{"id":300610,"date":"2025-11-22T03:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T03:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/300610\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T03:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T03:17:11","slug":"ricky-stuart-reveals-plans-for-coby-black-at-the-raiders-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/300610\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Stuart reveals plans for Coby Black at the Raiders – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coby Black<\/a> called Ricky Stuart<\/a> earlier this month to say, “I’m a Raider,” a move that is set to shake the landscape of the NRL<\/a> for years to come.<\/p>\n

Canberra Raiders<\/a> coach Ricky Stuart<\/a> has labelled new recruit Coby Black<\/a> “the real deal”, backing the teenage halfback to develop into a long-term NRL<\/a> playmaker in the nation’s capital.<\/p>\n

Black stunned the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> a fortnight ago by requesting a release at the end of next season to join the Raiders on a two-year deal from 2027.<\/p>\n

The move follows the Broncos’ signing of Jonah Pezet<\/a>, which Stuart admitted created a “career-blocking” logjam for the Queensland under-19s star.<\/p>\n

Stuart said he was convinced of Black’s potential after a composed showing in this year’s Under-19s State of Origin<\/a>, where the young Maroon landed a crucial field goal and try in Queensland’s 23-22 win.<\/p>\n

“I see a good organising halfback in Coby,” Stuart told News Corp.<\/p>\n

“He has a strong kicking game, controls the ruck, and fits our running style of footy.”
\"Talented<\/p>\n

The Raiders coach confirmed Black will stay in Brisbane through 2026 to continue learning under Adam Reynolds<\/a> before linking with the Green Machine ahead of the 2027 campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s only going to help his maturity and growth\u2026 He’s a good young man, and we’ll look after him,\u201d Stuart said.<\/p>\n

Black, a noted non-drinker and former Burleigh Bears junior who once scored 46 points in a single Mal Meninga Cup<\/a> game, will add depth to Canberra’s halves alongside Ethan Sanders<\/a> in the club’s long-term spine plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coby Black called Ricky Stuart earlier this month to say, “I’m a Raider,” a move that is set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-300610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}