Western Australian Raiders
The Western Australian Raiders is the representative team for Western Australia at National level. This also includes the Junior Raiders who are Western Australia's under—18 team.
The Western Australian Raiders were crowned National Champions in 2001 and have followed this result up with consistent performances finishing no lower than 3rd at National Championship Competition.
The Western Australian Junior Raiders placed 4th in their only campaign in 2007. The Raiders finished 3rd at NCC at the Gold Coast in 2009 and a very close 2nd place at the NCC at Narrabeen, Sydney in 2011.
In 2012 the Senior National Championship Competition was changed to the Australian Gridiron League (AGL) a bi-annual Home & Away series which the Raiders won convincingly 3-0 against Vic, Qld & NSW.
The Junior NCC remains unchanged and will be held in ACT in early 2013.
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