It’s clear the Raiders have been tuning into the action-packed Ashes sequence with the Canberra gamers paying homage to the Australian cricket group with a hilarious attempt celebration.
Raiders winger Jordan Rapana opened the scoring in his aspect’s conflict towards the Dragons, however the greater spotlight got here moments later.
Rapana imitated a bowler with teammate and Englishman Elliott Whitehead taking part in the function of a batter.
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Much just like the controversial stumping of England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s final week, Whitehead ducked Rapana’s supply and left his ‘crease’ earlier than Zac Woodford did his finest Alex Carey impression and threw it again on the goalpost (stumps).
The motive for the celebration is because of Sportsbet’s annual marketing campaign Try July, the place the playing firm donates $5000 for every attempt celebration over the course of the month.
“Oh the stumping and the Pom is out,” Dan Ginnane mentioned on Fox League.
“Sportsbet, and I can say this with authority, that’s worth more than $5000.”
This 12 months’s funds might be donated in the direction of the restoration efforts of Nathan Stapleton and Daniel Anderson.
Stapleton is a former NRL participant who misplaced feeling beneath the neck after a rustic rugby league match in New South Wales.
Anderson was a coach for the Warriors and Eels between 2001 and 2010. He was concerned in a physique browsing accident on December 31, 2022.
It appeared as if Sportsbet agreed with the feedback of Ginnane, with Yvonne Sampson revealing in the course of the halftime present that the bookmaker have donated $10,000 for the celebration, double the standard quantity.
Source: www.foxsports.com.au