2011 Canberra Raiders season

2011 Canberra Raiders season
NRL	15th
2011 record	Wins: 5; Losses: 10
Points scored	For: 293; Against: 355
Team information
CEO Chairman	Don Furner, Jr. John McIntyre
Coach	David Furner
Captain	Alan Tongue
Stadium	Canberra Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	10 – Blake Ferguson
Goals	40 – Jarrod Croker
Points	104 – Jarrod Croker
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The 2011 Canberra Raiders season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by David Furner and captained by Alan Tongue, they competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 15th (out of 16) so failing to make the play-offs.

Season summary

Following on from an encouraging 2010 season where the Raiders made it to the second week of the finals for the first time in 7 years, the Raiders will be looking to seriously challenge for the title in 2011. The club has managed to keep the bulk of its exciting young roster together, whilst adding experienced campaigners Brett White and former Dally M medalist Matt Orford to the team. Young speedster Blake Ferguson has also been recruited by the Raiders from the Cronulla Sharks for the 2011 season.

The Raiders have performed well below expectations since their convincing Round 1 victory against the Cronulla Sharks. New recruit Blake Ferguson has been a shining light, having scored a team high 10 tries so far this season for the Canberra Raiders, including a hat-trick against the Wests Tigers in Round 3. Matt Orford is yet to make a considerable impact for the Green Machine in 2011.

The Raiders equalled their longest ever losing streak of 8 matches between Round 2 and Round 9, and only managed to avoid breaking their longest ever losing streak with a shock win against the Melbourne Storm in Round 10. Melbourne were at odds of $1.14 to win the game before going on to lose 20–12. Canberra holds on to slim hopes of making the finals at the end of the 2011 season. Based on previous seasons, Raiders would be expected to need to win at least 7 of their remaining 9 matches to make the Top 8.

Results

Trial Games
Round	Opponent	Result	Can.	Opp.	Date	Venue		Crowd
Trial 1	Melbourne Storm	Loss	4	24	19 Feb	Bega Recreation Ground		6,169
Trial 2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Loss	18	30	26 Feb	Scully Park Tamworth		4,000

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Colour	Result
Green	Win
Red	Loss
Yellow	Golden point Win

Telstra Premiership

Round 1 13 March 2011 2:00pm Local	Canberra Raiders	40–12	Cronulla Sharks	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Ferguson, Vidot, Tilse, Fensom, Picker, Croker, McCrone Goals: Croker 6/7 Field Goals:		Tries: Douglas, Gardner Goals: Williams 2/2 Field Goals:	Attendance: 13,450

Round 2 18 March 2011 8:30pm Local	Canberra Raiders	4–20	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Ferguson Goals: Croker 0/1 Field Goals:		Tries: Gillett, Yow Yeh, Hoffman Goals: Parker 4/4 Field Goals:	Attendance: 16,146

Round 3 26 March 2011 7:30pm Local	Wests Tigers	34–24	Canberra Raiders	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
	Tries: Fifita, Utai, Lui, Lawrence, Heighington, Ayshford Goals: Marshall 5/8 Field Goals:		Tries: Ferguson (3), Dugan, Vidot Goals: Croker 2/5 Field Goals:	Attendance: 14,091

Round 4 2 April 2011 5:30pm Local	Canberra Raiders	22 – 23 AET	Gold Coast Titans	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Thompson, Vidot, Croker, Tilse Goals: Croker 3/4 Field Goals:		Tries: Thompson, Bird, Laffranchi, Meyers Goals: Campbell 2/2, Bird 1/2 Field Goals: Bird	Attendance: 12,165

Round 5 (Heritage Round) 9 April 2011 7:30pm Local	Penrith Panthers	36–10	Canberra Raiders	Centrebet Stadium, Penrith
	Tries: Simmons (3), Burns, Gordon, Civoniceva Goals: Gordon 6/7 Field Goals:		Tries: Robinson, Vidot Goals: Croker 1/2 Field Goals:	Attendance: 10,229

Round 6 16 April 2011 7:30pm Local	North Queensland Cowboys	26–18	Canberra Raiders	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
	Tries: Thurston, Hall, Winterstein, Bolton Goals: Thurston 5/5 Field Goals:		Tries: Ferguson (2), Fensom Goals: Croker 3/3 Field Goals:	Attendance: 10,741

