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Lui has sealed this game, he's stripped the ball from Tatola.
Walker's pass for Johns is deflected forward by Williams. A scrum now for South Sydney.
Su'A drops the ball, backwards, Croker tries a pickup and knocks it on.
The Raiders go for a try from a George Williams grubber, it goes dead and a seven tackle set coming up.
Will they set up for a field goal?
That's a heartbreaking error from Graham. He's dropped the pass from the scrum.
The Raiders are just getting by on these sets, but a Wighton kick on the last trickles over the sideline for a 10m scrum. Huge play to give his team a breather.
Reynolds down in back play at the end of the set. He participates on play five in a groggy state, Walker passes to him and Reynolds throws the ball over the sideline.
Williams now has to kick from inside his 20m zone, South Sydney could force golden point here.
54m on the set from the Rabbitohs. Reynolds' bomb bounces in the in-goal and the Raiders just manage to get out of their for tackle one.
Tom Burgess comes out of thel ine and whacks Papalii. Wighton kicks from inside his 30m. If last week is a lesson to go by, whacking Papalii is a bad idea from South Sydney.
Rapana is now coming from the field, Tapine goes back on the field.
Koloamtangi loses the ball on contact from Wighton, big play for the momentum of the match. Knock-on. The Rabbitohs are using their captain's challenge. The challenge is unsuccessful.
Rapana is allowed to stay on the field, for now. Surely he must come off. PENALTY RABBITOHS. Croker was offside on the previous play.
55m on the set and Reynolds comes up with a smart grubber between to Raiders defenders. Valemi and Rapana make a nasty clash and Croker comes in to save the day.
PENALTY RABBITOHS. George Williams kicks to Corey Allan, Cotric is too late to push him into touch.
Reynolds kicks early from inside the 40m, Rapana well positioned to cut off any potential 40/20.
Jack Wighton pulls away from the defensive line but Adam Reynolds manages to pull him down. On the last Canberra goes through the hands on the short side to Semi but he runs out of space and is put in touch.
Smith-Shields reels in a Walker chip and chase on the last. Moments later South Sydney are offside while rushing up, penalty given.
Now the Rabbitohs on the attack in the Raiders half.
Word on CNK is a compound dislocation of his finger.
The trainer gives Tom the all clear.
Play is stopped again. It's Burgess who hasn't moved off the ground from a tackle.
Burgess comes up with the run of the night on the dropout return, gets South Sydney up to 15m out. The Rabbitohs lose their way in the set and credit to the Raiders defence for turning them away.
Adam Reynolds uses tackle two for a grubber kick towards the wing. Semi is clearly first to the ball and bumps it dead. Goal-line dropout coming up.
SIX AGAIN PENALTY RABBITOHS. Given 10m from the tryline.
PENALTY RABBITOHS. The Raiders have created an obstruction through Ryan Sutton and looked to gain an advantage from it.
Gagai on a routine hit-up has lost the ball, Starling in the tackle. Knock-on, scrum.
Once again Williams kicks long early, play four this time and finds the grass.
Thomas Burgess gets too eager for a try as an attempted put down is short. The Rabbitohs use their captain's challenge and are unsuccessful.
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Struggling for metres on the set the Raiders kick long on play five, Williams finds the grass with it.
Croker under wet conditions nails the left sideline conversion of Semi's first NRL try.
Another kick deflection looks to have set up another try! Just a few metres from the line, Whitehead at dummy-half goes for a short side grubber kick, it deflects up to the winger Semi Valemi and he pushes his way over the tryline. Reviewed by the Bunker and it's all clear.
SIX AGAIN RAIDERS. Adam Reynolds held on too long in the tackle.
PENALTY RAIDERS. South Sydney offside from the scrum.
Two bad passes in two minutes from Cook, this one ruled forward and there's no argument to be made there.
PENALTY RABBITOHS. Straight from the scrum, slows the play down.
Rain now becoming a factor for the rest of this game.
Cook to Walker on play four is well contained. Then on the last Cook's pass to Reynolds is a shocker, Reynolds kicks without handling the footy and it's knocked-on by Croker. Lucky break for South Sydney.
The Raiders barely get out of the 30m zone before kick long, which has gone out on the full from Wighton.
Here comes Johns off the field for a HIA.
Rapana goes straight to fullback and is needed to take a Reynolds attacking bomb on the last.
CNK is straight off. Smith-Shields on debut comes on to the field. Jack Johns still on the field we think.
A much better looking Raiders set there, perhaps their best of the night. CNK has a problem with has what looks to be an ugly cut/broken finger. Jack Johns was left behind and is struggling to return to the defensive line. Friendly fire head knock.
A Lui offload gets the struggling Raiders up over halfway before the last. PENALTY RAIDERS. Nicholls makes late contact on the kicker, the penalty comes from where the ball lands which is 20m out and to the left of the posts. Croker converts.
Strong set for South Sydney but ends with a kick not well chased. Walker comes up with a one-on-one tackle on CNK.
That last update was for a Raiders set, apologies.
Only 22m on the set for the Rabbitohs before the kick, heavy pressure on Wighton while getting the kick away.
Tom Starling drives Murray back deep in the set to halt momentum. Cotric gets up high to securely take the last tackle bomb.
CNK with a free arm offloads too far in front of George Williams to reel in, knock-on.
PENALTY RAIDERS. A weird tackle without the ball ruling on Jaxson Paulo. It sets up a full Raiders set inside the South Sydney half.
