Scrappy football at the end of the game from both sides but nothing really doing at the end and the Rabbitohs take victory on the Central Coast with a 42-22 victory over the Raiders.
Jarrod Croker slots the conversion from close range
All set up on the play previously by Blake Austin who shows and goes and puts the Souths defence in two minds, next play Sezer kicks through the line and Elliot Whitehead gets a double
George Burgess now goes on report and we've got two of the 3 Burgii brothers on report
Aidan Sezer takes the shot at conversion from the touchline but fades it across the face of the posts
A consolation try for the Raiders with a beautiful catch and pass from Aidan Sezer and Blake Austin finding Jarrod Croker who finishes superbly
Adam Reynolds doesn't have any issues with the conversion from next to the uprights
South Sydney veteran bursts through and gets his first try in a long time in game 151
Sam Burgess very lucky not to have been sin binned at the very least after a nasty high tackle. A send off looked likely...
IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG - Burgess takes a Raiders play hard and high and then everything erupts and punches were thrown
Adam Reynolds doesn't hit that conversion too sweetly and it's way off centre
High kick from Reynolds and GI with a glorious over head tap back out to Cook who finds Jennings and scores.
Adam Reynolds swings the conversion in beautifully from the eastern touchline and the touchies raise the flags
Sam Burgess with a great offload finds space and Reynolds throws a great ball finds Gagai who then gets his own beautiful offload to Richie Kennar who scores
Tom Burgess down taking treatment after being collected hard off the ball by Whitehead
Adam Reynolds slots the easy penalty goal and push the margin out to 14
Jarrod Croker takes hold of Angus Crichton before he takes the catch and Adam Gee isn't having any of it and sends the Canberra captain to the bin
Jack Wighton cleverly gets trapped in the ruck and concedes a penalty - GI wants Adam Gee to use the sin bin but it's not used by the referees
The Raiders survive an attacking raid from the Rabbitohs and then get a penalty to help them out
Croker nails the conversion and we're at HT with the Bunnies leading by 12
Right on the stroke of halftime the Raiders try a barge over from Elliot Whitehead and he gets the green TRY from the KFC bunker
Adam Reynolds runs to the line on the last but his kick is only going to end up on the Central Coast Highway behind the southern end of the ground
Sam Burgess penalised for being slow in the ruck - The Raiders on the attack on the Rabbitohs line
Adam Reynolds nails the conversion from right in front
GI reads the Aidan Sezer long ball and runs 80 metres down field and scores untouched
Pressure comes off for the Raiders and then they get a penalty that takes them over halfway
After a penalty on their own line, the Rabbitohs get two more penalties and the Rabbitohs are deep into the attack
PENALTY SOUTHS: Alex Johnston takes the kick in the air and whilst he's in the air Elliott Whitehead takes im with a shoulder in the air
Jarrod Croker slams the conversion over from the eastern touchline and closes the gap to 12
Nick Cotric gets the green lights with the "construction" as Adam Gee being given the all-clear by the general in the Bunker
PENALTY RAIDERS: The Raiders get a much needed penalty with a high tackle ruled against the Rabbitohs
The dropout ends up going 80m with the Bunnies needing to pick the ball up off their own 20
Repeat set coming up for the Rabbitohs after Crichton smashes Wighton in the ingoal
Adam Reynolds knocks over a penalty goal from close range
Adam Reynolds from the eastern touchline and it's a sweet strike at conversion and flags are up
Rabbitohs go left and that's a beautiful sweep play with GI playing a big part and finding Robert Jennings
Fresh set of six on the Raiders line but on tackle 1 of the repeat set the Raiders lose the ball and the Rabbitohs survive
PENALTY RAIDERS: Another ruck infringement this time against Souths
Adam Reynolds slots the conversion from close range and the Rabbitohs extend their lead
The Rabbitohs have targeted Blake Austin's defensive fragility and run at him again and it's come up trumps with Cody Walker getting through to score
A great follow up set from the Rabbitohs to go downfield and force a goalline dropout - this is going to be an end to end game.
Adam Reynolds starts the conversion to the right of the posts and it sticks to the right
The Rabbitohs defence goes left, Joey Leilua rushes up and there's a hole for Alex Johnston who gets through and scores
PENALTY SOUTHS: An early penalty for the Rabbitohs with Adam Gee not happy with the speed of the ruck.
PENALTY SOUTHS: An early penalty for the Rabbitohs with Adam Gee not happy with the speed of the ruck.
Fantastic first set for the Raiders ending up on the Rabbitohs 10m line mainly thanks to a Siliva Havili run mid-set.
Adam Gee calls time on and we're underway in Gosford - Raiders using the ball defending the Southern end of the stadium
Canberra Raiders are out on the field in Gosford, A ground better known hosting A-League in recent years but we've got NRL back on the Central Coast
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Touch Judges: Brett Suttor, Chris McMillan
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Steve Chiddy
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (42)
Tries: Alex Johnston, Cody Walker, Greg Inglis, Richard Kennar, Robert Jennings (2), Jason Clark
Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (6/8)
Penalty Goals: Adam Reynolds (1/1)
CANBERRA RAIDERS (22)
Tries: Nick Cotric, Jarrod Croker, Elliot Whitehead (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (3/3), Aidan Sezer (0/1)
Penalty Goals: