The Palmerston Raiders are an Australian Semi-professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 team based in Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and has an urban population of 23,614 on the 2006 Census night and making it the second largest city in the territory...

. They compete in the Darwin Rugby League

Darwin Rugby League

The Darwin Rugby League is a rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the League's Affairs...

 (DRL), Darwin's Local rugby league competition.

The Raiders are a foundation member of Darwin rugby league community with a 50 year relationship with the people of Darwin and Palmerston.

The Raiders began playing out of the Returned Services League Club in Darwin in 1961. Then in 1989 moved on to be known as the Top End Raiders and finally in 1995 to our current location and name of the Palmerston Raiders.

Playing field

The Palmerston Raiders, juniors and seniors, train Mondays thru to Thursdays every week at Archer Oval located off Elrundie Avenue in Palmerston.
Like the rest of the clubs which play in the Darwin Rugby League

Darwin Rugby League

The Darwin Rugby League is a rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the League's Affairs...

 the Palmerston Raiders play most of their games at Richardson Park located in the Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

 suburb of Ludmilla

Ludmilla, Northern Territory

Ludmilla is a northern inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Ludmilla, as a suburb, obtained its name from Ludmilla Creek. The suburb is believed to have been named after Ludmilla Holtze by Gustav Sabine, who was a Government Surveyor, and who carried out a...

 which is the main ground of the Darwin Rugby League.

NRL players

Currently to date the Palmerston raiders have produced one player in the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

, Australasia's premier rugby league competition, that player is James Mcmanus

James McManus (rugby league)

James McManus is a Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League...

 who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

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