Round 7 (ANZAC Day/Easter) 24 April 2011 2:00pm Local	Canberra Raiders	12–22	Newcastle Knights	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Thompson, Harrison Goals: Croker 2/2 Field Goals:		Tries: Uate (2), McDonnell, McManus Goals: Gidley 3/4 Field Goals:	Attendance: 11,879

Round 8 1 May 2011 2:00pm Local	Canberra Raiders	12–49	Wests Tigers	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Dugan (2) Goals: Croker 2/2 Field Goals:		Tries: McKinnon (2), Utai, Marshall, Fifita, Dwyer, Fulton, Heighington Goals: Marshall 7/7, Moltzen 1/1 Field Goals: Marshall	Attendance: 13,425 Referee: Ashley Klein, Gerard Sutton Report:[1]

Round 9 9 May 2011 7:00pm Local	Manly Sea Eagles	20–0	Canberra Raiders	Brookvale Oval, Brookvale
	Tries: B. Stewart (3), Robertson Goals: Cherry-Evans 2/4 Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:	Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Tony Archer, Steve Lyons Report:[2]

Round 10 14 May 2011 5:30pm Local	Melbourne Storm	12–20	Canberra Raiders	AAMI Park, Melbourne
	Tries: Duffie, Proctor Goals: Smith 2/2 Field Goals:		Tries: Robinson, McCrone, Ferguson Goals: Croker 4/4 Field Goals:	Attendance: 9,628 Referee: Gerard Sutton, Chris James Report:[3]

Round 11 20 May 2011 7:30pm Local	Canberra Raiders	20–12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Thompson, Robinson, Picker Goals: Croker 4/5 Field Goals:		Tries: Morris, Barba Goals: Goodwin 2/2 Field Goals:	Referee: Report:[4]

Round 12	.	Bye	.

Round 13 5 June 2011 2:00pm Local	Canberra Raiders	24–40	North Queensland Cowboys	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 14 12 June 2011 TBC	Brisbane Broncos	25–24	Canberra Raiders	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	Tries: Goals: Wallace 4/5 Field Goals: Wallace		Tries: Goals: Ferguson 4/4 Field Goals:

Round 15	.	Bye	.

Round 16 25 June 2011 TBC	Canberra Raiders	25–12	Parramatta Eels	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 17 4 July 2011 TBC	Sydney Roosters	12–38	Canberra Raiders	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 18 TBC TBC	Cronulla Sharks	26–12	Canberra Raiders	Toyota Park, Cronulla
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 19 TBC TBC	Canberra Raiders	0–26	Melbourne Storm	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 20 TBC TBC	Canberra Raiders	24–19	St George-Illawarra Dragons	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 21 TBC TBC	New Zealand Warriors	29–10	Canberra Raiders	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 22 (Close the Gap Round) TBC TBC	Newcastle Knights	40–8	Canberra Raiders	Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 23 TBC TBC	Canberra Raiders	18–47	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 24 TBC TBC	Gold Coast Titans	26–18	Canberra Raiders	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 25 TBC TBC	Canberra Raiders	18–19	Penrith Panthers	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Round 26 TBC TBC	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	36–22	Canberra Raiders	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
	Tries: Goals: Field Goals:		Tries: Goals: Field Goals:

Squad

No. Position Player HK Glen Buttriss FE Terry Campese CE Jarrod Croker (GK) FB Josh Dugan CE Blake Ferguson LK Shaun Fensom SR Danny Galea SR Bronson Harrison PR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs WG Drury Low FE Josh McCrone SR Nathan Massey SR Sam Mataora FB David Milne

No. Position Player HB Matt Orford SR Josh Papalii SR Joe Picker WG Reece Robinson PR David Shillington CE James Stuart CE Joel Thompson SR Trevor Thurling PR Dane Tilse LK Alan Tongue WG Daniel Vidot HK Travis Waddell PR Brett White HB Sam Williams

Preseason transfers

IN

• Blake Ferguson (from Cronulla Sharks)
• Matt Orford (from Bradford Bulls)^[5]
• Brett White (from Melbourne Storm

OUT

• Justin Carney (to Sydney Roosters)
• Marc Herbert (to Bradford Bulls)
• Brett Kelly (to Avignion)
• Adam Mogg (Retirement)
• Joel Monaghan (to Warrington Wolves)
• Scott Logan (Retirement)
• Troy Thompson (to Melbourne Storm)

