline Officials: To be advised
Video Referee: To be advised

HEAD TO HEAD - 1988 - 2024​

	TOTAL	CAN	BRI	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	57	23	33	1
GIO	28	15	12	1

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2021	Round 14	CAN 38-16	GIO	9608
2022	Round 14	BRI 24-18	Suncorp	28142
2023	Round 6	CAN 20-14	Suncorp	31962
2023	Round 26	BRI 29-18	GIO	19400
2024	Round 7	BRI 34-10	Suncorp	37286

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1996	Round 8	BRI 50-16	QEII	37248
2002	Round 25	BRI 36-2	QEII	22502
2009	Round 21	CAN 56-0	Canberra	10200

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6
CANBERRA	MAN (A)	NQL (A)	CRO (H)	PAR (A)
BRISBANE	NQL (H)	DOL (A)	WST (H)	SYD (H)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 1
CANBERRA	WAR	W 30-8
BRISBANE	SYD	W 50-14

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
CANBERRA	4th	1	0	1-0-0	30	8
BRISBANE	2nd	1	0	1-0-0	50	14

 

[Woody90]

Top 4 clash!

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Warm it up.

 

[Fangs]

Another Ricky ambush coming up.

Expecting a hostile performance from the Raiders.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Raiders by 8.

 

[This Year?]

The Riki/Young matchup will be entertaining as f**k. One of them will definitely see the bin.
I'm fairly certain the Broncos haven't forget about Tapine ironing out Walsh either, so I'm expecting lots of pashun in this game.

 

[Apey]

Type of game Raiders would win only to lose to Parra or someone.

 

[skeepe]

The Riki/Young matchup will be entertaining as f**k. One of them will definitely see the bin.
I'm fairly certain the Broncos haven't forget about Tapine ironing out Walsh either, so I'm expecting lots of pashun in this game.

Such a shame the MRC spoiled the fun by rubbing Tapine and Savage out of this one for what really were nothing incidents.

 

[mozza91]

Yeah Raiders need Tapine to compete with Brisbane in the pigs.
Still expect Canberra to be tough and make a game of it though. Broncs by 10.

 

[Valheru]

Can't read too much in to the Raiders in round 1 as Warriors were putrid. Brisbane by a few tries

 

[Warrimoo3]

Really love to see an upset here just for Ricky’s presser.
“You’se guys don’t rate us but we don’t care. You picked us for the spoon. How many state of origin players do we have compared to the other mob? Having said that, now that Kenty’s not around , I need one of you journos to write regular puff pieces about me. How does a year’s supply free KFC sound?”

 

[skeepe]

Can't read too much in to the Raiders in round 1 as Warriors were putrid. Brisbane by a few tries

Oh, dry up you miserable prick

 

[blaza88z]

Another Ricky ambush coming up.

Expecting a hostile performance from the Raiders.

Ricky's really trying to go with the adversity card but unfortunately, he's up against the kings of adversity this weekend.