Former Australian test captain and all-conquering Rugby League great Laurie Daley is the headline selection in an impressive line-up that represents the best Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander players to have ever laced a boot for the Raiders.
Daley, who played 244 first grade games for the Green Machine in a 14-year career, has been named at five-eighth and captain of a team which is laden with the greatest indigenous talent from throughout the Raiders 23-year history.
The team, selected by former coach and club icon Don Furner and current chairman John McIntyre, boasts a blistering backline and a forward pack headed by former international Sam Backo and inaugural Raiders Captain David Grant.
Other past Raiders crowd-pleasers to receive selection honour include The Flash Ken Nagas, flying eighties winger John Chicka Ferguson, and the late great halfback Scott Gale.
Centre Jason Bulgarelli, who has both Aboriginal and Italian origins, is the only current Raider to make the squad and has been named as a reserve.
The team will be presented to the Canberra Stadium crowd as part of the Raiders Reconciliation celebrations when it hosts the Sydney Roosters this Sunday.
The most notable omission from the team is Mal Meninga, who was not eligible for selection as he is of South Sea Island heritage.
The full line-up is as follows:
Fullback
Ken Nagas
Wing
Ray Blacklock
John Ferguson
Centres
Mark Bell
Graham Appo
Five-eighth
Laurie Daley
Halfback
Scott Gale
Lock
Percy Knight
Second-Row
Lui Bon
Damian Kennedy
Front-Row
Sam Backo
David Grant
Hooker
Terry Wickey
Reserves
Alfie Walker
Billy Walker
Jerry De la Cruz
Jason Bulgarelli