Player statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Buttriss, GlenGlen Buttriss	11	0	0	0	0
Croker, JarrodJarrod Croker	11	2	27	0	62
Dugan, JoshJosh Dugan	5	3	0	0	12
Fensom, ShaunShaun Fensom	11	2	0	0	8
Ferguson, BlakeBlake Ferguson	11	8	0	0	32
Galea, DannyDanny Galea	3	0	0	0	0
Harrison, BronsonBronson Harrison	11	1	0	0	4
Learoyd-Lahrs, TomTom Learoyd-Lahrs	8	0	0	0	0
McCrone, JoshJosh McCrone	11	2	0	0	8
Massey, NathanNathan Massey	2	0	0	0	0
Mataora, SamSam Mataora	3	0	0	0	0
Miller, JoshJosh Miller	8	0	0	0	0
Milne, DavidDavid Milne	2	0	0	0	0
Orford, MattMatt Orford	4	0	0	0	0
Papalii, JoshJosh Papalii	2	0	0	0	0
Picker, JoeJoe Picker	5	2	0	0	8
Robinson, ReeceReece Robinson	5	3	0	0	12
Shillington, DavidDavid Shillington	8	0	0	0	0
Thompson, JoelJoel Thompson	10	3	0	0	12
Thurling, TrevorTrevor Thurling	9	0	0	0	0
Tilse, DaneDane Tilse	10	2	0	0	8
Tongue, AlanAlan Tongue	6	0	0	0	0
Vidot, DanielDaniel Vidot	8	4	0	0	16
Waddell, TravisTravis Waddell	5	0	0	0	0
White, BrettBrett White	10	0	0	0	0
Williams, SamSam Williams	5	0	0	0	0
Totals	–	32	27	0	182

Ladders

2011 NRL Telstra Premiership Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 - 5 2 521 308 213 42 2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 24 18 - 6 2 539 331 208 40 3 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 - 6 2 511 372 139 40 4 Wests Tigers 24 15 - 9 2 519 430 89 34 5 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 1 9 2 483 341 142 33 6 New Zealand Warriors 24 14 - 10 2 504 393 111 32 7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 - 10 2 532 480 52 32 8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 - 12 2 478 443 35 28 9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 - 12 2 449 489 -40 28 10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 - 13 2 531 562 -31 26 11 Sydney Roosters 24 10 - 14 2 417 500 -83 24 12 Penrith Panthers 24 9 - 15 2 430 517 -87 22 13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 - 17 2 428 557 -129 18 14 Parramatta Eels 24 6 1 17 2 385 538 -153 17 15 Canberra Raiders 24 6 - 18 2 423 623 -200 16 16 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 - 18 2 363 629 -266 16

2011 National Youth Competition season Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 New Zealand 24 19 1 4 2 851 494 +357 43 2 North Queensland 24 17 0 7 2 758 509 +249 38 3 Cronulla-Sutherland 24 16 1 7 2 707 600 +107 37 4 Melbourne 24 16 0 8 2 678 517 +161 36 5 Sydney 24 15 1 8 2 639 523 +116 35 6 Canterbury-Bankstown 24 14 0 10 2 659 458 +201 32 7 Wests 24 12 2 10 2 607 529 +78 30 8 Newcastle 24 12 1 11 2 638 660 -22 29 9 Brisbane 24 11 2 11 2 752 551 +201 28 10 Penrith 24 12 0 12 2 558 709 -151 28 11 St. George Illawarra 24 10 2 12 2 562 594 -32 26 12 Parramatta 24 10 1 13 2 547 556 -9 25 13 Canberra 24 8 1 15 2 683 749 -66 21 14 Gold Coast 24 5 1 18 2 467 779 -312 15 15 South Sydney 24 4 1 19 2 454 881 -427 13 16 Manly-Warringah 24 4 0 20 2 432 843 -411 12

References

1. http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1243&tab=Report
2. http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1249&tab=Report
3. http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1257&tab=Report
4. http://www.nrl.com/TelstraPremiership/MatchCentre/tabid/10999/Default.aspx#matchid=1260&tab=Report
5. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/raiders-sign-orford/2042814.aspx

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