Match Centre

Kerr is held up short of the line as the siren sounds. Canberra hang on! FULLTIME.

Play resumes. Sloan runs from first receiver... and it's a penalty Dragons.

Challenge fails. Dragons scrum feed 10m out with 35 seconds on the clock. HUGE finish coming up here.

Plenty of metres for the Dragons... last play with 48 seconds left, Seb Kris error! Dragons scrum... CANBERRA CHALLENGE.

Short restart fails for the Dragons and the Raiders already cross halfway by the first tackle. Canberra could put the nail in now.

Last tackle calamity. Amone puts it high, its pinged back to Jack Bird, and he is forced into a bizarre sideways grubber after shrugging off some defenders. Croker has it.

A Dragons break breaks down when Suli tries to flick it inside for Moga who isn't the first player there. Wighton comes away with it for Canberra.

CHN with a steal! Two plays later Hopoate goes flying over in the left corner and looks to have scored but has been judged to have gone out. Raiders with a lot of momentum now.

Cotric doesn't return from his sin binning after picking up a hamstring injury in the play that saw him dismissed. He won't be back today.

Dragons attacking prolifically and pick up a penalty right in front near the Raiders line. They'll take the two to put themselves in front.

Fogarty taken out by Jack Bird late. Penalty Raiders.

Jack de Belin is ON REPORT for a leg lift. Canberra penalty 20m out right in front.

Canberra with an offside penalty, they'll start a new set on their own 40m after finding touch.

Both sides comfortably getting through their early sets here. Zac Lomax from the Dragons presented with some kind of injury concern but seems ok now back in the line.

Second half begins. Dragons with it first.

Hunt seems ok now.

Ben Hunt struggling with a hand injury after some attention from Hudson Young.

Six to halftime and 3/5ths of nothing so far. Neither side can find the killer punch to score points, and both are defending fairly well.

Tautau Moga looked likely down the right flank... but he inexplicably slows down and is cumbersomely taken over the sideline.

Canberra now taking their turn to have a go at the Dragons line. A quarter of the game elapsed with no score now.

Canberra forced into a lot of defending with the Dragons - so far unsuccessfully - peppering their line.

Another poor end to a promising Dragons attacking set and Canberra are off the hook.

A bit of field position for the visitors now, but their last-tackle option of passing it to just about everyone ends in Moses Suli being tackled in possession. Raiders handover 10m out.

A few crash plays for Canberra well defended, so they go wide on the last, a grubber from Cotric goes out. Dragons earn a repreive.

An early set restart for the hosts as they reach the end of their set.

Game on. St George Illawarra kick us off, Canberra taking it near the sideline, it's blustery and cool despite the sun.

The Viking Clap reverberates around GIO Stadium, then the Green Machine tune plays as the Canberra boys run out. 1-17 for the "fearsome men from the ACT" today.

St George Illawarra trot out onto the turf at GIO to a few boos. They're wearing their red alternate kit today. In team news, Jack Bird comes into the second row with Murdoch-Masila dropped. De Belin is lock, Michael Molo joins the bench.