Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sat March 27, 2021
Round 3 - GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce / Ngunnawal - Crowd: 13456
80min

Warriors have eight seconds. One simple hit-up. FULLTIME! Wow! Wow! Wow!

80min

RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Rapana went airborne. He looked certain to get it down. In comes a diving RTS who knocks it away! FULL-TIME!

80min

Raiders spread it left. Big looping pass to Rapana. He dives to line. HAS HE GOT THERE.

80min

Raiders have one final chance.. if they can get the short kick-off right! They have it!

79min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Kodi Nikorima.

Nikorima has the kick to waste more time. He crept it inside the post.

Warriors lead Raiders 31 - 34 Warriors
78min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Adam Pompey. Kick to come.

Warriors spread it right. Pompey ignores the man and goes himself. He dives over.

Warriors lead Raiders 31 - 32 Warriors
77min

Nikorima gets SET RESTART! Warriors have a full set to win this!

77min

Raiders just make six straight rucks. On last, Starling just dives for the ground. Handover. Warriors have to go the distance.

76min

No thought of the two. Hodgson will tap it. Six tackles to finish this game off.

76min

Warriors go short! Well, it was too deep. Caught and it was thrown away! Simmonsson makes the catch.. and throws it away. CHALLENGE from the Raiders. Calling for a tackle in mid-air. SUCCESSFUL! PENALTY RAIDERS!

75min

Raiders finish the set with Wighton bombing it right on the line. RTS just gets out. Next tackle, Fusitu'a is driven back. Dropout.

74min

Warriors try to spread it left. Pompey got through and loses it.CHALLENGE! Warriors don't think he knocked it on. Crowd might riot if he is successful. Going through it. UNSUCCESSFUL.

70min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Kodi Nikorima.

Nikorima with the shot to put them within three points. Kept it straight and over.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 28 Warriors
70min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck. Kick to come.

RTS has been a workhorse all afternoon and gets himself on the scoresheet. It was a nice offload and the fullback swoops.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 26 Warriors
68min

Warriors force a repeat set there. O'Sullivan dribbles one behind. Wighton is there and covers up.

66min

Sean O'Sullivan pokes his nose through but his pass to RTS is low and knocked on.

64min

Warriors go short side on last and messed it up.

63min

The natives are restless in the nation's capital! They booed every tackle in that Raiders set.

62min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Kodi Nikorima.

Nikorima kicks it. They were within nine now.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 22 Warriors
60min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Ben Murdoch-Masila. Kick to come.

Warriors are back in this! Nikorima again takes the line on, ran and ran, floats one to Murdoch-Masila who dives over. Fans are calling it forward. Referee awards it.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 20 Warriors
58min

PENALTY RAIDERS! High tackle. Big reprieve for the Raiders.

56min

Warriors have played a lot of flat passes but this one goes awry.

55min

Warriors just chug over halfway and got themselves a restart.

54min

Warriors were just rolling downfield in that set. It finished with a kick that hits the post and into the hands of Croker.

53min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Kodi Nikorima.

Nikorima converts.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 16 Warriors
52min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Bayley Sironen. Kick to come.

Put that down to Ben Murdoch-Masila. He streaked through, gave it to RTS, who jinked and spun before he is captured by George Williams. Tackles later, Sironen crosses after a restart.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 14 Warriors
49min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker puts the margin back to 19.

Raiders lead Raiders 31 - 10 Warriors
49min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Elliott Whitehead. Kick to come.

Whitehead got there not Hodgson

Raiders lead Raiders 29 - 10 Warriors
45min

The worries continue for the Raiders. Curtis Scott is nursing a floating rib injury and in the last set, Nicoll-Klokstad was down clutching a shoulder.

44min

Conversion: Warriors
Attempted by Kodi Nikorima.

Nikorima has a chance to convert his own effort. Misses it.

Raiders lead Raiders 25 - 10 Warriors
42min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Kodi Nikorima. Kick to come.

Kodi Nikorima started it and finishes the four-pointer in style! He drifted right, offloaded, stayed alive and sliced through.

Raiders lead Raiders 25 - 10 Warriors
40min

We're back for the second half! Warriors need to dig up, out of their hole! Down 19 points and taking on a Raiders side that is wounded.

40min

Field Goal: Raiders
Kicked by George Williams.

Williams puts the exclamation point on a superb first half from the Raiders!

Raiders lead Raiders 25 - 6 Warriors
39min

Raiders have the ball on a string. Williams takes it right to the line, finds his man, and Rapana toes ahead for the dropout.

38min

Warriors tried to go through the middle. Murdoch-Masila charges through the line but is captured. Last tackle kick is over the sideline. Seven tackle set.

35min

Kris now confirmed out. Warriors finally have the ball back again. They were about to send a missing person's report for it.

34min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker from mid range again. No mistake.

