Jarrod Croker admires what Canberra achieved two decades ago, but the skipper wants to make 2016 the start of a new golden era for the NRL club.The second-placed Raiders are looking to add a new chapter to whats already been a history-making season when they play third-placed Cronulla in the first qualifying final at GIO Stadium on Saturday night.They havent been this far since 2012, when they beat the Sharks at home in week one of the finals.That was their sixth win a row; this weekend, theyre chasing their 11th straight win.Its a feat theyve achieved twice before - in 1989/90 and 1994/95, streaks which included their 1989 and 1994 grand final wins.The Green Machine havent enjoyed much success since, but Ricky Stuarts men are on a mission this year.It was obviously a good era back in the late 80s, early 90s, and to be just a small part of that would be great, Croker said on Friday.But we want to create our own history.Weve gone a long way to achieving that ... but weve got a lot more to do and a lot more to prove.Hopefully its just the start of a good future for the club.Statistics dont favour the Raiders, who have won just two of their past 11 finals matches.Six of those losses were by 16 points or more.But Croker, who broke his cheekbone in their 2012 qualifying final against the Sharks and missed their sudden-death loss to South Sydney the following week, said things were different this time.Were in a lot more commanding position this year, he said.The boys have really worked hard to get up here, so were pretty excited to not let that slip.While the Raiders have enjoyed a winning run to the playoffs, the premiership-less Sharks have triumphed only once in their past six matches.But Croker said there was no chance of the Raiders underestimating their task on Saturday.You only have to look at the calibre of player they have - backline and forward pack, he said.Theyve got plenty of experience and plenty of representative players, so they know what big games are about. Jameson Taillon Jersey . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. Chris Archer Pirates Jersey . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. http://www.pittsburghpiratesprostore.us/JB-Shuck-pirates-jersey/ . PAUL, Minn. Dave Parker Pirates Jersey .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. Jordan Lyles Pirates Jersey . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. MONACO -- Radamel Falcao scored twice as Monaco cruised to a 3-0 win over CSKA Moscow to take a big step toward qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages.In his first European game for seven weeks following a lengthy break for concussion, Monacos captain caused havoc in the CSKA defense as the Russian champion remained winless from four games.Valere Germain took advantage of some hapless goalkeeping from Igor Akinfeev to score the 13th-minute opener. The Russian keeper went low to try and stop Germain after he broke through the defense, but the forward knocked the ball first into, then over him and tapped it into the net.Falcao scored Monacos second from a Benjamin Mendy cross in the 29th and then displayed neat footwork to make it 3-0 in the 41st. The Colombia striker played a one-two with Germain before turning CSKAs Pontus Wernbloom and knocking the ball past Akinfeev, who has not kept a clean sheet in 41 straight Champions League appearances.Falcao could haave completed a hat trick in the second half, but shot wide twice from good positions.dddddddddddd Guido Carrillo came on as a substitute for Falcao and hit the post late on.Monaco is now top of Group E with eight points, two more than Bayer Leverkusen after the German side beat Tottenham 1-0 at Wembley. Tottenham has four points.With its already small squad depleted by injuries, CSKA was badly outclassed in midfield and failed to reproduce the battling display from its 1-1 draw with Monaco in Moscow two weeks before.Forward Carlos Strandberg could have scored for CSKA mid-way through the first half but was denied when Monaco keeper Danijel Subasic made a good reaction save with his right foot.CSKA is bottom of the group with two points after a result that will do nothing to quieten the speculation in Russia over coach Leonid Slutskys future. ' ' '