\u201cV\u2019landys has obviously done a great job with the NRL since he\u2019s took over and I\u2019m sure whatever decision he makes, people need to back it and just get on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Young and the Raiders would have ironically benefited from such a rule in their finals match against the Broncos last season, where the Canberra side gave up a 16 point lead and eventually the match.<\/p>\n
After scoring their first try to narrow the scoreline, the Broncos followed up with a forced dropout and try, before a Reece Walsh 40\/20 helped to put Jamal Shibasaki over the line the very next set \u2013 all of which might have been avoided if they elected to receive from the kick-off.<\/p>\n
But regardless of their loss, they are the iconic moments that might be lost to the game with the new rules and isn\u2019t what defined Canberra\u2019s season according to Young.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople do say unfinished business (in 2026) but that\u2019s part of footy sometimes, someone\u2019s got to win and someone\u2019s gotta lose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what we can do here and we know that we\u2019re a good chance to hopefully win it this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Canberra can go all the way it will be with a new halves pairing shaping up to feature young gun Ethan Sanders in the no. 7 jersey alongside growing sensation Ethan Strange.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s probably the way that they\u2019re going to go,\u201d Young confirmed.<\/p>\n
Sanders and Strange are close with the pair coming up together through the NSW junior reps system.<\/p>\n
They played together in the 2023 u19s State of Origin for the Blues and in Sanders debut game for Canberra last year, a 26-24 victory over the Roosters away from home.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s slotted straight in, slotted in like a glove so I enjoy playing with Sando,\u201d Strange said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s up to it, he\u2019s a great football player, got a very mature footy brain, which is good for everyone around him. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s slotted in like a veteran out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strange himself coming off a career best season which culminated in a call up to the Kangaroos for the Ashes tour.<\/p>\n
Despite not getting on the field, he believes the lesson\u2019s hist learnt from rubbing shoulders with the game\u2019s best can propel him to new levels in his game.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoses took me under his wing and helped me a lot with kicking and obviously (Cameron) Munster and (Nathan) Cleary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll those boys helped me with ball playing and the things I need to work on so I really enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Waiting in the wings also is new recruit Coby Black, who has joined Canberra\u2019s halves stocks from Brisbane after moving on from the club following the signing of Jonah Pezet for 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s still a young kid learning the system and getting used to that as well and he is going to be a great player for the club as well,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hudson Young isn\u2019t a fan of the proposed NRL rule change which could see teams who concede a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[40371,64,63,220868,220866,220872,220871,122381,89611,4516,38409,53995,220870,2105,39271,21379,82652,160506,4518,220867,220873,7287,220874,761,762,158,159,16205,85,220869,102397,167476,9020],"class_list":["post-419247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-andrew-abdo","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-rep","tag-brisbane-broncos-rugby-league-team","tag-change-momentum","tag-coaches-safety-ratings","tag-coby","tag-debut-game","tag-ethan-sanders","tag-finals-match","tag-football-player","tag-forced-dropout","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-halves-pairing","tag-halves-stocks","tag-hudson-young","tag-iconic-moments","tag-jamal-fogarty","tag-junior-reps-system","tag-losing-team","tag-mark-nolan","tag-mature-footy-brain","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-rugby-league","tag-rule-changes","tag-sports","tag-thrilling-moments","tag-unfinished-business","tag-vlandys","tag-young-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419247","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=419247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}