Canberra Raiders

The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league competition.
The Raiders were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1982, along with the Illawarra Steelers, as part of the league's first expansion outside Sydney. Within five years, the Raiders had made the semi-finals, winning their maiden premiership in 1989. This heralded a period of great success for the club, with four grand final appearances and three premierships. However, in the last decade, the Raiders have suffered from an exodus of experience. At the beginning of the 2007 season, the Raiders squad contained no current representative players (the only such squad in the NRL). However, this situation has improved, with Phil Graham earning representation for the Country side and Neville Costigan securing an interchange position in the Queensland State of Origin team.
The official symbol for the Canberra Raiders is the Viking. The Viking, also a mascot at Raiders' games, is known as Victor the Viking.
The Raiders' current home ground is Canberra Stadium in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the team played home matches at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with the move to Canberra Stadium taking place in 1990.