Papali'i taking the shot at goal. And he nails it!
Papali'i as the lead runner gets a good ball, twists as he catches the ball and falls across the line and bags another try.
Set Restart Raiders - 30m from Souths line
Strange from almost in front, adds another goal
Papali'i brings the house down! Takes a crash ball near the line and he falls over the line for a soft try
Strange converts again
Fogarty puts up a bomb, Kris taps it back to Young. Young hit it up and then got a miracle offload away to a charging Sasagi who exploded through a gap and scored in the left corner
After a few good sets in a row, the Raiders chose to mix things up by playing like the Knights on that set. #yawn
Set Restart Raiders - 8m from the Souths line
SCRUM RAIDERS - 30m from the Souths line
Strange converts
Hosking awarded a try after Johnston spills a kick into his own in-goal.
Cody Walker comes off the field, not sure what that's about.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - 33m from the Raiders line
Timoko drops it cold, in his own half.
Strange from wide on the left side and he converts it again
Strange gets the ball on the left, this time he shuffles and then falls over the line on the inside. Horribly soft try.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Raiders showing more urgency and determination in attack since the break. They start this set 25m from the Bunnies line
Raiders kick off and we're back into it
Strange from almost in front, converts
Strange ambles to the line and then has a crack at the line, skips out of a tackles and forces his way over between two defenders.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Raiders take the tap 10m from the Bunnies line
SCRUM SOUTHS - Raiders make a break down the left edge. Strange receives a pass from Kris and he then tries to link with his inside support, Latrell Mitchell plays for the intercept, misses the ball, but it baulks the Raiders support and he knocks it on.
Fogarty with a chip and chase for himself, but his kick goes dead in-goal. 7 tackle set for Souths.
Mitchell puts up a rushed bomb and it just goes out on the full.
And 3 tackles later the Raiders thow it away as Sasagi throws a high risk panic pass that misses everyone and goes over the sideline
PENALTY RAIDERS - Mitchell pinged for an incorrect play the ball, 20m from his own line
Young gets a pass to the back of his head and he leaves it behind. Souths back on attack again
Set Restart Raiders - 10m from the Bunnies line
Walker's crafty grubber had to be batted dead in goal by Fogarty. Raiders drop out
Mitchell from the left sideline fails to convert
Sullivan tries again with the held up pass, this time he gets it to Johnston properly and the winger goes in for a try
SCRUM RABBITOHS - 20m from the Raiders line
He's on his feet but he can't put any weight on it. He's being helped off the field now.
Tamale has got badly hurt in a tackle which has caused him to lose the ball. Looks like his ankle got caught under the defender. Play stopped as he gets treated.
Sullivan holds up a pass for Glen Air's brother, Fresh
Mitchell kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY RABBITOHS - Hudson Young on report.for a high shot.
Souths looking like the top of the table side already
Mitchell converts
Keaon Koloamatangi takes a crash ball and barges over all too easily.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Todd Smith
Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Jarrod Cole
Video Referee: Chris Butler
CANBERRA RAIDERS (36)
Tries: Ethan Strange (2), Zac Hosking, Simi Sasagi, Josh Papali'i (2)
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Ethan Strange (5/5), Josh Papali'i (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (12)
Tries: Keaon Koloamatangi, Alex Johnston
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (1/1)