CNK pokes his nose through the line on an early hit-up, good signs for Canberra.
We're back underway, Raiders receive the kickoff.
That brings us to half-time!
South Sydney are exploring lots of short side attacking raids. They do so again on the last, but they're too far away from the tryline to cause trouble and CNK cleans up.
The Raiders look ready for half-time as they played a basic set and kicked long.
The Rabbitohs go end-to-end on the set and by the last they attack left and a late ball for Sironen is dropped.
Lui or Luai? Dunamis Lui has engaged the Rabbitohs line from first receiver and served up a lovely ball for Whitehead to split the line and score. But the Bunker has reviewed the play and denied the try because of contact with Damien Cook off the ball causing interference by Ryan Sutton.
Hame Sele losses the ball on his hit-up, Wighton got in a great position in the tackle to force the ball out. Scrum.
Wighton uses the last tackle to kick for Cotric's wing. Safely taken by the Rabbitohs.
A one-on-one strip sees the Raiders regain possession.
Alex Johnston has failed his HIA.
Ryan Sutton loses the ball in the tackle. Canberra use a captain's challenge on the play, but it's unsuccessful.
PENALTY RAIDERS. Rabbitohs offside.
The Rabbitohs set up for a last tackle play through Reynolds' edge once again, Croker intercepts the grubber kick and is tackle metres from his goal-line.
A Jaydn Su'A tackle forces the ball out of Wighton's hands, knock-on.
Canberra march their way up into attacking position. On the last they push the ball through the hands, but they come up short and a pass saved by Rapana has gone to Allan to make 20m.
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Still looking dangerous is South Sydney. 58m gained on the set and Reynolds finishes the set with a brilliant swirling bomb. Equally as good a catch at the back.
An average set from Canberra, trying their best after a run of possession against them.
On the last the Rabbitohs go high for CNK and he takes it well. It's been a while since the Raiders have had possesion.
That's now 1500 career points for Adam Reynolds.
It was way too much pressure for the Raiders to deal with. Reynolds gets Su'A the ball on his hole run and he gets the arms free to come back to Reynolds to scurry towards the posts for the four-pointer.
SIX AGAIN PENALTY RABBITOHS X2. Holding down too long on Tatola and Murray. Murray's coming on strong in this game.
PENALTY RABBITOHS. The ball comes loose from a Burgess run and it's ruled to have been raked out by the Raiders.
A delightful kick from the left sideline goes between the posts.
A quick play the ball from George Burgess allows Cook to dart from the ruck, he links up with his left edge and through the hands the ball gets to Gagai for a try in the corner. The play was reviewed by the Bunker for the put down and it's all clear.
Croker finds some space on the left edge in his own half and a flick pass for Whitehead is dropped.
Su'a and Graham on the right looking dangerous with some silky ball movement. The kick choice on the last let all the pressure off.
South Sydney's upped their intensity, only allowing 17 run metres on the Raiders set.
Heavy contact for Johns on his first hit-up, very much a welcome to the NRL tackle.
The Raiders regain the advantage on the restart, pushing the Rabbitohs back.
Alex Johnston is coming from the field for a HIA. Jack Johns is out there now for his NRL debut.
51m gained on the Rabbitohs set. Reynolds also goes high and only Johnston attempts the catch and gains the footy. Play is now stopped though as he was immediately tackled and his head made heavy contact with the ground.
A decent first set after points. Wighton puts up a testing bomb on the last but Allan was up to the challenge.
Easy conversion for Croker. He's only missed six goals all season.
The Rabbitohs force the Raiders to play six but Wighton's kick to the in-goal is deflected by Reynolds, scooped up by Croker to dive over the tryline.
PENALTY RAIDERS. No professional foul, but the Raiders get to set up for a full set.
A wild end of set there! The Rabbitohs struggle for metres, kick long and Canberra were set to have not recovered the kick but the bounce goes to the supporting player (Wighton). Croker breaks 40m down field and momentum's with Canberra now.
45m gained on the Canberra set. Trapping Paulo deep in his corner.
Oh no! Johnston set up Jaxson Paulo for a shot at a try but the ball's slipped through his fingers and into touch.
Wighton looks to play fast off a Havili hit-up but he's lost the ball on contact, decent chance for the Rabbitohs.
From the right touchline the kick is slightly off to the left.
Jack Wighton uses play six to kick across the field from 15m out. The ball isn't taken on the full, Rapana deflects it, it bounces closest to Cotric and he evades one defender to score in the corner.
SIX AGAIN PENALTY RAIDERS. Not much threatening about the Raiders but the Rabbitohs have conceded the penalty.
Josh Papalii adding some intensity to this contest with a shot on Alex Johnston.
The Raiders get to halfway and find Corey Allan in the corner on the kick.
A confusion couple of minutes, the Raiders touched the ball and gave away another set. Then Cody Walker has thrown a ball for Corey Allan that's gone over the sideline.
PENALTY RAIDERS. It looked like a dangerous legs tackle from Cameron Murray.
The Rabbitohs with the ball from kickoff, a quick set straight up the middle for the away side.
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Matt Noyen
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie
CANBERRA RAIDERS (18)
Tries: Nick Cotric, Jarrod Croker, Semi Valemi
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Jarrod Croker (1/1)
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (12)
Tries: Dane Gagai, Adam Reynolds
Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (2/2)
Penalty Goals: