On one of the coaches crammed with fans and heading to the NRL grand final this weekend, there's a good chance the youngsters aboard will hear something they've never heard before: the old Raiders' theme song.
Singing it in wonderful harmony will be 82-year-old Ellie Mowlam and 78-year-old Pam Kearins, who know every word.
That's because they've been singing it together for quite some years.
The two loyal, green-haired club supporters, "members from day one when the team started", have booked their coach tickets and stadium seats for the big match and can't wait for the big day.
"We're way up high in the grandstand somewhere but we're told they have a lift to take us up, which is important at our age," Ms Mowlam said.
The pair have known each other for decades, having met when their children went to school together at St Thomas the Apostle In Kambah. They shared duties in the canteen, stalls at school fetes, and, of course, an unbridled support for the Raiders.
But it wasn't always that way.
"I grew up in Newtown so you always supported your local team but when they kicked the Blues out of the rugby league competition, I had to support someone so I became a Magpies' supporter," Ms Mowlam said.
"And I supported St George, because my father played juniors for them, and I also liked Balmain," Ms Kearin added.
"But not any more; there's only one team for us now."
Both have lived in Tuggeranong since the housing trickled out at Kambah Village and beyond that lay a few lonely roads through dense bushland. A trip to the nearby river at Pine Island was venturing into the scrub and to visit the Cotter was a grand day's adventure.
The pair well recall the early days of the Raiders playing at Seiffert Oval.
"That first season was difficult; the team wasn't expected to win many games back then," Ms Mowlam said.
"It took us a while to score tries, too, but we did beat Newtown in that first year and a few others."
If you're a Canberran and you support an NRL team from elsewhere, then don't expect much sporting empathy from these two ladies.
Their team loyalty may create a little mischief, too, from time to time. A friend and fierce St George supporter had his garden festooned with green streamers and the cabin of his car crammed tight with green balloons.
"It's all in good fun," Ms Mowlam said.
While their much-loved Raiders player from yesteryear was Bradley Clyde, Sia Soliola is now a big favourite as is the captain, Jarrod Croker, who is "out on his own".
The two old friends, who attend every home game, also put paid to any suggestion that rugby league fosters a "blokey" supporter base.
"Not at all; in fact in our families, the husbands don't go to the games," Ms Mowlam said.
"Among our group. it's the women who go along and show the most support."
