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PENALTY SHARKS - Mulitalo close to the left sideline loses the ball over the sideline. Sharks are successful with their challenge as it was an illegal strip and that the ball went out off the Raiders.

We're off to the bunker to see who grounded the soap...err ball.

PENALTY SHARKS - They get a full set within the Raiders 35m

Now there's some disagreement. It appears that the Sharks players prefer traffic lights to roundabouts, which was met with some energetic opposition by Raiders players

First Raiders tackle of the set and they knock on.

Dugan's bottom goes into touch, 4m inside the Raiders half.

Raiders drop it cold now.

SCRUM RAIDERS - sets on halfway

Nikora makes a half break and loses the ball as he tries to get his arm free.

Katoa gets taken into touch via a backline move that was never on

PENALTY SHARKS - Young with a strip after held was called. Sharks now 20m from the Raiders line with a full set

PENALTY SHARKS - Rudolf tackled on suspiscion, 20m from the Raiders line.

SCRUM SHARKS - Simonsson knock on

Unsuccessful challenge. Raiders welcomed the break though.

Simonsson drops the ball. RUled knock-on. Raiders challenging.

Raiders end of sets getting poorer. Sharks starting to lift. a little

CNK has cramping issues.

Play stopped so that Wighton can have a drink and order something from Menulog.

SCRUM RAIDERS - Rapana dancing around, going nowhere and throws a pass to Whitehead and as Rapana runs past him, he knocks the ball accidentally out of his team mates hands.

This time Graham grubbers and CNK is equal to it, but is tackled by SImonsson, oddly enough. Raiders drop out

Moylan's grubber is collected b y CNK, who is immediately trapped ingoal. Raiders drop out.

SCRUM SHARKS - Townsend's booming high kick is dropped by CNK, 15m from his own line.

Rapana gets taken into touch. Raiders panicky in attack while the Sharks defence just keeps turning up.

SCRUM RAIDERS - Hiroti then gets crunched by James at the start of the Sharks set and he drops it cold.

First play off the scrum and Wighton runs it himself and drops it.

SCRUM RAIDERS - Williams kicks low and Moylan knocks it on, 5m from his own line.

Townsend drops a poor pass on the last, 8m inside the Raiders half,.

SET RESTART SHARKS - Essentially they got one extra tackle.

SCRUM SHARKS - 10m from their own line

SET RESTART RAIDERS and a split second after it was awarded, Wighton dropped it cold

PENALTY RAIDERS - Wighton has a go at the line himself but he's outnumbered. The Sharks defence strip the ball off him illegally.

SCRUM RAIDERS - Sharks start the second half with a knock on by Hiroti, 25m from the Sharks line.

40 minutes left in Round 2

Nikora kicks the ball dead in goal. Sharks drop out. Again.

Tolman drops the ball hitting it up from the drop out.

Townsend with a good grubber and Simonsson has to force the ball ingoal. Raiders drop out.

Hodgson drops it cold. Brailey cleans it up.

Raiders trying to get the ball out to the far left quickly, but the last pass is knocked down by Mulitalo and it goes into touch, 10m from the Sharks line

Sharks stroll through the Raiders middle courtesy of Nikora, who linked with Kennedy, who popped up a pass for support that was never there.

SET RESTART RAIDERS - Deep inside their own half.

CNK struggling in backplay

PENALTY SHARKS - High tackle. Sharks find touch 8m shy of halfway

Kennedy cleans up a kick in the Sharks in goal, gets into the field of play but then pushed back. Sharks drop out.

Canberra push another pass and the Sharks come up with it.

PENALTY RAIDERS - Wighton runs on the last and is tackled high over the shoulder.

Canberra gets a full set inside the Sharks 10m

Both sides playing as if its 25 degrees on a fast dry track in the Sunday sun. End to end action. Breaks aplenty

SCRUM RAIDERS - Sharks again get into good attacking position and this time Brailey knocks on.

Raiders run it on the last 10m from the Sharks line and nothing happens.

SCRUM RAIDERS - On the play after the Sharks break, they knock the ball on.

Sharks turn defence into attack. A grubber by Wighton was picked up by Kennedy who then made a clean break up to halfway and passed inside to Hiroti who was tackled 15m inside the Raiders half.

Williams with a grubber forces a Sharks drop out.

SCRUM RAIDERS - Canberra with a full set inside the Sharks 15m

Both sides playing low risk footy at this stage

Raiders get us underway for the last match of the round