That is officially full time and the Raiders have countered the Knights comeback with a comeback of their own, winning by two points to keep their season alive.
Tom Starling dives on the ball and the Raiders will hold on
The Knights will have one last roll of the dice with a short kickoff
Jamal Fogarty puts the Raiders in front with 40 seconds to go
Oh my goodness gracious me. Hudson Young has, out of nowhere, early in the count, put a grubber kick in for himself and easily won the race to it, grounding the ball basically under the posts and stealing this one for the Raiders. Phenomenal scenes
Joseph Tapine saves the day for the Raiders, catching Clune's kick in a scramble and then earning his team a penalty
Ponga is safe under the high ball and the Raiders will have five minutes to make something happen
Mathew Croker knocks on and the Raiders will have a chance as they get a penalty two tackles later
The bunker rule a double knock on, the Knights will still have it in an attacking set on the Raiders line
Hold on a second, the bunker are checking it
No try confirmed, it'll be a 7 tackle set for the Raiders
Going upstairs for a possible Knights try but Klein thinks Dom Young lost the ball
Nick Cotric puts it down and the Knights can extend their lead here
Ponga nails it from the sideline
Out of nowhere the Knights have taken the lead, with Barnett getting an offload to Mitchell Barnett, who gets it out to Edrick Lee who is way too strong for Savage
Jordan Rapana's pass is out in front of Nick Cotric and goes into touch
Mitchell Barnett chases the kick from an offside position, penalty Raiders
Xavier Savage's pass is forward and the Knights hold them out
Edrick Lee takes Fogarty's kick dead, another repeat set coming up
Kalyn Ponga knocks Frawley's kick on and the Raiders have a fresh attacking set
Kalyn Ponga makes it a two point ball game
It's another try for the Knights and again Ponga has his fingerprints all over it, putting in a nice grubber for Mathew Croker, who does well to win the race to it and ground the ball
Elliott Whitehead has been sent to the bin for the late hit on Ponga
Penalty Knights for a late hit on Ponga
Anthony Milford gets out of jail there, he took the horrible option of running on the last and gets caught, but the Raiders illegally strip the ball. Knights on the attack
Challenge is successful, Knights will play the ball 5 metres out from their own line
Xavier Savage's kick on the second tackle yields a result as Dom Young is ruled to have knocked on, but the Knights are challenging
Jamal Fogarty forces another repeat set for his side
Raiders get a penalty coming out of trouble
Tom Starling makes a mess of it on the last tackle, going in circles before being brought to ground by the Knights defence. Changeover
Xavier Savage makes the best of a bad situation with a second kick and the Raiders are able to trap Adam Clune in the in goal area as a result
It was looking promising for Newcastle but Dane Gagai threw it over the sideline. Raiders hang on
Challenge is unsuccessful as it's ruled Horsburgh made a loose carry
Corey Horsburgh knocks on but the Raiders are challenging
Matt Frawley throws the ball over the sideline
Hudson Young immediately makes up for it, forcing an error from Anthony Milford
Hudson Young loses the ball for Canberra
Corey Horsburgh takes the first run of the half
Players back out on the field ahead of the second half
Tyson Frizell has failed his HIA and will not return this afternoon
That'll be half time, and for all their domination, the Raiders only hold an 8-point lead at the break
Kalyn Ponga makes no mistake
And the Knights will go into the sheds with a bit of life. Kalyn Ponga, who has been doing everything he possibly can so far, skips out of dummy half and puts Kurt Mann through a hole.
Set restart for NEW
Raiders go short with the dropout and Chris Randall ends up with it, his offload blocked by the Raiders into touch
Xavier Savage gets wrong footed by the bounce of Milford's kick but still manages to knock the ball dead.
Tyson Frizell leaving the field and will undergo and HIA
Nick Cotric makes a great take and stays in the field of play
Matt Frawley's kick on the last goes out on the full
Adam Clune's cutout pass to Dominic Young is along the ground and forward. Raiders ball
It's a dropathon here in the last 3 minutes or so, with Savage knocking on in the first play after the scrum win
David Klemmer's lost the ball in the tackle, handing the ball right back to the Raiders
Zac Woolford knocks the ball on and the Knights survive
Another penalty for Canberra
Raiders get a penalty coming out of trouble for a Jacob Saifiti crusher
The ball comes free from Jordan Rapana and the Knights end up with possession
Jamal Fogarty finally kicks a conversion
Raiders are dominating here so far. One of Fogarty's threatening kicks finally yields a result, with Xavier Savage flying above the Knights challengers to come down with the ball and score
Enari Tuala can't hold on to the pass from Anthony Milford, Raiders survive
Set restart for NEW
Penalty Knights, Matt Frawley on report for a crusher tackle
That's exactly what happened, 7 tackle set coming up for the Knights
Going upstairs for a possible Raiders try, Klein thinks that Savage had an air-swing before Timoko knocked on
Kalyn Ponga, who isn't 100% out there, has kicked off out on the full
Jamal Fogarty again misses the conversion
Well that was too easy for the Raiders, with Matthew Timoko producing an individual try for the second home game in a row. He stood up Enari Tuala with ease and puts the Raiders up by two scores
Fogarty's kick is played at by Newcastle before being picked up by Canberra, six more tackles for the Raiders
Jamal Fogarty's grubber looked certain to produce a result for the Raiders but it takes a Knights bounce into the upright and Ponga is able to dive on the ball and stay in the field of play
Leo Thompson drops it cold early in the count
Knights get a relieving penalty and will go on the attack
Josh Papali'i takes the hit up from kickoff
Jamal Fogarty is away to the left with the conversion
Well what about that! Joseph Tapine, one of the best forwards in the comp, has thrown a nice cutout pass to put Nick Cotric one on one with Dominic Young, who can't stop the former origin winger as he goes in for the Raiders first
Jamal Fogarty's bomb is lost backwards by Edrick Lee in the in goal area. Clune dives on the loose ball and it'll be a line dropout with the Raiders receiving
Adam Clune knocks on as the Knights were starting to build some momentum
Set restart for NEW as Ponga makes a line break
Elliott Whitehead is tackled on the last and it'll be a changeover
Klemmer has been penalised for interfering with the Raiders marker looking to pressure the kicked. Canberra will go on the attack
Game on and David Klemmer takes the first hit up of the day
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Sunday Footy and first up we are at GIO Stadium in Canberra as the Raiders look to continue their push for the top 8 against the out of form Knights. Jack Wighton was ruled out earlier in the week due to covid and is replaced by Matt Frawley at 5/8th, while Corey Harawira-Naera has been relegated to 18th man in favour of James Schiller in the only other change for Ricky's men. For the Knights, Jake Clifford is out at halfback for Adam Clune and Leo Thompson will start for Jacob Saifiti. Kickoff in just under 5 minutes.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Nick Pelgrave
Video Referee: Gerard Sutton
CANBERRA RAIDERS (20)
Tries: Nick Cotric, Matthew Timoko, Xavier Savage, Hudson Young
Conversions: Jamal Fogarty (2/4)
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (18)
Tries: Kurt Mann, Mathew Croker, Edrick Lee
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (3/3)