Full Time
80:00
7:50pm Thu April 29, 2021
Round 8 - GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce / Ngunnawal - Crowd: 14260
80min

The full-time siren sounds and Souths record their seventh straight win.

79min

Penalty Goal: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

7/7 for the Rabbitohs number seven.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 20 - 34 Rabbitohs
78min

Souths get a penalty 10 metres out from the try line.

76min

No Try. Penalty to South Sydney for an obstruction.

76min

Wighton is claiming another try - but the referee is checking for another obstruction.

75min

Reynolds goes high and once again the Rabbitohs are up to the task.

74min

The Raiders faithful and Ricky Stuart are making their feelings known about Marshall using the bunker to win a penalty.

74min

No Try. Benji Marshall is deemed to have been denied the opportunity to make a tackle on Wighton.

73min

Wighton has scored but there are concerns over a possible obstruction.

72min

The Rabbitohs' forward commits a professional foul and suddenly the Raiders have the ascendancy.

72min

Wighton goes high and gets a result with Walker spilling the ball.

70min

Elliott Whitehead fires a forward pass that could have yielded Rapana his third try.

69min

Caleb Aekins makes a great run into the Rabbitohs half.

68min

Aekins puts in a bomb fielded by Walker on his 20 metre line.

67min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jordan Rapana.

Rapana pushes his kick wide of the posts.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 20 - 32 Rabbitohs
66min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jordan Rapana. Kick to come.

Curtis Scott makes a brilliant run to send his winger over.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 20 - 32 Rabbitohs
65min

Iosia Soliola gets his first minutes of the match.

64min

Campbell Graham is on the spot to gather in an offload from Seb Kris.

63min

Wighton kicks long, but Walker is in the right spot to gather the ball on the full.

62min

Reynolds puts another great kick in after points.

61min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds fades his kick back between the posts.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 16 - 32 Rabbitohs
60min

Great work from Reynolds to put Koloamatangi into space.

59min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Jaydn Su'A. Kick to come.

Keaon Koloamatangi bursts into a gap and links with his fellow second rower to seal the result,

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 16 - 30 Rabbitohs
59min

Kris is remaining on the field.

58min

Seb Kris is down with a leg injury.

57min

Reynolds finishes off a set after points with a great kick.

56min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

5/5 for the captain.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 16 - 26 Rabbitohs
55min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

That his eighth in eight matches! Walker puts the professional try-scorer over this time.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 16 - 24 Rabbitohs
53min

Marshall can't replicate his earlier try-scoring pass to Johnston, with the ball going over the sideline on the last.

52min

The Raiders challenge the call and lose.

52min

Ryan Sutton comes up with an error close to halfway.

50min

Wighton kicks long but Walker is able to field the ball on the full.

47min

Reynolds kicks long as Aekins is hit by three South Sydney defenders.

46min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds maintains his unbroken streak tonight.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 16 - 20 Rabbitohs
45min

The Rabbitohs do well to take advantage of a penalty resulting in points.

45min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Dane Gagai. Kick to come.

Gagai touches down after a final pass from Cody Walker.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 16 - 18 Rabbitohs
44min

Liam Knights gets a penalty coming out of his own half.

43min

Cody Walker is tackled 10 metres out from his goal line.

42min

Both teams are exchanging sets early in the second half.

40min

Patrick Mago, a former Canberra junior, takes the first carry of the new half.

40min

Both sides back out for the second half.

40min

Benji Marshall passes to Johnston, but the winger can't hold onto the ball.

39min

Wighton puts in a nice kick to the corner.

36min

Reynolds goes high, the ball bounces and the Rabbitohs get a repeat set only for the Raiders to come up with possession!

35min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds reduces the margin to two points.

Raiders lead Raiders 16 - 14 Rabbitohs
34min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Campbell Graham. Kick to come.

Cody Walker puts his centre over for an important try on the stroke of halftime.

Raiders lead Raiders 16 - 12 Rabbitohs
33min

The Rabbitohs are challenging the call and win with Seb Kris ruled to have touched the ball.

33min

Souths comes up with a dreadful pass that goes over the sideline.

32min

Souths get a penalty coming out of their own end.

31min

Jacob Host is on for the visitors.

30min

Patrick Mago loses possession with one of his first carries of the night.

30min

Cameron Murray is coming from the field with a lower leg injury.

