Match Centre

DRAGONS WIN!!!!! - They come from 18-0 down to win 22-20

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-20

Dragons gets some luck right at the back and they are going on the attack just over halfway on tackle 4

St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-18

Twists and turns don't accurately describe this one... both these teams don't know whether they are Arthur or Martha

Canberra Raiders 18-16

Dragons want to run around in circles in the ingoal and the Raiders get another dropout

Canberra Raiders 18-12

Dragons have to defend on their own line after the Raiders storm around Duges and put him back into his own ingoal

Canberra Raiders 18-12

NO TRY - Eto is denied

Canberra Raiders 18-12

VIDEO REFEREE: Eto the fijian magician scores in the corner but we need to check the grounding

Canberra Raiders 18-12

SHORT DROPOUT..... AND IT WORKS

Canberra Raiders 18-12

Edrick Lee absolutely steams through but the big fijian Eto Nabuli saves the day

Canberra Raiders 18-12

We've got 12 on 12 at the moment with Sisa Waqa down then ultimately off the field due to injury

Canberra Raiders 18-12

Up to penalty 17 - and for the stats nerds, thats 36 in 2 games where Gavin Morris is refereeing

Canberra Raiders 18-12

First 20m restart of the night and then its followed by another penalty

Canberra Raiders 18-12

VIDEO REFEREE: Jason Nightingale crosses for an easy try and we need to check grounding but looks pretty obvious

Canberra Raiders 18-8

Dragons players seem to have this thought pass of throwing to the landmarks

Canberra Raiders 18-8

PENALTY DRAGONS: A leg pull from the Raiders then some backchat costs the Raiders some decent field position

Canberra Raiders 18-8

And we are back underway in the Nation's captial - Raiders have the lead and the first use of the ball

Canberra Raiders 18-8

Benji goes through then gets cleaned up then loses the ball - some diabolical play

Canberra Raiders 18-0

PENALTY DRAGONS: Video Referees take one replay to confirm the Double movement theory from Gavin Morris

Canberra Raiders 18-0

VIDEO REFEREE: Blake Austin crosses the line and reaches out but Gavin Morris says NO TRY

Canberra Raiders 18-0

PENALTY DRAGONS: Some help up the field was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Dragons and they get a penalty

Canberra Raiders 18-0

Benji goes high on the kick and Bill Tupou takes it with absolute ease

Canberra Raiders 18-0

Dragons don't make great yards in the set and in two tackles the Raiders are back to where Benji put the kick in

Canberra Raiders 6-0

PENALTY RAIDERS: Another penalty to the Raiders on the Dragons line

Canberra Raiders 6-0

The Dragons attack dished up some stuff you wouldn't want to ever touch including a pass from Jason Nightingale that was heading to Goulburn

Canberra Raiders 6-0

VIDEO REFEREE: Heading upstairs for a possible Josh Hodgson try, Jared Maxwell gives us the 'T', grounding is the issue

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PENALTY RAIDERS: Dragons do all the hard work and defend the set but concede the penalty on the last

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Jason Nightingale not happy at something in the tackle and tells the touch judge but its play on

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Mitch Cornish puts in a beautiful kick into the ingoal and Eto can't do anything more than take it dead

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Some exciting play on the final tackle for the Raiders doesn't end up in much other than the corner post losing its covering

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PENALTY DRAGONS - First penalty to the men in red but the play ulitmately fails

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And we are underway in Canberra - Jared Maxwell the "dropped referee" is out main ref

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TEAM CHANGES:

CAN: More changes than a Liberal policy for the Raiders today. Bill Tupou returns meaning reshuffle in the backline, Edrick Lee to centre and Sisa Waqa goes to the other wing. In the forwards Dane Tilse goes to the bench in his milestone game, with Papalii moving up to prop meaning Jarrad Kennedy goes into the second row while Paul Vaughan comes into lock. Bench reads McCrone, Tilse, Nuuausala and Fensom.

SGI: Josh Dugan returns! He recovered from his ankle injury to take his custodian role back off Mata'utia. There is also a debut for young u20s centre Euan Aitken who takes Dane Nielsen's place. For the forwards, cult hero George Rose is out meaning Mike Cooper will start and Jake Marketo comes onto the bench.

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