PENALTY DRAGONS: A BIG obstruction and Todd Smith blows it and that's all she wrote most likely
SIX MORE - Tyrell Sloan tries to dive on a lose ball and turns it back to Canberra when if he let them get it would've been turn over
My foxtel went pixelated but I think Raiders went high with a bomb and just like what my signal showed... nobody had a clue
Jamal Fogarty kicks the penalty goal from in front
PENALTY RAIDERS: The Green Machine get a strip penalty and they will take the 2 this time
Dragons turn the ball over in their own 20m zone
Raiders turn the ball over again
PENALTY RAIDERS: Dragons penalised on their own line for a high shot - They go for the try not the 2
Kyle Flanagan converts from in front
PENALTY DRAGONS: The Saints get a penalty right in front of the posts as Todd Smith initially calls six again but play breaks down and it becomes a penalty
Fogarty goes short but it goes out on the full
Dragons force the repeat set and they are doing very well at keeping the Raiders down their own end
Dragons lose the ball in the air off the kick, Raiders on their own 10
SIX MORE - Weekes plays at the ball with his boot and it goes straight back to the Dragons
PENALTY RAIDERS: Strong tackle from Klemmer on Mariota forces the ball loose, replays not exactly conclusive of contact but Klemmer goes on report
FLANNO WOW! Into the wind that is blowing a gale and he slots that one from the sideline
Dragons mounting pressure big time and they go through with the passes as Feagai finds Allan to score
Both sides trading repeat sets
Dragons force a repeat set after Jacob Liddle takes a quick tap off the offside penalty and gets more yardage than if they kicked for touch
Interesting that Gutho took the ball when it probably was going dead, Raiders force the dropout
SCRUM CLOCK PENALTY: Dragons don't pack the scrum and give away a penalty and again Jamal Fogarty doesn't find touch
Gutho has to let the ball bounce as nobody knows where the wind is going to take the ball once it goes up
SECOND HALF IS GO! Raiders have the ball as they are somehow level despite having no ball
Jamal Fogarty converts from in front
Most of the game was down at the Dragons end of the ground but the Raiders get a rare attacking opportunity and Timoko scores
Kyle Flanagan adds another penalty goal from in front after late contact from Joseph Tapine
Kyle Flanagan converts the penalty goal from in front
SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: Dragons have multiple chances on the Raiders line, they get ruled to have lost the ball but they challenge and it's a strip
Jamal Fogarty misses the conversion with the wind making it impossible
Matt Timoko scores after some bizarre choices from the dropout by the Dragons and some half-arsed defence
Emre Guler blows a big opportunity but probably a slight touch from Corey Horsburgh backwards made it difficult for the big man
Corey Horsburgh falls over as he plays the ball and Todd Smith pulls it up
UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: Fogarty didn't like the knock-on call from Todd Smith, Canberra challenge and it was a Fogarty knock on
Dragons turn the ball over on their own 20 but Hudson Young gives it back two tackles later
Kyle Flanagan converts using the wind as a great guide
Mat Feagai goes over as the Dragons run the ball on the last and they finally get their attack rocking and it rolls beautifully as the Raiders fall for the dummy
BUNKER: Kaeo Weekes already over the deadball line when he touches it and goes dead, the quirks of NRL rules where one rule applies to one set of lines but not another
Dragons on the attack but the attack is very clunky
The wind playing havoc with both sides kicking games including the kick for touch from Canberra
GAME ON! Todd Smith calls time on and Canberra use the ball
Cold, Windy and Wet are the conditions and that's not just the Pacific Ocean next door, that's on the field at WIN Stadium
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Todd Smith
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, David Munro
Video Referee: Adam Gee
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (18)
Tries: Mathew Feagai, Corey Allan
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (2/2)
Penalty Goals: Kyle Flanagan (3/3)
CANBERRA RAIDERS (12)
Tries: Matthew Timoko (2)
Conversions: Jamal Fogarty (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Jamal Fogarty (1/1)
