Counting down the top 50 biggest moments of the 2018 NRL season: Part 1
39. Red flags
One of the biggest refereeing controversies of the season was when touch judge Ricky MacFarlane incorrectly raised his flag in the lead up to a Sione Katoa try against the Raiders in Round 19. Canberra players stopped defending and Katoa shot through to score, with the Bunker confirming the try. It was a blow for the Raiders who were fighting to keep their season alive.
36 Wighton whacked by NRL
After being charged for a violent and drunken rampage in Canberra’s CBD in February, the Raiders suspended their fullback for six games. After witnessing CCTV footage of the incident, the NRL came over the top of the club and slapped the 25-year-old with a 10-game ban, ruling him out for the remainder of the season, as well as a $30,000 fine. Wighton was later convicted of two charges of assault occasioning bodily harm, three counts of common assault and one charge of public urination and was given a two-month suspended jail sentence.
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Counting down the top 50 biggest moments of the 2018 NRL season: Part 2
23. New Immortals
The NRL announced five new members to join rugby league royalty in the Immortals club.
Dally Messenger, Frank Burge, Dave Brown, Norm Provan and Canberra Raiders legend Mal Meninga were added to the list of eight previous Immortals. The five new inductees joined Clive Churchill, Bob Fulton, Reg Gasnier, Johnny Raper, Graeme Langlands, Wally Lewis, Arthur Beetson and Andrew Johns in the most exclusive and coveted club in rugby league.
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23. New Immortals
The NRL announced five new members to join rugby league royalty in the Immortals club.
Dally Messenger, Frank Burge, Dave Brown, Norm Provan and Canberra Raiders legend Mal Meninga were added to the list of eight previous Immortals. The five new inductees joined Clive Churchill, Bob Fulton, Reg Gasnier, Johnny Raper, Graeme Langlands, Wally Lewis, Arthur Beetson and Andrew Johns in the most exclusive and coveted club in rugby league.
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Not much there for the Raiders.