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It was 40 years ago that the Raiders played their first ever game

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The Raiders played their first trial game against Canterbury at Belmore Sports Ground at 3pm on 6 February 1982.

According to the program produced by the Bulldogs, the teams were:

Canterbury: 1 Greg Brentnall, 2. Chris Anderson, 3. Chris Mortimer, 4. Peter Mortimer, 5. Steve Gearin, 6. Garry Hughes, 7. Steve Mortimer, 8. Steve Folkes, 9. Peter Cassilles, 10. Graeme Hughes, 11. John Coveney, 12. George Peponis (C), 13. Geoff Robinson.

Canberra: 1. Rowan Brennan, 2. Chris O'Grady, 3. David Reid, 4. Frank Roddy, 5. Ian Hamilton, 6. Lloyd Martin, 7. Gerry De La Cruz, 8. Scott Dudman, 9. John McLeod, 10. Jon Hardy, 11. David Grant, 12. Jay Hoffman (c), 13. Jeff Simons. Reserves: 14 Carl Frommel, 15. Peter McGrath, 16. Derek Scheaffer, 17. Lui Bon, 18. Alan Smith.

Canterbury 16 (Graeme Hughes 2, S.Gearin, Armstrong tries, S.Gearin 2 goals) d Canberra 10 (Hoffman, De La Cruz tries, Dudman 2 goals) Crowd: approx 4,000. Scrums: Canterbury 12-4. Penalties: Canterbury 13-9.

Jay Hoffman was the first Canberra try scorer in first grade.
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Thanks for that! Here’s the match report: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti ... 8/13934828

Trial program included here:

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That's a pretty handy Dogs' side...
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hrundi89 wrote: February 6, 2022, 7:58 pm That's a pretty hand Dogs' side...
I was about to say the same thing. Only going down 16-10 to that line up is a fair effort. Quite a few names there are making the best Doggies team ever.
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greeneyed wrote: February 27, 2022, 11:42 am
Looks like Jay Hoffman to me
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Give It To Angel wrote: February 5, 2022, 11:41 pm The Raiders played their first trial game against Canterbury at Belmore Sports Ground at 3pm on 6 February 1982.

According to the program produced by the Bulldogs, the teams were:

Canterbury: 1 Greg Brentnall, 2. Chris Anderson, 3. Chris Mortimer, 4. Peter Mortimer, 5. Steve Gearin, 6. Garry Hughes, 7. Steve Mortimer, 8. Steve Folkes, 9. Peter Cassilles, 10. Graeme Hughes, 11. John Coveney, 12. George Peponis (C), 13. Geoff Robinson.

Canberra: 1. Rowan Brennan, 2. Chris O'Grady, 3. David Reid, 4. Frank Roddy, 5. Ian Hamilton, 6. Lloyd Martin, 7. Gerry De La Cruz, 8. Scott Dudman, 9. John McLeod, 10. Jon Hardy, 11. David Grant, 12. Jay Hoffman (c), 13. Jeff Simons. Reserves: 14 Carl Frommel, 15. Peter McGrath, 16. Derek Scheaffer, 17. Lui Bon, 18. Alan Smith.

Canterbury 16 (Graeme Hughes 2, S.Gearin, Armstrong tries, S.Gearin 2 goals) d Canberra 10 (Hoffman, De La Cruz tries, Dudman 2 goals) Crowd: approx 4,000. Scrums: Canterbury 12-4. Penalties: Canterbury 13-9.

Jay Hoffman was the first Canberra try scorer in first grade.
Look at that penalty count! Fox Sports/Channel 9 pundits heads would explode at that number. "ThEy ArE rUiNiNg ThE fLoW oF ThE gAmE"
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I was at that game. I'll never forget it
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As was I.

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As was I, biggest crowd I’ve seen at Bruce. I recall some folks set themselves up on the outer hill area at the southern end.
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Billy Walker wrote: August 23, 2022, 12:16 pm As was I, biggest crowd I’ve seen at Bruce. I recall some folks set themselves up on the outer hill area at the southern end.
No you don’t. That doesn’t even make sense.

And you missed all these games… :hmmm

26,567 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra Raiders V South Sydney Rabbitohs, Preliminary Final, September 27, 2019
26,476 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra Raiders V Wests Tigers, Semi Final, September 17, 2010
25,592 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra Raiders V Cronulla Sharks, Qualifying Final, September 10, 2016
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greeneyed wrote: August 23, 2022, 12:43 pm
Billy Walker wrote: August 23, 2022, 12:16 pm As was I, biggest crowd I’ve seen at Bruce. I recall some folks set themselves up on the outer hill area at the southern end.
No you don’t. That doesn’t even make sense.

And you missed all these games… :hmmm

26,567 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra Raiders V South Sydney Rabbitohs, Preliminary Final, September 27, 2019
26,476 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra Raiders V Wests Tigers, Semi Final, September 17, 2010
25,592 at Canberra Stadium, Canberra Raiders V Cronulla Sharks, Qualifying Final, September 10, 2016
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Without googling I seem to recall Lloyd Martin did one of those things but expect to be told he didn’t debut till 4 years later?
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