Round 21, 1993: Canberra 68 Parramatta 0

With three wins and three losses to open the ’93 season there was little indication the Raiders could be a force but victories over Canterbury, Easts and Gold Coast got the ball rolling and by the time they arrived at Bruce Stadium for a Round 21 clash with Parramatta they had lost just once in 14 outings.

Superstar Clyde was back in the fold after two months out with a knee injury, scoring a try in the 12th minute as the home side cruised to a 30-0 lead at the break.

Then disaster struck.

With the rampant Raiders on their way to their biggest ever win (68-0), and the finals just a fortnight away, Stuart suffered a horrific ankle injury that would end his season.

“I just wish I had taken Tim’s advice at half-time. He said to me come off and have a rest because we’d had a pretty hectic season. I said, ‘give me 10 more minutes and I will come off'. I ended up breaking my leg and having a full reconstruction on my ankle,” Stuart recalled years later.

"It was the best year of football I had, I hit a purple patch and couldn’t do anything wrong. It was one of those years where you’d chip kick and the ball would bounce back to you and you would catch it in one hand… we should have won the comp that year."