Rapana loses the ball and the Sea Eagles hold on for a tough win.
Horsburgh almost gets to the line.
Another penalty.
Manly down to 12 men.
Boyle is in the bin for being offside from the penalty.
Raiders penalty.
The Raiders have the ball inside their own half.
Wighton is tackled a metre out from the tryline.
The Raiders are a metre out.
Garrick bats the ball dead after a brilliant kick from Josh Hodgson.
Cotric gets over halfway.
DCE looks to find the sideline, but the Raiders keep the ball in play.
Hodgson goes high, but Turbo is up to the task.
Croker hits the posts.
Josh Papalii and Jack Wighton with some individual brilliance to put the captain over for his second of the day.
We've got a game!
DCE goes high as CNK gets out to his 20 metre line.
The Sea Eagles are out beyond a converted try.
Trbojevic charges over for a decisive score.
Walker goes close to scoring.
The Sea Eagles get a penalty 10 metres out from the Raiders' line.
The Raiders come up with a forward pass inside their own half.
There's plenty of feeling in this match.
Jake Trobjevic loses the ball.
Manly get a penalty.
Whitehead loses the ball close to the tryline.
Rapana takes a quick tap after being collected high by Morgan Boyle.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is collected just over his 10 metre line.
Hodgson goes high, but Turbo is up to the task.
No Try - Trbojevic is deemed to have dropped the ball while grounding.
The bunker will check the grounding.
Tom Trbojevic has scored!
Jack Gosiewski and Jack Wighton have a push and shove.
The Sea Eagles get a penalty inside the Raiders' 10 metre zone.
Young comes up with an error to give the Sea Eagles a chance inside the Raiders' half.
Garrick almost gets a second but the ball goes over the sideline.
Fainu almost gets to the line.
Dumb play from Leilua to hit Walker without the ball.
The Sea Eagles get a penalty on halfway after Dylan Walker was taken out without the ball.
Sezer tries a short kick, but Turbo is on the spot to clean up.
Hudson Young is on for the Raiders.
From in front, Garrick puts the visitors ahead for the first time.
Garrick converts to lock the scores up.
Leilua has been placed on report.
8 POINT TRY - Joseph Leilua drops his knees into Garrick.
Jack Gosweiski has come up with an intercept to send Reuben Garrick over for a try.
INTERCEPT
Corey Horsburgh loses possession but the referee deems the knock on against the Sea Eagles.
The Raiders get a penalty coming out of their own end.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad does well to deny Tom Trbojevic with a brilliant catch.
Sezer finds touch inside the Sea Eagles half.
Josh Hodgson is down.
Croker converts to score his 200th point of the season.
The Raiders will look to establish a six point lead.
The Raiders get a penalty 20 metres out.
Sezer goes high and gets a result after Taufua knocks on.
Cherry-Evans goes long as Rapana is collected on the 20 metre line.
Brendan Elliot does well to field a Josh Hodgson chip.
Corey Horsburgh takes the first run of the second half.
The Raiders take an 8-4 lead to the change of ends.
Garrick nails the kick from 42 metres out.
The Sea Eagles will take a shot at penalty goal from long range.
Corey Waddell gets a penalty just over halfway.
Garrick gets the visitors on the board.
The Sea Eagles elect to take the points on offer.
The Sea Eagles get a penalty 10 metres out from the Raiders' line.
Joel Thompson is off with a possible broken arm.
The Sea Eagles get a penalty after the Raiders fail to play the ball correctly.
Jordan Rapana will be back on momentarily after passing a HIA test.
Croker puts the Raiders up 8-0.
Jarrod Croker will look to extend their lead beyond a converted try.
The Raiders get a penalty from in front of the posts.
Dunamis Lui almost burrows his way over the line.
Leilua gets a penalty close to the try-line.
The Raiders get a penalty inside their own end.
Moses Suli out for the match with an ankle injury.
Corey Waddell is tackled on the last.
Addin Fonua-Blake takes the Sea Eagles over halfway with a great run.
Wighton finds touch a metre out from the Sea Eagles' goal line.
Croker comes up with a try-saving tackle to deny Garrick metres out from the try-line.
Reuben Garrick loses the ball with the line in sight.
Corey Waddell gets a penalty 10 metres out from the try line.
The Sea Eagles get a penalty 40 metres out from the Raiders' line.
Bailey Simonsson is on for Jordan Rapana.
The Sea Eagles come up with a penalty coming out of their own end.
Moses Suli is off.
Dylan Walker kicks the ball dead to give the Raiders a seven tackle set.
Moses Suli is down with a leg injury.
Ryan Sutton drops a Jordan Rapana pass inside the Sea Eagles' half.
The Sea Eagles kick the ball out on the full to gift the Raiders a penalty on halfway.
Croker adds the extras to give the home side a 6-0 lead.
Croker runs onto an offload from Whitehead to put the Raiders on the board.
Both teams denied tries in the space of a minute.
Dylan Walker is denied a try for an obstruction.
The Sea Eagles receive a penalty and find touch inside the Raiders' half.
Wighton loses possession over the line - big let off for the Sea Eagles.
Wighton is claiming a try, but the referee wants to determine whether the Raiders #6 has lost the ball in the act of grounding.
Jack Wighton is over!
Ryan Sutton is down after strong contact from Martin Taupau and Addin Fonua-Blake.
The Raiders find touch on halfway from a penalty.
The Sea Eagles squander DCE's 40/20 by coming up with an error 10 metres out from the Raiders' line.
Cherry-Evans fires a massive shot to put the Sea Eagles on the attack.
Hodgson drives the ball downfield.
Tom Trbojevic is collected in a great tackle by Jarrod Croker inside the Raiders' half.
Sezer fires a cut-out pass that goes over the sideline.
The Raiders get a penalty coming out of their own end.
Cherry-Evans finds touch just over the Raider's 20 metre line.
Tom Trbojevic does well to shut down a Jack Wighton attacking kick.
Nick Cotric earns a penalty inside his own half.
Tom Trbojevic is met in a good tackle by Jack Wighton.
Daly Cherry-Evans goes long as CNK is collected just short of his 30 metre line.
Tom Trbojevic does well to field Aidan Sezer's grubber inside the field of play.
The Raiders get a penalty coming out of their own end.
Josh Hodgson can't hold onto Iosia Soliola's offload, resulting in the Sea Eagles packing a scrum inside the Raider's half.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad collects Dylan Walker's bomb in-goal to gift the Raiders a seven tackle set.
Addin Fonua-Blake takes the first carry of the afternoon.
Jarrod Croker leads the Canberra Raiders onto GIO Stadium.
Daly Cherry-Evans takes the Manly Sea Eagles out to a hostile reception.
A win would see the Raiders all but guarantee a top four finish, while the Sea Eagles will surpass South Sydney into fourth position at the conclusion of the round with victory.
The Raiders come into today’s clash following a club defining victory against the Storm in Melbourne last Saturday, while the Sea Eagles proved too strong at home for the Tigers last Thursday.
The Sea Eagles have dominated clashes against the Raiders over the past 15 years - winning 17 of 24 matches - including six from nine at GIO Stadium.
Both teams will line up as per program for the highly anticipated clash between third and fifth.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 23 Sunday Afternoon Football between the Canberra Raiders and the Manly Sea Eagles from GIO Stadium.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea
CANBERRA RAIDERS (14)
Tries: Jarrod Croker (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Jarrod Croker (2/2)
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (18)
Tries: Reuben Garrick, Jake Trbojevic
Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (2/2)
Penalty Goals: Reuben Garrick (3/3)