The full-time siren sounds and Souths record their seventh straight win.
7/7 for the Rabbitohs number seven.
Souths get a penalty 10 metres out from the try line.
No Try. Penalty to South Sydney for an obstruction.
Wighton is claiming another try - but the referee is checking for another obstruction.
Reynolds goes high and once again the Rabbitohs are up to the task.
The Raiders faithful and Ricky Stuart are making their feelings known about Marshall using the bunker to win a penalty.
No Try. Benji Marshall is deemed to have been denied the opportunity to make a tackle on Wighton.
Wighton has scored but there are concerns over a possible obstruction.
The Rabbitohs' forward commits a professional foul and suddenly the Raiders have the ascendancy.
Wighton goes high and gets a result with Walker spilling the ball.
Elliott Whitehead fires a forward pass that could have yielded Rapana his third try.
Caleb Aekins makes a great run into the Rabbitohs half.
Aekins puts in a bomb fielded by Walker on his 20 metre line.
Rapana pushes his kick wide of the posts.
Curtis Scott makes a brilliant run to send his winger over.
Iosia Soliola gets his first minutes of the match.
Campbell Graham is on the spot to gather in an offload from Seb Kris.
Wighton kicks long, but Walker is in the right spot to gather the ball on the full.
Reynolds puts another great kick in after points.
Reynolds fades his kick back between the posts.
Great work from Reynolds to put Koloamatangi into space.
Keaon Koloamatangi bursts into a gap and links with his fellow second rower to seal the result,
Kris is remaining on the field.
Seb Kris is down with a leg injury.
Reynolds finishes off a set after points with a great kick.
5/5 for the captain.
That his eighth in eight matches! Walker puts the professional try-scorer over this time.
Marshall can't replicate his earlier try-scoring pass to Johnston, with the ball going over the sideline on the last.
The Raiders challenge the call and lose.
Ryan Sutton comes up with an error close to halfway.
Wighton kicks long but Walker is able to field the ball on the full.
Reynolds kicks long as Aekins is hit by three South Sydney defenders.
Reynolds maintains his unbroken streak tonight.
The Rabbitohs do well to take advantage of a penalty resulting in points.
Gagai touches down after a final pass from Cody Walker.
Liam Knights gets a penalty coming out of his own half.
Cody Walker is tackled 10 metres out from his goal line.
Both teams are exchanging sets early in the second half.
Patrick Mago, a former Canberra junior, takes the first carry of the new half.
Both sides back out for the second half.
Benji Marshall passes to Johnston, but the winger can't hold onto the ball.
Wighton puts in a nice kick to the corner.
Reynolds goes high, the ball bounces and the Rabbitohs get a repeat set only for the Raiders to come up with possession!
Reynolds reduces the margin to two points.
Cody Walker puts his centre over for an important try on the stroke of halftime.
The Rabbitohs are challenging the call and win with Seb Kris ruled to have touched the ball.
Souths comes up with a dreadful pass that goes over the sideline.
Souths get a penalty coming out of their own end.
Jacob Host is on for the visitors.
Patrick Mago loses possession with one of his first carries of the night.
Cameron Murray is coming from the field with a lower leg injury.
Damien Cook intercepts an offload from the Raiders inside his own half.
Caleb Aekins makes a nice run over his 20 metre line.
The makeshift kicker nails his second of the night.
The Rabbitohs will be rueing that one.
Kris capitalises on a lovely grubber from Wighton that Jaxson Paulo fails to clean up in-goal.
Corey Horsburgh is on for the Raiders.
Souths come up with an error on halfway.
Liam Knight is on for the Rabbitohs.
Rapana puts the home side back in front.
The captain breaks a few tackles to level the scores.
The Raiders make good territory after defecting Adam Reynolds' kick.
Reynolds nails the kick from the touchline.
Johnston gets his seventh try in eight matches this season.
Marshall fires a superb cut-out pass to send Johnston over for the Rabbitohs first try.
Damien Cook takes a run and gets tackled a metre from the line.
Caleb Aekins comes up with an error coming out of his own end.
Jaxson Paulo comes up with a nice catch coming off his 20 metre line.
Keaon Koloamatangi can't hold onto a pass from Benji Marshall near the Raiders' line.
Bailey Simonsson puts Cody Walker in a dangerous position and the winger is place on report.
The Rabbitohs throw caution to the wind but the Raiders hold on.
The Bunnies will start a set just inside the Raiders' half.
Alex Johnston comes up with a great catch under pressure and earns a penalty for the Raiders' chasers being offside.
Mark Nicholls is on in place of Murray for the Rabbitohs.
Cameron Murray is being taken off the field with a HIA.
Jordan Rapana is taking his first shot at goal since the 2013 World Cup for the Cook Islands. His first kick is wide.
Against the odds, the Raiders score with Caleb Aekins putting Rapana over in the corner with a great cut-out ball.
Starling throws a dummy and gets a repeat set close to the try line.
Hudson Young throws an offload that results in a line drop out.
Adam Reynolds comes up with a terrible bomb that goes out on the full.
The Rabbitohs are moving the ball close to halfway.
The Rabbitohs captain gets the visitors on the board.
The Rabbitohs will kick to open the scoring with a penalty goal.
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)