{"id":52010,"date":"2025-07-01T14:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:08:27","slug":"the-real-goat-in-canberra-has-confirmed-that-he-wants-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010","title":{"rendered":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Real GOAT in Canberra Confirms He Wants to Return<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a thrilling update for fans of the Green Machine, the man many dub the &#8220;Real GOAT&#8221; of Canberra \u2013 none other than legendary forward Josh Papali\u2019i \u2013 has confirmed he wants to return to the Raiders. After months of speculation surrounding his future, the veteran powerhouse has broken his silence and expressed his deep desire to finish his career in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve bled green my whole career and Canberra is home,\u201d Papali\u2019i said. \u201cThere\u2019s unfinished business here, and I want to be part of bringing success back to this club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Papali\u2019i, who had previously flirted with retirement and external interest, says the bond with the club, coach Ricky Stuart, and the Canberra community was too strong to walk away from. With over 280 NRL games to his name, his leadership, toughness, and experience remain invaluable to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Stuart welcomed the news, calling Papali\u2019i\u2019s loyalty \u201cunmatched\u201d and praising his influence on younger players. \u201cHe\u2019s not just one of the best we\u2019ve ever had \u2013 he\u2019s one of the best in the game, full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Papali\u2019i committing to the green once more, Raiders fans can believe again. The GOAT is back \u2013 and he means business.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026 &nbsp; &nbsp; The Real GOAT in Canberra Confirms He Wants to Return In a thrilling update for fans of the Green Machine, the man many dub the &#8220;Real GOAT&#8221; of Canberra \u2013 none other than legendary forward Josh Papali\u2019i \u2013 has confirmed he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":52011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[701],"class_list":["post-52010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-canberra-raiders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"letsportsrock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"862\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Hembaor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Hembaor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Hembaor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045\"},\"headline\":\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Canberra Raiders\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010\",\"name\":\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045\"},\"description\":\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg\",\"width\":862,\"height\":575},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?p=52010#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"letsportsrock\",\"description\":\"Sport News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045\",\"name\":\"Paul Hembaor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Hembaor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/wp-admin\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.letsportsrock.com\\\/?author=9\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","description":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","og_description":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010","og_site_name":"letsportsrock","article_published_time":"2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":862,"height":575,"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Hembaor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Hembaor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010"},"author":{"name":"Paul Hembaor","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045"},"headline":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","datePublished":"2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010"},"wordCount":241,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg","keywords":["Canberra Raiders"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010","name":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045"},"description":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg","width":862,"height":575},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52010#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Real GOAT in Canberra has confirmed that he wants to return\u2026\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/","name":"letsportsrock","description":"Sport News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/#\/schema\/person\/97aa0f336f5a3ca15a8ec7d78846f045","name":"Paul Hembaor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0574929a03c152e8ea7939c31311f9ea2fe2e06139cd71e2d6e698c217219d60?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Hembaor"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-admin\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?author=9"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c4c92ef1acc47360c6b87919c0033714.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52012,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52010\/revisions\/52012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}