Predicted Finish: 1st
Actual Finish: 5th
Much was expected of the Raiders coming into 2020 and they didn't disappoint. Although they couldn't secure a Top Four finish as expected, the Raiders missed out purely on points differential. They would not have looked out of place making a return to the decider but fell well short in the Prelim to the eventual Premiers.
3. Star Player
Jack Wighton
The Raiders superstar had a magnificent season that saw his side return to the Prelim arena, whilst also netting him the 2020 Dally M medal as the best player in the competition.
Across his 22 games in 2020 Wighton scored 13 tries, set up eight, laid on eight line break assists, kicked for over 220 metres per game, forced eight drop outs and ran for over 100 metres per game. Pretty handy work.
He also defended extremely well, making over 88% of tackles despite being targeted in a big way by opposition second rowers.
Truthfully I was shocked Wighton edged out Cleary for the top honour, however going back and re-watching the efforts of the Canberra pivot, I can't really fault this at all. He was incredible across the season.