30min

Damien Cook intercepts an offload from the Raiders inside his own half.

29min

Caleb Aekins makes a nice run over his 20 metre line.

27min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jordan Rapana.

The makeshift kicker nails his second of the night.

Raiders lead Raiders 16 - 8 Rabbitohs
26min

The Rabbitohs will be rueing that one.

26min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Sebastian Kris. Kick to come.

Kris capitalises on a lovely grubber from Wighton that Jaxson Paulo fails to clean up in-goal.

Raiders lead Raiders 14 - 8 Rabbitohs
25min

Corey Horsburgh is on for the Raiders.

24min

Souths come up with an error on halfway.

23min

Liam Knight is on for the Rabbitohs.

23min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jordan Rapana.

Rapana puts the home side back in front.

Raiders lead Raiders 10 - 8 Rabbitohs
21min

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

The captain breaks a few tackles to level the scores.

Tied up at Raiders 8 - 8 Rabbitohs
20min

The Raiders make good territory after defecting Adam Reynolds' kick.

19min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds nails the kick from the touchline.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 4 - 8 Rabbitohs
18min

Johnston gets his seventh try in eight matches this season.

18min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

Marshall fires a superb cut-out pass to send Johnston over for the Rabbitohs first try.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 4 - 6 Rabbitohs
17min

Damien Cook takes a run and gets tackled a metre from the line.

16min

Caleb Aekins comes up with an error coming out of his own end.

15min

Jaxson Paulo comes up with a nice catch coming off his 20 metre line.

13min

Keaon Koloamatangi can't hold onto a pass from Benji Marshall near the Raiders' line.

12min

Bailey Simonsson puts Cody Walker in a dangerous position and the winger is place on report.

11min

The Rabbitohs throw caution to the wind but the Raiders hold on.

10min

The Bunnies will start a set just inside the Raiders' half.

9min

Alex Johnston comes up with a great catch under pressure and earns a penalty for the Raiders' chasers being offside.

9min

Mark Nicholls is on in place of Murray for the Rabbitohs.

8min

Cameron Murray is being taken off the field with a HIA.

8min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jordan Rapana.

Jordan Rapana is taking his first shot at goal since the 2013 World Cup for the Cook Islands. His first kick is wide.

Raiders lead Raiders 4 - 2 Rabbitohs
7min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jordan Rapana. Kick to come.

Against the odds, the Raiders score with Caleb Aekins putting Rapana over in the corner with a great cut-out ball.

Raiders lead Raiders 4 - 2 Rabbitohs
6min

Starling throws a dummy and gets a repeat set close to the try line.

5min

Hudson Young throws an offload that results in a line drop out.

4min

Adam Reynolds comes up with a terrible bomb that goes out on the full.

3min

The Rabbitohs are moving the ball close to halfway.

2min

Penalty Goal: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

The Rabbitohs captain gets the visitors on the board.

Rabbitohs lead Raiders 0 - 2 Rabbitohs
1min

The Rabbitohs will kick to open the scoring with a penalty goal.

1min

Rabbitohs penalty.

Hudson Young comes up with an error - Jai Arrow runs over to score, but the referee will set a scrum down.

Emre Guler takes the first carry of the night.

Both teams are out on the field.

With George Williams ruled out, Hudson Young will start and Iosia Soliola comes onto the bench.

LATE LATE MAIL: George Williams has been ruled out in the warm up.

The Raiders are staring down the prospect of four consecutive losses for the first time since 2018.

The Rabbitohs are chasing seven straight wins for the first time since 2019.

The Rabbitohs have one change with Jai Arrow starting for the first time in place of Tevita Tatola. Patrick Mago comes onto the bench.

The Raiders are as per program from the team named on Tuesday afternoon.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 8 Thursday Night Football between the Canberra Raiders and the South Sydney Rabbitohs from GIO Stadium.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ben Cummins

Touch Judges: Peter Gough, Liam Kennedy

Video Referee: Henry Perenara

CANBERRA RAIDERS (20)
Tries: Jordan Rapana (2), Elliott Whitehead, Sebastian Kris
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jordan Rapana (2/4)
Penalty Goals:

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (34)
Tries: Alex Johnston (2), Campbell Graham, Dane Gagai, Jaydn Su'A
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (5/5)
Penalty Goals: Adam Reynolds (2/2)