Raiders lead Raiders 24 - 6 Warriors
32min

Try: Raiders
Scored by George Williams. Kick to come.

Green Machine is churning out the points! Williams dummies, hits the afterburners and rolls over.

Raiders lead Raiders 22 - 6 Warriors
31min

Oh dear. Warriors kick it out on the full!

30min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Another easy kick and Croker boots it easily.

Raiders lead Raiders 18 - 6 Warriors
29min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Iosia Soliola. Kick to come.

Raiders going the power route! Passes close to the post and Soliola crashes over.

Raiders lead Raiders 16 - 6 Warriors
28min

PENALTY RAIDERS! Now they get a penalty. James is OUT for the contest with his HIA. Seb Kris is still tough-and-go. Ankle ligaments for Joseph Tapine.

27min

Warriors get the set restart but cough it up!

26min

Warriors have probed again. It was a double knock on. First came from Croker.

25min

PENALTY WARRIORS! Shoulder charge from Papalii.

24min

Wighton straightens up to take the line on again. He slices through but forgot the ball.

23min

PENALTY RAIDERS! Tevaga and Hiku go above the horizontal. Penalty and nothing else.

23min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker raises the flags again.

Raiders lead Raiders 12 - 6 Warriors
21min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Ryan Sutton. Kick to come.

Raiders keep it close to the sticks and Ryan Sutton crashes over.. and takes the post with him!

Raiders lead Raiders 10 - 6 Warriors
20min

Hodgson dabs the perfect kick which traps RTS in-goal. He was waiting for some spin but no dice.

18min

Magic from RTS. Somehow he trips the light fantastic and avoids the sideline. Warriors keep the ball. RTS almost had a try in their previous set after a set play with Sean O'Sullivan

16min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker resumes kicking duties for the Raiders. He keeps it low and over.

Tied up at Raiders 6 - 6 Warriors
15min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jack Wighton. Kick to come.

Jack Wighton takes them on and takes the points. Straightened at the last moment and slices through.

Warriors lead Raiders 4 - 6 Warriors
13min

Raiders get a better attacking kick this time and David Fusitu'a knocks on.

12min

Time off again. Some friendly fire from Ryan James and Sebastian Kris sees both men down after a headclash. Both will surely go off for a HIA. Raiders might be down to a single man on the bench.

11min

Raiders counter! Warriors tried to get too expansive.. offload goes to ground. Off goes Rapana, he steadies and finds Nicoll-Klokstad who is wrapped up. Williams dribbles a kick in which goes dead.

10min

Time off! Joseph Tapine was prone for a whole set. Once Raiders have taken possession, time is called off. He is limping off the field and Ryan James makes his way onto the field.

8min

Warriors are pushing forward at ease. Jazz Tevaga brushed off defenders at will then on last, it took a circus act but the Raiders clear.

6min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Kodi Nikorima.

Nikorima from mid range. He raises the flags.

Warriors lead Raiders 0 - 6 Warriors
6min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Addin Fonua-Blake. Kick to come.

Warriors with some slick ball work. Fonua-Blake steams into the gap and opens the scoring!

Warriors lead Raiders 0 - 4 Warriors
5min

Warriors showing some early spirit here. Get a repeat set after a touch.. it leads to.

3min

Seb Kris with a wonderful take to beat RTS to the ball. The centre-cum-forward almost rolled to the line but RTS recovered in time.

1min

Jazz was out of tune on that carry. The lock spills it and the Raiders make up for their mistake.

KICK-OFF! Warriors strut to the ball and the kick bounces and goes out! Dropout!

Here come the Warriors onto the manicured surface in Canberra. Addin Fonua-Blake is near the front of the charge in his 100th game of NRL football. Next of course, is the clap, the viking one that is! Done by Robbie Giteau who gets the crowd rocking and rolling before the familiar strains of 'green machine' bring the home side onto the paddock! Ready to try and get a three and zero record for the season against a gritty Warriors outfit.

It's Saturday, Saturday.. gotta get down on Saturday. By down, I mean watch all three games of Rugba League! We start in the nation's captial! Canberra have had a muted but 2 and 0 start to the season while the Warriors fell back to earth after their first up shock against the Titans. Raiders have shuffled their back to include a back there (Sebastian Kris) while the Warriors are without Chanel Harris-Tavita so it makes for an intriguing contest to watch! Strap in and enjoy!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Henry Perenara

Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Drew Oultram

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy

CANBERRA RAIDERS (31)
Tries: Jack Wighton, Ryan Sutton, Iosia Soliola, George Williams, Elliott Whitehead
Field Goals: George Williams (1/1)
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (5/5)
Penalty Goals:

WARRIORS (34)
Tries: Addin Fonua-Blake, Kodi Nikorima, Bayley Sironen, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Adam Pompey
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Kodi Nikorima (5/6)
Penalty Goals: