FT: Knights defeated by Canberra - Raiders win 22-18.
Loses it - challenge unsuccessful Knights.
Gagai loses it but we have a brief challenge.
Here we go!
Newcastle have put together their worst set of the game at the most important time... Michael Ennis can only laugh and Warren Smith will be sent to an asslym after the Knights didn't contest it.
Magnificent kick return from Kaeo Weekes.
Gagai into some space and it's been a great set post points from the Knights.
Gagai converts.
We had a grandstand finish in waiting as another shift to the left edge from Best and Schiller sent the former Raider over for his second and the Knights were coming to get the green machine.
Weekes spills the bomb - here come the Knights.
Cant was taken down - Tapine is down with the trainer looking at a hand injury.
VIDEO REF: Owen Pattie goes from dummy half and is claiming a try but we are off to the bunker and it will be a NO TRY as Pattie baws through the ruck.
SIX MORE RAIDERS
Canberra forced a dropout after Bradman Best was guilty of hesitating to take the bomb.
Inside the final 10 minutes here from Newcastle
Big couple of plays from Owen Pattie.
Newcastle compete on a kick - Young takes it, finds Lucas but he is crunched from behind by Owen Pattie.
Newcastle save a near disaster in their own end.
Knights complete their set after points.
Gagai nails the kick.
After skipper Kalyn Ponga went down the tunnel with a suspected ankle injury. Newcastle's attacking spark had to come from other options. Their left edge combination of Best and Schiller was their best hope as they went 80 metres on a single play. On ensuing tackles, Jermaine McEwen crashed over from dummy half for his maiden NRL try.
SIX MORE KNIGHTS: Inside 10m.
Schiller breaks away down the left following a great offload from the man Bradman Best.
Good bit of defence from Kai Pearce-Paul.
SIX MORE RAIDERS: Ruck infringement
It's believed to be a foot injury for Ponga.
Dom Young is bundled over the sideline as he is caught out for trying to go out the outside of Jed Stuart.
Savage flying through trying to take that one - but Newcastle survive.
Kalyn Ponga has gone straight up the tunnel
No mistakes from Jamal Fogarty.
As the Knights were building into the contest, a poor error from Jackson Hastings saw Strange play counter-attacking footy as he sprinted up to the 20 metre line. A looping pass found Jed Stuart, who turned Dominic Young inside and out to score a cracking counter-attacking try.
Hastings puts it down!
Sasagi grubbers it along the ground - Newcastle counter with attacking footy!
Poor kick from Cogger easily picks out Jed Stuart.
Good take from Ponga under the high ball.
Rain continues to team down here in the Hunter.
Ponga finds Schiller who goes into space, flings it back inside to avoid going into touch - he finds Lucas and is tackled metres away. I don't know why Jermanine McEwan got it on the last... that sums up the Knights.
KP's kick swings around and it's good.
After sustained possession to start the second half, the Knights had to open the scoring to start the second half. Kalyn Ponga quickly identified an overlap down the short-side and he linked up with James Schiller to score against his old club.
KP goes for the rainbow pass - ball touched by Savage in flight.
SIX MORE KNIGHTS: Slow peel
SIX MORE KNIGHTS: Ruck infringement
Poor kick and KP gets a seven tackle set.
Poor kick chase from Hastings' kick - Warren Smith has an on-air rant about Newcastle kick chases in a weekly occurrence.
Great carry from Lucas - takes play just shy of half-way.
Short ball to Hosking - he tried to reach out but lost the ball doing so.
SIX AGAIN CANBERRA x 2: Inside 10m
Schiller spills it off the seven tackle set
Ricky Stuart loves the direct play and needs to stay dialled in. AOB needs Newcastle to execute better and play direct.
Weekes breaks away, comes to Ponga and is taken down metres away.
Underway for the second half
SUBSTITUTION: AJ Lucantonio subs in for Andrew Ferguson
PENALTY RAIDERS - They find touch 30m from the Knights line
Knights throw it away near the Raiders line again.
Set restart Knights - 10m from the Raiders line still
SCRUM KNIGHTS - 10m from the Knights line
The Knights survived a stray Ponga pass that went to ground. But on the next play he ran almost to the line and then threw a no-look pass to an unsuspecting Schiller, who hurriedly grubbered and the ball went dead in the Raiders in-goal.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - 10m from the Raiders line
Fogarty from the left sideline and he nails it.
Another Raiders offload, this time on the left short-side, from Sasagi back to Starling who quickly popped a pass to Strange who instantly dived over in the corner for a try.
Fogarty converts
Hosking hits the ball up and is held up on the Knights line, but he gets an offload away to Weekes, who slices through and scores.
Fogarty with a pinpoint perfect 40/20
Ponga on the left side throws a great pass to Best's boot and it goes into touch. Tries are over-rated.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - 30m from the Raiders line. Savage outnumbered, so he throws his mit out and blocks a pass.
Raiders just mucking about now and turning muck into magic.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Knights inviting the Raiders into their half
Fogarty fails to convert
A clever shallow bomb by Fogarty and Sagai outleaps Ponga, takes it cleanly and then falls over the line for a try.
Raiders with a grubber but Ponga shields it dead in-goal
Papali'i barges over but Brailey holds him up.
Set Restart Raiders - on the last tackle. They've been making good metres through the middle already
Weekes with a great run gets within 5m of the Knights line
Cogger sends a long ball out to where Schiller was 30 seconds earlier, and the ball goes into touch.
Set restart Knights - still inside the Raiders 10
PENALTY KNIGHTS - High tackle, 5m from the Raiders line and right in front of the posts.. Knights take the tap.
Knights get boot to synthetic...err...stuff...and we're into it!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Chris Butler
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (18)
Tries: James Schiller (2), Jermaine McEwen
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (1/1), Dane Gagai (2/2)
CANBERRA RAIDERS (22)
Tries: Simi Sasagi, Kaeo Weekes, Ethan Strange, Jed Stuart
Conversions: Jamal Fogarty (3/4)