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The Canberra Raiders entered the New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1982 as the fourteenth team to join the competition. Their debut match took place on the 6th of March 1982 against the Western Suburbs Magpies at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan.
From 1982 until the end of 1989 the Canberra Raiders played their home games at Seiffert Oval located in Queanbeyan in New South Wales. Overall the club would play 98 games at Seiffert Oval winning 52 losing 45 with one drawn game.
The Canberra Raiders' first coach was former Queensland and Australian representative player Don Furner who was coaching in Queanbeyan at the time of the club's formation in 1982. In 1987 he was joined by Wayne Bennett who was coaching in Brisbane and the Canberra Raiders reached their first grand final.
The Canberra Raiders won its first premiership in 1989 after a nine-match winning streak started by a hard-fought 14, 10 win over Eastern Suburbs Roosters. The club has won three premierships within eight years including a convincing win against Canterbury-Bankstown in 1994 which was their final premiership to date.
Josh Papali'i has played the most games for the Canberra Raiders with 327 games as of August 2025 surpassing the prior record holder Jason Croker in Round 14 of the 2025 NRL season. Jason Croker played 318 games between 1991 and 2006 and also holds the club's second all-time try-scoring record with 120.