Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nBut the Raiders escaped with a two-point victory to lift last year\u2019s minor premiers to 2-4.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need it to be the start of something,\u201d Stuart said post-match.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to roll on with that win \u2013 feel what it feels like again and really bounce on that next week.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘Crazy’: Raiders snap losing streak | 06:02<\/p>\n
Stuart said the will to win lifted the Raiders to deny the Bunnies in their second half surge after coming from 24-4 down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to win!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur chase and scatter from the boys in the middle, covering our ass was unreal.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably a real get out of jail free there just from the hard work of our middles.\u201d<\/p>\n
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 11: Jed Stuart and Kaeo Weekes of the Raiders celebrate a try during the round six NRL match between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canberra Raiders at Optus Stadium, on April 11, 2026, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Fullback Kaeo Weekes provided the highlight of the match with his 85m solo try in the second half.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh we needed that try at that moment!\u201d Stuart said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s so good to play with because he comes up with that out of nowhere! Helps put the team on the front foot \u2013 but we can\u2019t be relying on him to do that.<\/p>\n
FULL FIELD: Kaeo stuns with winning try | 02:05<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he does that, it\u2019s just a cherry on top.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even coach Ricky Stuart was full of praise for his star back.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a class footy player,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a freak in regards to some of the line breaks he makes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Describing the Raiders as their \u201cown worst enemy\u201d during their four-game losing streak, coach Stuart was pleased with the way Canberra fought off the Rabbitohs charge \u2013 which include two tries in less than two minutes to draw within four with just three minutes to play.<\/p>\n
Wayne reveals Gray injury timeline | 03:45<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just needed a win today. It was ugly, but I\u2019d rather win ugly than lose pretty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The season start) isn\u2019t the way we started but it is what it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one thing I know though is they\u2019ll keep fighting for the jumper and one another.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe kept turning up and scrambling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey all want to win \u2013 there isn\u2019t a player out there who doesn\u2019t want to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the task doesn\u2019t get any easier for the Raiders as they now take on the Melbourne Storm \u2013 in game three of their four games in just 19 days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a tough schedule, but we\u2019ll take it week by week,\u201d Jed Stuart said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll just worry about where we are now and what\u2019s our best track to get to where we want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canberra young gun Jed Stuart says the Raiders \u201cgot out of jail\u201d in their thrilling 36-34 win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[4558,64,63,689,4532,9203,292542,25165,2105,292543,292546,292545,292544,5092,7672,4466,761,762,158,677,3473,46,16301,66897,4439,85,3439,9020],"class_list":{"0":"post-600036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-alex-johnston","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-canberra-raiders","13":"tag-catherine-healey","14":"tag-class-footy-player","15":"tag-four-game-losing-streak","16":"tag-getty-images-inc","17":"tag-hope-snap","18":"tag-jed-stuart-on-kaeo-weekes","19":"tag-kickstart-campaign","20":"tag-lauds-star","21":"tag-line-breaks","22":"tag-match-winner","23":"tag-melbourne-storm","24":"tag-national-rugby-league","25":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","26":"tag-nrl","27":"tag-oceania","28":"tag-paul-kane","29":"tag-perth","30":"tag-season-start","31":"tag-sides-win","32":"tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","33":"tag-sports","34":"tag-western-australia","35":"tag-young-gun"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600036","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=600036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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