Hudson Young interview | Raiders end losing streak, unsung heroes at the club & more! 05:23

Now last night we were in here calling the Raiders-Warriors game and I must admit it was nice to be in our nice and warm interactive studio because it was very, very cold in Canberra. But the Raiders, they held on for a 20 points to 18 win over the Warriors and Hudson Young, he was fantastic. He scored a double in the first half and I'm pleased to say he joins us on the line right now. G'day Hudson.

G'day, guys. How are we? Mate, very well. Thanks for joining us on a Saturday afternoon on your weekend off after playing on a Friday night. Nice to snap a full-game losing streak. And for you personally, nice to get a couple of meat pies.

Yeah, it was, mate. Obviously, it's been a tough six weeks down here in Canberra, and I think it was our first win since round 13. So it was a massive focus for us going into that game. It was a must win, and yeah, happy to come away with the two points. Yeah, Hudson, you came out of the box really quick, scored two tries in the first 10 minutes on the back of Jamal Fogarty. So it must have been good having him back, particularly the kicking game?

Yeah, 100% Gal. The way that Jamal leads us around the park and you can just tell the last two weeks him jumping in at training and that there was going to be a difference there. He's our leader and having him back out there in his kicking game, you can see just the quality of it, the metres he gets on it and we're able to get into our rhythm off the back of it.

Yeah, Hudson, real strange for most footy fans to see the Raiders not winning home games. And, you know, Ricky always prides himself on the home and his fans and respecting the jersey. But it was great to turn it around last night. But it's really strange not to win all your home games.

Yeah, it is, mate. We had a massive focus on it. That's what the disappointing part is at the moment for us personally. And as a team, we put a massive focus on winning games here for our fans. And we love our community and we love our fans down here. And Sticky's right behind that with the passion that he shows. So for us not turning the results our way sometimes down here this year, we're making a big emphasis on the back end of this season, making sure that we get that rolling.

I love watching you play because you are a try-scoring machine, Hudson Young. Not that I gamble on football, but you are an any-time try-scoring specialist. You've scored nine this year, which I think is equal first in your side with Xavier Savage, who I think has also scored nine. You're just always a threat on the fringe. You're very, very, very good at it, mate.

Yeah, it's something I pride myself on, mate, is just hanging around the footy and love just going out there and playing footy. And sometimes I make the wrong thing, mate, trying too hard. But that's what I try and do is just hang around the footy and try and always be a threat there. Sorry, I just want to ask you, some of these young blokes who we don't know a great deal about, like I don't know much about Morgan Smith. He's played the whole season with you and he's done very well. He's an Englishman, right?

Yeah, he played over there in the Super League for Wigan for plenty of years and won a few comps over there. So having his experience in that in the team, I think he's only still 22 or 23. So he's still only young and I feel like he's had a great start to his NRL career and he's only going to get better as well. Well, Hudson, I'm going the other way, not the young guys, but some of the older guys. Joey DePine was fantastic last night, but Jordan Rapida, he's like 34 or 35 years of age. He's still flying.

Fine wine old Giorno, isn't he? Yeah, he's going good, mate. He loves it, doesn't he? He loves it. How's he, like, is he a leader at training or just on the field? What's he like around training? Yeah, he doesn't say too much in terms of leadership stuff, but he leads through his actions and he's a player that you get excited to play with and having him in the team when you run out, you know you're always in better hands and you see how much effort he puts in and how much...

Passion he plays for the jersey and how much he loves the club and his teammates. And he's the same off the field as well. He's such a great bloke. Yeah, Hudson, talk about your teammates. I had a little bit to do with him last year at Manly KO Weeks. He surprised me. I knew he was a super athlete and really competitive, but he's had a fantastic year for you.

Yeah, he's been massive, mate. Obviously, come in and did a job for Jamal in the halves and now moved to fullback as well. And I'm pretty sure that in the juniors that he comes through as a fullback. So he's feeling right at home there and his communication and his ball playing skills are just getting better. And we've all seen how fast he is. And yeah, I feel like he's had a great season. Mate, we've just about mentioned every player on the Raiders side here, but I want to give special mention to Jamal.

Adam Mariota. I mean, he's Harry Highpants. Does he pull his pants up as high as possible in the sheds before a game or something? Because we have labelled him Harry Highpants. Well, that's what we call him on the call. I don't know if his shorts are big enough to get past his big legs. Really?

Well, they are, mate, because he's got them up around his boobies. Glad you said legs. I was a bit worried about that one as well. Good luck to him. I might start that joke on Monday. Well, mate, when we call him the games, we call him Harry Eyepants. That's how high they are. So either way, he's fantastic for Canberra. I reckon Ricky Stewart would have been really happy with that performance last night.

off the back of a New South Wales victory on Wednesday night as well. Hudson, keep doing what you're doing, mate. You've snapped the four-game losing streak. You're still in the mix for a top-eight spot as we lead into the finals, and you enjoy your rest of the weekend. Thanks for joining us. Cheers, guys. Thanks for having me on. Good on you, mate. That's Hudson Young from the Raiders. They beat the Warriors last night by 20 points to 18.