Canberra Raiders can host NRL grand final qualifiers at Canberra Stadium

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Canberra Raiders can host NRL grand final qualifiers at Canberra Stadium

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Finals footy returns to Sydney suburban grounds in 2019

The knockdown of Allianz Stadium and emergence of Bankwest Stadium as an elite venue has prompted the NRL to scrap its policy of Sydney finals being played at either Moore Park or ANZ Stadium, starting this season. The NRL has also relaxed similar protocol regarding grand final qualifiers for Newcastle and Canberra, with both regional centres now able to host preliminary finals.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/05/10/fin ... s-in-2019/

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The prelim news is the best thing there. It was total **** madness to insist that Canberra and Newcastle can use Sydney grounds as 'home' venues (and for that matter, the Titans using Suncorp).
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Awesome

now let's make it count!
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This is good news.

Time to rush out and buy prelim finals tix for GIO Stadium.
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-PJ- wrote: May 10, 2019, 2:46 pm This is good news.

Time to rush out and buy prelim finals tix for GIO Stadium.
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Let's hope we make a prelim again before 2022

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Northern Raider wrote: May 10, 2019, 2:53 pm
-PJ- wrote: May 10, 2019, 2:46 pm This is good news.

Time to rush out and buy prelim finals tix for GIO Stadium.
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Canberra Raiders can host NRL grand final qualifiers at Canberra Stadium

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Canberra Raiders can host NRL grand final qualifiers at Canberra Stadium

If the Raiders qualify for a home preliminary final, they will play at Canberra Stadium until at least the end of the 2022 season. Raiders chief executive Don Furner said he will push to have it made permanent.

"We're not going to get a grand final here, but to get to the third week has been a couple of years of lobbying."

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I can’t BELIEVE we’re not going to get a grand final here, why does the NRL hate the raiders so much?!?


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Doesn’t get old at all...
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gangrenous wrote: May 10, 2019, 6:30 pm Doesn’t get old at all...
Yes it does.

Oh... equal dose of sarcasm.
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You can always tell when I’m being sarcastic because I’ve posted
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gangrenous wrote:Image

You can always tell when I’m being sarcastic because I’ve posted
But I just can’t tell. It’s soooooo impossible to tell.
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