Canberra co-captain Jarrod Croker is confident the club's 'generation next' are ready for the biggest challenge of their lives when they take on the Gold Coast Titans on Sunday.
With five club debutants and two NRL debuts named in the 17-man squad for round one, it's the highest number of newcomers the Raiders have fielded in a single game in at least six years.
The closest the club came to matching this weekend's injection of youth and new faces was in 2015, when Blake Austin, Josh Hodgson, Sia Soliola and Sisa Waqa all pulled on the lime green jersey for the first time.
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Topic: Croker puts faith in Canberra's youth movement
