As the Bulls came charging down Seiffert Oval off the kick chase there was one thing on the Canberra Raiders under-20s' minds: Gungahlin are here to play. Having been pushed over the tryline and forced to defend back-to-back sets in the opening minutes, Ash Barnes implored his side to just dig deep. And they responded with a 66-point rout. The young Green Machine claimed the biggest grand final win in Canberra Raiders Cup history on Sunday, thrashing the Bulls 66-10 with a 13-try blitz. A 46-0 first-half shutout saw the Raiders smash the previous record held by the West Belconnen Warriors, who beat the Queanbeyan Blues 44-10 in 1998.

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The Raiders Under 20s defeated the Gungahlin Bulls 66 – 10 in a massive Grand Final victory at Seiffert Oval.

The Raiders had control for most of the game in a masterclass performance to close out the 2020 Canberra Regional Rugby League Cup.

The Bulls came out firing off the kick-off as they drove the Raiders back into the in-goal in a huge start to the game.



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Well done to all of today's Best and Fairest 2020 award winners! https://www.crrl.com.au/crrl-cup-kfs-best-and-fairest-awards/ #CRRL20

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It's Canberra against the world. Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has issued a call to arms as his team continues to prove the doubters wrong. Now the Green Machine has been rewarded with the ACT government boosting Canberra Stadium's capacity to 9600 for their elimination final against the Cronulla Sharks on Saturday. It will be the biggest crowd allowed at a Raiders home game since their round-one clash against the Gold Coast Titans when 10,610 fans came through the gates. The increased capacity - up from the previous limit of 6000 - has been calculated at 50 per cent of available seating, with some sections of the grandstands not in use due to coronavirus protocols.

More: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6943521/raiders-out-to-prove-doubters-wrong/?cs=14239

After 20 hard-fought rounds of an unprecedented season, the finals are here with eight teams left standing.

The playoffs get under way at Penrith on Friday night with the Panthers hosting the Roosters with the winner advancing to week three and the losing side going into a sudden-death game in week two.

Canberra host Cronulla on Saturday in an elimination final before Melbourne take on Parramatta in the other qualifying final at the Storm's playoff venue, Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.

The first week of the finals finishes on Sunday with Souths up against Newcastle in the other sudden-death playoff.

    Wondering about how the playoffs will work, who's playing who, ticketing options or the many ways you can tune in?

Read on for all the information you'll need to stay across every detail as the race for this year's Telstra Premiership heats up.

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Who plays who? The teams that finished in the top eight positions on the Telstra Premiership ladder after 20 rounds will play out the finals series, as follows.

Week 1 Qualifying finals: 1st v 4th; 2nd v 3rd

Elimination finals: 5th v 8th; 6th v 7th

Week 2 Semi-finals: Loser of first qualifying final v winner of first elimination final; loser of second qualifying final v winner of second elimination final

Week 3 Preliminary finals: Winner of first qualifying final v winner of second semi-final; Winner of second qualifying final v winner of first semi-final

Week 4 Grand final: Winner of first preliminary final v winner of second preliminary final



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